Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-09

the money with him when he left
Rumania Saturday. Some Of the
smartest clandestine businessmen"
in New York or Chicago could
scarcely pull of sharper deal than
| that.
OF course you hear about other
such deals now that people can talk
out loud about some of the curious
financial operations which have
been common gossip here for years.
Profit From Russia.
One of the neatest stories con-
cerned the sugar factory near Ger
novitz which was lost when the
Russians took their slice of greater
Rumania two month ago. Thou
sands of Rumanians lost all their
property and everything they owned
at that time. Nevertheless, it is
affirmed here that Carol thoughtfully
persuaded the Rumanian state to re-
imburse him for his shares in the
sugar factory which the Scviets had
occupied. Obviously "our little
Carol knew lot more about some
kinds of sugar than even the boys
from the Kremlin.
There Is further report, as yet
unconf1rmed, but in harmony with
the general picture. This report has
1t that the palatial house which be-
longed to Nine. Lupescu was also
bought by the city of Bucharest
when its King-picked mayor was
taking a sudden interest in real
estate a few days ago. The sales
price is said to have been another
85,OO0,000 lei, but whatever the sum,
1t was pure gravy for royal mistress
VINO was about to pack up her bags.
Pounds of Gold Presents.
In view of the fact that royal di-
rectors" have long sat upon the
boards of Rumania's richest indus
trial concerns, 1t does not seem at all
inconsistent that the chief execu-
tives OF these companies all paid
suitable homage to Carol on the 10th
anniversary of his reign, last June.
On behalf of Mica, great gold mine
and chemical combine, Carol was
presented with massive solid gold
inkwell which would have warmed
the heart of Louis XIV.
Another big industrial monopoly
contributed a sapphire studded cigar
and cigarette box which contained
more than four pounds of gold and
was worth a siZeable fortune. Sim
liar gifts flowed from the railroads,
from the appreciative Malaxa COM
bine and others. Confidence here is
unanimous in the presumption that
they also rolled out of Rumania, on
Carols special train, Saturday aft
ernoon.
This is by no means an all-in-
elusive report. 1t is offered merely
as an indication of the amazing
material that awaits some indus
trious author who may some day
set out to write a complete story of
the Screenings and doings and get
rich quicks" sidelights connected
with Carols 10 big years as King of
of Rumania.
If the Antonescu dictatorship
really goes after the arrested men,
bers of the palace clique in an ener-
getic manner, the court proceedings
cannot fail to make rather astoniSh-
ing reading. A good many people
here, and not all of them Iron
Guardists. incline to believe that
even Al Capone might read them
with considerable amount of pro-
fessional envy.
These developments, combined
with Carols abdication. all help to
distract public attention from the
unhappy fact that Hungarian troops
are occupying a fifth slice of Tran
sylyania today. Yesterdays nation
wide masses in honor Of the. begin-
hing of King Michael's reign also
served as solace to the patient
Rumanian people.
Although government officials