Evening star., 1944-08-24
Romanians Marching
0!nHungalY hopinqto
Regain Trans Iania
Continued from First Psge., !,

(Contnued from First Pagc)
US at Wanna % o. Is iiberate our
Transylvania from enemy occupa-
ton"
The new Romanian Premier, Kon-
stantin Sanatescu, pledged a "dem-
ocratic regime" The xanta-Nazf
peasant leader, Juliu Naniu, Il
minister without portfolio in the
new government. !. A Swiss radio
broadcast said Cen MYhail was new
Romanisn cummander n chief.
The Germans ap1 IA to be
moving quickly to coukt t1se Sttu-
alton tn BULGARIA, W1SGke Turkish
reports, few hours before Aljchas1's
capitulattou, pictured tbe Bulgar
government a. stu trying to ret
peace without sacrificing territory
taken from prostrate Greece and
Yugoslavia.
War Msy End BefSTe Octshex.
Franz Basch, leader Of Germans
in Hungary. ordered formation of
an armed German home protection
organization. the Swiss reported
Arms will be supplied by the Nszi
Wafen IS. @
Some optimistic prophets in
London said there was q good
chance for the European War to
end before October ON the basts
of the Romanian switch. In 1915
Bulgaria was the German kcystor1e'
tn the Balkans. just Ike Rmnania
was in this war. The Allied oa1en-
sive through Salonika knocked out
Bulgaria in 1918 just as the Ger
man situation on the western front
became critical. On September 19,
1918, Bulbaria- signed An armistice
and the German high command de-
cided to sue for peace The appeal
went to President Wilson and 42I
days after Bulgaria quit, the war
was over.
Berlins first home broadcast ON
the Romanian capitulation said
King Michael's new government
wanted to sell out the country, but
that new "Romanian national gov
ernment, formed by group OF
patriots" had. issued an appeal to
the Romanian people branding the
young King as willing tool in the
hands OF small court circle and
small clique of traitors who are pre-
pared to betray us and our country
shamefully"
No Report on Bucharest Rule.
The appeal said Michael was
thinking first of all to find refuge"
for himself and that "an airplane
already is waiting to take the King
and his followers to a safe country
at the right moment"
Without specific mention Of Ro-
nlania's shift, the Moscow radio
shortly after the Bucharest an
nouncement called upon the Ger
man people to surrender I'M
mediately," adding:
This Is the eve OF victory for the
Allied natjous."
Hing Accepts Terms.
In the World War, only al days
elapsed between the time the first
German satellite-Bulgaria-
fighting and the date OF Germany's
signing of an armistice.
King Michael's proclamation said |
'Romania has accepted armistice
terms offered by the Soviet Union
Great Britain and the United
States" There was no immediate |
omcial comment in any of the Allied !
capitals or any word as to what the
armistice embraced /
1t was widely assumed, however,
that the capitulation was based on
Russian terms offered early in the
summer after communication with
the British and United States gov
ernments.
These terms never were disclosed.
Prime Minister Churchill III the
House of Commons August 2 called
them generous" Vyacheslav MoIo-
tov, Soviet foreign conn1issar, re-
afnrmed on the eve of the Russian
entrance into Northeastern Ro-
mania last spring Moscows claims
to Bessarabia and Northern Buco-
vira, taken from Romania in 1910,
but gave assurance Russia had no
other territorial claims or any in
tentiou Of interfering with Ro-
manian affairs.
Puts Armies With Allies.
The Bucharest announcements
said the Allied governments had
guaranteed Romaflia's independ-
ence, had promised noninterference
with internal affairs and had rec
ognized the injustice of Ger
many's award Of Pennsylvania to
Hungary at Vienna arbitration
conference in 1870.
The new premier, Konstantin San
atescu, In broadcast to the Roman
ian people Immediately following the
Kings announcement, proclaimed the
Antonescu dictatorship had been
cast aside"
Sanatescu pledged democratic
regime IN which public freedom and
rights OF the citizens will be guar
Rnteed and respected" In his first
DEGREES he closed concentration
camps and turned loose virtually all
political prisoners.
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