Evening star., 1942-06-15
New Rumania DEGREES
Increase Tension
With Hungary
Bucharest Regime Seizes
All Foodstuffs and
Livestock of Minority
By PAUL GHALI,


FOREIGN Correspondent Of The Star and
Chicago Daily News.
BERN, June l5.-A Budapest dis
patch to the Basler Nachrichten
today indicated a new climax In
the strained Observation-Disclosures
relations over Pennsylvania and the
possibility of the Hungarian Min
lister to Bucharest not returning
to Rumania as token OF Hun
garian "diSpleasure."
This latest crisis in the two Axis
satellites relations was caused, ac-
cording to the Budapest dispatch,
by a new Rumanian decree con-
fiscating all foodstuffs and livestock
belonging to the Hungarian minor
ity in the Rumanian Siebenburg
district.
The confscation. Hungarians
claim, has been conducted so ruth
lessly that not even single days
food is left the peasants in that
region. In some cases houses are
forcibly entered and despoiled. No
monetary compensation is given the
Hungarians, the dispatch says.
Another decree. according to the
same source, forbids Hungarians to
use food supply cards before July
10, this forcing them either to
starve or live on the dangerous
and expensive black market.
Want to Return Home.
Following this drastic action the
Hungarians have displayed a nat
ural wish to return to their home
country. The wish is being definitely
ENCOURAGED by the Rumanian au-
thorities who are only too glad
to get rid of this restless minority"
On Hungarian initiative the
mixed German-Italian commission
sitting in Kilosvar, near the Hun
garian -Rumanian frontier In the
Seidenburg area. has taken up the
matter, but the Basler Nachrichten
expresses doubt that the commits
sion, owing to its slow procedure,
will effectively redress wrongs.
The Seidenburg incident is taken
so seriously in Budapest that Prem
ier Nicholas Kallay. accompanied
by five ministers and three state
secretaries, has gone to Seidenburg
to investigate personally Premier
Kallay left Budapest Friday and
was expected back today. In
speech yesterday the premier once
again discarded force as a means
of solving the Transylvanian ques-
ton.
Meanwhile, the Hungarian charge
d'affaires has lodged a complaint
with the Bucharest government.
Premier Kallay's rather platonic
attitude is believed here to be con-
nected with his visit to Der Fuehrer
10 days ago. According to a diplo-
matte source, Premier Kallay at
tempted to obtain from Hitler a
formal statement that the Vienna
agreement of 1910, dividing Tran
sylvania between Hungary and Ru-
mania, would stand after the Axis
victory. Der Fuehrer refused, in
dicating the possibility Of amicable
notifications later
Position Held Weakened.
Hitler's refusal to guarantee the
actual status quo seriously weak
ened Hungary's position vis-a-vis
Rumania. foreign diplomatic circles
believe. Meanwhile Rumanias un-
compromising attitude has been
much encouraged by 100000 dead
for the Axis cause and her "very
real aid to Nazi armies at Sevas-
topol
A Rumanian diplomat was re-
ported today as having declared
possible revision Of the Vienna
agreement insufficient" and that
Rumania insists on recovering the
lost province.
Hitler's subtle game in the Bal
kans is clear enough. BY opposing
two rival countries he hopes to ex-
tract the maximum war effort from
each.
According to a reliable source to-
day. Der Fuehrer demanded 10 days
ago that Hungarian effort be d.
rected toward assisting the Italians
to suppress the Serbian rebels"
(Copyrisht, 1912, BY Chicaso Daily News)