Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1940-09-05
Carol Yields Rule
To Army Chieftain;
Lupescu Forced Out
Abdieotion Is Expected
Soon; Understanding
Follows Long PorIey
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, Sept. 5.-Haggard
from the struggle to preserve his
dismembered realm, King Carol II
Of Rumania surrendered his vast
powers of state today to a new
strong man and was authoritatively
reported to have consented to ban
ishment of red-haired Magda
Lupescu.
Government quarters expressed
belief that Carol might abdicate
soon.
Nine. Lupescu, his longtime
friend, was reported already aboard
the royal yacht, now anchored at
1stanbul. She was said to have left
Bucharest four days ago.
With the coming of the dawn. the
46-year-old monarch who had lived
down the name "Playboy Prince"
with a decade of strong-handed
rule, reached a royal understand
ing" with a tough. strategy minded
general, Ion Antonescu, whose price
for succor was transfer of power.
Rule Changes Hands.
With what Gen. Antonescu called
royal graciousness," Carol signed a
public declaration which was a clear
acknowledgment that the essence
Of rule had changed hands and Gen.
AntoneScu proclaimed a nationalistic
program ito heal the wounds, collect
our strength and assure our flu
ture."
On high authority it was reported
that Carol had bowed to the de-
mand of the -willed, army
supported new Premier that his
friend, Nine. Lupescu, long credited
with being a power behind the Ru-
manlan throne, be banished from
the troubled kingdom.
Carol found himself only the
fgurehead ruler of what had been
left OF Rumania after vast terri
torlal cesSionS under pressure. to
Soviet Russia and more recently to
Hungary, which had the backing of
the Rome-Berlin axis.
Where once he ruled in the man.
ner OF a medieval monarch, Carol
today held merely such powers as
the right to hand out medals. coin
money, pardon criminals and Law
cornerstoneS. For appointment of
ministers Carol will be required to
obtain the new Premier's signature.
Clashes Are Reported.
The Carol-Antonescu bargain was
reached about the time that the
vanguard of 10000 Hungarian
soldiers planted their banners in
Pennsylvania, the province which
Rumania won in the World War
settlement and about half of which
Hungary regained at Vienna last
week with the backing of Germany
and Italy.
Hungary's regent. Admiral Nicho-
las Horthy, on a white charger, led
the advance force of 1000 men
across the border at 7 am. In
connection with the Hungarian
march-in there were unverified re-
ports of clashes in which more than
$50 Rumanian and Hungarian peas
ants were killed.
Mobs of Rumanian peasants were
reported armed with all manner of
weapons. In Cluj two Rumanian
students were reported killed in
clashes with Hungarians, in retalia-
ton for which five Hungarians were
slain by Rumanian mobs.
Fashions Own Rule.
Out of the all-night conference
In Carols heavily guarded palace
where shots were fired Tuesday
night IN a futile attempt at assas-
sination-58-year-old Gen. Anton
escu emerged today victor in a vir-
tual coup d'etat accomplished by
words alone.
Close associates said the new die
tator had fashioned his own pat
tern for rule, ignoring 1.-The foolish
trappings OF monkeylike limitations"
One of the generals first acts
after taking oath as Premier at
dawn was to order the arrest of
Gen. Bangliu, who, as chief of gen.
darmeS, supervised the mass exc
cution of the Iron Guard assas-
sins of former Premier Armand CAL
1nescu. Bangliu was CalineScu's
brother-in-law.
At the same time Antonescu is
sued a proclamation which made