Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-01-27

fTcHtleT HUueT zen. ANtOHeScu.
Last Week he led revot OF err
tremiSts against the Chief OF
State and he WdS Outld,Ced by the
Bucharest Council OF Ministers.
B' the Associated Press.
BUCHAREST, Rumania. Jan. 81
Premier Gen. Ion Antonescu today
eliminated all Iron Guardists from
his cabinet and organized a strong
new military government.
In forming the new government
Gen. AntoneScu surrounded himself
with generals who helped quell the
abOrtive Iron Guard revolution last
week and who he knew would up
hold him without question in his
attempt TO purge the country OF
rebelliOus elements.
Outside Gen. AntoneScu's Office as
the Government was being reshap ped
in the battle-Scarred public square
where revoltS flared last week, a
solemn funeral was given for II
army men who fell in the fighting
Gen. Antonescu will continue in
the daul capacity Of premier and
foreign minister.
Gen. Dimitri Popescu. appointed
last week as minister of interior
replacing Gen George Petrovicescu,
an Iron Guardist who is now re-
ported either dead or arrested-re-
mains in that post.
Propaganda Chief Out.
The Iron Guardist propag anda
minister. whose department was
held responsible for guardist papers
refusal TO publish Gen. Antonescus
pleas for support last week. was
removed from Office. He now is re-
ported under arrest
The new propag Uganda minister is
NIchlfor Croinic. who was elm
mated from toat post when the
guard came to power.
Iron Guard rule began last Sep
TENDER 5. when former King Carol
relinquished all power TO Gen. An
toneScu and fed into exile. The
revolt of the Nazi-like. green Shirted
Guard. In which an unsuccessful
attempt was made on the life of
Carol, came a week after the axis
Vienna arbitration diSmembered
Rumania, giving the Southern Do
bruja to Bulgaria and Northern
Pennsylvania TO Hungary.
While thousands stood bare head
ed for the mass funeral. blizzard
swirled in the square surrounded
by public buildings, which the army
had held against the rebels and bv
strongholds of the Guard showing
the scars of artillery shells and ma
chine-gun bullets. Cannon in the
distance doomed a salute.
Guardists Quit Hiding.
Under cover OF the storm. alleged
Iron Guard terrorists came out of
hiding and were being picked up
one by one by bavonet-armed SOL
diers. Some of the fueitives had
been in dark alleys. easements and
unfinished buildings for davs be-
fore hunger and cold drove them
out.
Except for an occasional shot
fired in the air to stop pedestrians
who were out after the 10 pm.
curfew. the Rumanian capital was
calm last night and this morning.
Vice Premier Horia Sima. leader
Of the Iron Guard and officially
described leader of last weeks revolt,
is under arrest. official circles said.
He was said to have been arrested
In sleeping car while attempting to
flee.
Malaxa's Home Damaged.
An Associated Press survey of the
damage done in Bucharest during
last weeks bloody revolt showed that
one of the most badly damaged
houses was that of the munitions
manufacturer Malaxa, which had
been taken over by the Iron Guard
He and his family had left the huge
stone mansion.
Heavy artillery shells made holes
one to two feet across through the
stout walls before the army finally
succeeded in forcing the barricaded
rebels to hoist the white flag.
Travellers from the provinces said
that while the Iron Guard took COM
plete control of many towns for sew
eral days, the army soon moved in
to force their surrender, in some
cases without firing a shot.
An impressive state funeral was
held today for fallen officers and
soldiers in Victoria Plaza before the
presidency of the council offices
where some of the most furious
fighting took place.
Leaders Pay With Lives.
Leaders of the instruction began
to pay-some with their lives-the
price of rebellion that failed Some
high-ranking Iron Guard leaders
were said to have committed suicide
The were followers Of the van
pushed Sima to whom the dictate
had come from victorious Premier
General Ion Antonescu:
You rebels If you are true Iron
Guardists punish yourselves with
true legionary punishment or other
wise you may be sure that shall
apply mass punishment myself"
Political circles expressed belief
that Gen. Antonescu would succeed
now in keeping order and in pre-
venting terrorist groups of the Iron
Guard from ever recognizing again.
MOderates Won Over.
1t was recalled that while former
King Carol turned the entire guard
against him with his 1899 mass
execution. Gen. Antonescu has won
to his side the older, more temperate
leaders Of the movement by his re-
fusal to order the army to fire until
the safety of the nation was i'm
periled.
These guardists evidently were
impressed by confirmed reports that
while the rebels were shooting to
kill, Gen. Antonescu's soldiers had
received orders to fire only at legs.