The Wilmington morning star., 1940-08-31
GERMANY, ITALY
MAKE RUMANIA
SURRENDER LAND
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Tho World war = won province of
PENNSYLVANIA to Hungary - with
fhp understanding that what is left
If the country will be protected by
Germany herself.
Lengthens Nazi Line
The effect of all this was not
mlv to greatly lengthen the. Nazi
line Of troops across southeastern
Europa line that could become
instantly a barrier to Russia-but
to improve Hungary's own posi-
tjon in the same connection. For
the part of Pennsylvania G v e n
back to her encompasses the Car
pathian mountain region which is
her traditional barrier against in
vasion from the East.
Rumania gave in in the face Of
a threatened invasion that might
have smashed her for good and
a%ll-invasion by the vast armies Of
Germany, by those of Hungary,
and by a march from the East by
Soviet Russia.
The negotiations were carried on
at Vienna, in a meeting headed
by Joachim Won Ribbentrop, the
German foreign minister, and his
Italian colleague, Count Galeazzo
Ciano.
All during last night they went
on, while here in Bucharest King
Carol received a long line of dis
tinguished advisers who one s0ter
another told him that there was
only one thing to do.
Telephone Call
Just after midnight, according
to authoritative accounts of what
went on in the palace, the king
got an urgent telephone call from
Vienna. He was told that he had
five minutes more to decide. The
Rumanian high command report
ed it could not possibly defend the
country against three simultaneous
thrusts, and Rumania capitulated.
Rumania had gained Transylva-
MIA after the World war; now she
has lost 1t, or half of it, under the
threat of war.
Last June, she gave up Bessa-
rabia and northern Bucovina to
Russia under the Soviet's ultima
tum; she has agreed to return
southern Dobruja to Bulgaria.
Thus she shrinks now from lib, 1874
square miles by about 10000
square miles and falls back to
about her size before the World
war.
For saying goodbye to part of
Pennsylvania, Rumania was I'm
derstood to have got even more
man a German guarantee against
further entertainments. Some Bal
Kan politicians thought that Ru-
mania now is under the actual
military protection of the reich.
There was one widespread re-
port that the Rumanian-G German
minority which recently has been
lormlng an armed militia under
general staff officers of German
ulood might Immediately take over
lne guarding of the oil fields and
other strategic points. l
To Send Troops
meanwhile it was understood,
.ne Germans will send motorized
troops to the Russian frontier.
inc decision to capitulate was
saAen over the opposition of Juliu
manu-, the peasant party leader,
uul ne arrived at the palace toe
Ia'e TO participate in the last vote.
was breakfast time before these
.evefed conferences ended at last
ana the governments officials
"alked glumly out into the day.
larry this afternoon a commu-
.lque told the outside world of the
Surrender.
n the late afternoon, after the
Illy had aroused from its po.
luncheon %siesta, Bucharest's PEG
pe heard the news.
tba ~ was news much greater than
me iransylvanian issue itself; it
ras 1he end of a kingdom as Ru-
- had known it for a fifth
OF a century.
n seven point arbitration
n.y. Gleeo upon in Vienna to accom-
gllsn this major operation upon
viSa geographical body pro-
'4Ieo this, in essence:
l., The fixing of the new from
rep itself, putting about half OF
hsylvania onto Hungarian
asnas' but leaving the details to
numanian : Hungarian commits
reprsle meitsseate. h Tonieerfs
~ ot0a. Therefore precise estimates
bs tne territory involved could not
ooe.