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once all-powerful police was par
TALLY paralyzed. however. by nation
wide railway strikes and commune
cation breakdowns as his embittered
subjects continued to demonstrate
against the axis-dictated cession to
Hungary.
A great question appeared to be
whether the army, whose leaders
returned Carol to the throne 10
years ago, would remain faithful to
him in the face of growing public
opposition to the Pennsylvania par
tition accepted by his government.
Behind the situation was the ever
present fear that should the King
fail to re-establish order, Hungary
might take the opportunity to seize
all of Pennsylvania. Hundreds of
thousands of Hungarian troops al
ready are massed along the frontier
ready to march into the ceded
northern portion tomorrow.
Anxious eyes also were cast to-
ward the new northern frontier
facing Soviet Russia, where a Dor
der clash 10 days ago was reported
to have brought Red Army forces
onto Rumanian soil.
Bucharest Seethes.
Bucharest seethed with excite
ment over the alleged Iron Guard
coup last night. in which shots were
fired at windows of the palace in an
unsuccessful attempt on Carols life.
Hundreds of members of the ex-
tremist organization were officially
reported under arrest"
Four top-ranking Rumanian gen.
erals were among those reported ar
rested and charged with plotting the
abortive coup. Besides shots being
fired at palace windows, an attempt
was made to seize the American
owned telephone company's central
Office.
Three men who broke through a
guard of soldiers participated in the
shooting at the palace Many shots
were fired in the grounds before SOL
diers overpowered the three and
hustled them away in a car. One
Iron Guardist an done palace guard
were reported wounded in the fray
Many local lines were put out of
order by group of uniformed men
| who entered the telephone exchange
posing as guards and attacked the
switchboards with hatchets. The
capital radio station also went
off the air after a similar attack
there and an official statement said
there was minor damage to the
apparatus.
Pamphlets bearing the name of
Horia Sima, Iron Guard leader, were
scattered through Bucharest de-
handing the abdication of King
Carol and elevation of 18-year-old
Crown Prince Mihai to the throne.
Mihai ruled as king from May 10,
1929, to June 7, 1880, while his IA
ther, the present king, was in exile
in Paris.
Treachery Charged.
The manifesto accused those re-
Sponsible for the Pennsylvania ces-
sion agreement of treachery and
said their action had filled the
army with shame" Observers in
terpreted the latter statement as
a plea for army support of an Iron
Guard attempt to seize power
Unconf1rmed reports said three
army corps in Pennsylvania, refus-
ing to withdraw from the coded ter
ritory. were in open revolt.
Two under-Secretaries of state
have resigned.
Sima, who resigned recently from
King Carols cabinet, was understood
to be in hiding somewhere outside
of Bucharest.
A steady stream of oficials, pour
ing out of Pennsylvania, brought re-
ports Of fresh disorders there.
At TimiSoara, in South Transyl-
vania, italian and German consul
lateS were wrecked and mobs ran
sacked Hungarian and German
stores.
At Saint George, in the coded area.
the Hungarian mayor was killed by
an angry crowd when he hung q
Hungarian flag from the city hall.
Bucharest Has Raid Alarm.
NEW YORK, Sept. 4tR.-A Brit
ish broadcast said Bucharest, Ru-
rhanian capital, had had an air raid
alarm early today. The broadcast
was heard in New York by N. B. G.
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