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RUMANIAN PRIME

BREAK

MINISTER THROUGH

BUCHAREST BROADCAST How The Empire Went To War Reuter). The defenders

BY CALLOUS MURDERERS

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH”

BUCHAREST, Sept. 21 (UP).-Eleven bullets from the guns of assassins, believed to be Rumanian Iron Guards (Nazis) have claimed the life of Rumania's strong man and Prime Minister, M. Armand Calinescu.

Germany has Long had Her Eyes on Rumania

WHAT opposition to the military progress of Germany along the Danube valley could be mustered by King Corol's forces if the Nazis acted?

Here, urley, are the facts about Rumania's land and air forces. Army.-A lunding Army of 200,000 can be Increased to 2,000,000 by calling up reservista.

This Army, oflicered by Runnians, has a rank and ale made up of probably as many as 10 different nationalities, with Rumanians preponderating.

Equipment is a problem. There are Czech incline-guns and rifles in some regiments, French in others; German model unli-tank guns: Czech gas masks.

King Carol, it is understood, has ruthlessly forced reorganisation in the General Staff and in the Army Supply Service, weeding out the ineffelent and substituting younger men for the veterans of previous wars who have falled, in realise the need for ending the legend of Human's military picturesqueness and ineffelency.

Air Force estimated that 600 warplanes could take the air. These are mutly of Czech origin, but there are British. French, German, and Polish machines as well.

Munitions. The Yaking over by Germany of the Skoda Arms works has been a bộ: blow to Rumanian rearmameul, but many munition factories, shelled from air attack, have been secretly con structed in the Carpathians, and the "Ford-Homana" works in Bucharest has been expanded and is working at high pressure producing military equipment.

Oll-The bulk of the oil wells are situated well behind the first potential war front-that is, on the eastern sirle of the Carpathing. and the Transylvanian Alps in old Rumunia and Moldavia.

It is reliably asserted that the most elaborate plans have been _faidAnd enn be carried into effect at half an hour'e notice, to put

temporarily out of action by explosives and re every all well con-- trolled by British capital in Rumania,

Minorities-Hungary's claims on Rumania are difficult of selfle ment; they involve the transfer of 2,000,000 Hungariaus now living in Transylvania, annexed by Rumania after the Great War.

The Germun minority of 800,000 who read Nazt newspapers. and are to-day ripe for nationalish and "deliverance" constiliste un Even more serious problem.

Besides other small minorities there are 300,000 Bulgarlans, 000.000 Jews, and about 1,000,000 Ukrainlans (in Bessarabia) tor complicate matters.

BRITAIN SPEEDS UP MUNITIONS SUPPLY

'M. Calineseu was shot dead at 2.16 p.m. as he was

motoring through the

capital

cn

route to the Palace for an audience with

King Carol.

WOS

The assassination carried out by six' young men, believed to be members of the prohibited Iron Guard (Nazi) organisation, M. Calinescu, like King Carol, was strongly pro- French and pro-British and drastically anti-Nazi.

Early reports of the outrage show that the Prime Minister, who is concurrently Minister for the Interior and National De- fence, was driving through the city when the path of his car was blocked by a large motor truck,

As soon as the car stopped the as- sassins opened the door and fired the shots at point blank range,

FELL INTO COMA

·

The Premier was hit twice n the right side of the chest and once in the right eye. (M. Calinescu had lost his left eye. during childhood)..

He fell to the floor of the car, bleeding cufously. Although not killed instantly. M. Calinescu was In a coma when assistance arrived and died en route to hospital.

It is believed that an aide-de-camp, who was sitting behind the Premier, was also killed, The chauffeur col- lapsed,

conspirators.

ROOSEVELT

HISTORIC CONGRESS

ADDRESS

White Paper Issued By Government

LONDON, Sept. 21 (Reuter).

The German reply to the Brilish ultimatum of September 3 was given in a White Paper, published to-day containing the Anglo-German communications before the outbreak of war,

The reply says: "The German Government and people refuse to receive and accept, let alone ful- fil, the demands in the nature of an ultimatum made by the British Government.

"We shall answer any aggressive action, on the part of Englund with weapons and in the same form."

Blamed Britain

The German memorandum handed to Sir Nevile Henderson at 11.20 p.m.

Folkestone Sees U-Boat Attack

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH", LONDON, Sept. 21 (UP)- The people of Folkostana hoard

fire gun

tast Wednesday morning.

Rushing to the cliffs they saw two ships firing and over a doxen shells dropping into the water between them,

It is believed that a U-Boat was being attacked.

Jon September 3, 20 minutes after the WESTERN FRONT

expiry of the time limit made by the British Government, stated that the.

British Government had rejected ARTILLERY

the proposal of Signor Mussolini which might silli have been able to save peace. The British Govern- ment, therefore, bear

the respoš1- Isibility for all the unhappiness and [ misery which have now overtaken and is about to overtake many peoples."

Sought Alliance

Among....theway...remarkable. disclosures are that in an interview

itter

ACTIVITY

Nazis Guns Roar

Near Switzerland -LONDON, Sept: 21-(Reütör).

with Sir Nevile Henderson A report from Basle in Swit Aunt 28.

askpdzerland, says that German artil-! whether England would be wintery action on the Western Front to accept an alance with Ger- continued all night,

Herr Roosevelt Calls For Repeal Of Embargo

SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" . WASHINGTON,

Sept.

21

many.

At an earlier interview, Hitter told

the British Ambassador that it was England who had forced him into on agreement with Russia.

Sir Nevile Henderson, in a telegram

not seem to be enthusiastic over It,

the

A long

French repulsed a number of enemy

Enst and west of Saarbruceken the

attacks.

The French are in a punition to seriously threaten Saarbruceken from

After dring eleven shots, the assas-(UP). I'resident Roosevelt to sins jumped into a waiting motor day called upon Congress to re- cur and raced to the Bucharest Raillepeal the embargo provisions of to Viscount Halifax, added: "He did two sides, station, where they met several other the Neutrality Law and to re-but added that once he made

|turn to the principles of Inter-agreement, it would be for Captured Radio Station national Law in tending with period." With drawn revolvers, the conspira- belligerents,

Sir Nevile Henderson, commenting tors rushed into the studio, over-

on the pact, told Viscount Halifax powered the announcing staff and

shall be surprised if it is not com shouted a message into the micro-

plemented later by something more phone that M. Calinescu had been

than mere non-aKression." a killed.

LONDON, Sept. 21 (Reuter),--The establishment of Supply Council, of which Mr. Leslle Burgin was chairman, was announced by Mr. Burgin in the House of Commons to-day in a statement on the Ministry of Supply.

The Council will include Sir Harold Brown, Director-General

Army Requirements Referring to the requirements of of munitions production; Lord the army, he said that the growth of Weir, Director-General of explo- the air menace had made defence of sives production; Mr. Peter the country against air attack first Bennett, President of the Federation priority. of British Industries and Director-

Sir Frederick

General of tanks and transport; Lord Marquis, Director-General of equip

Woolton, formerly

ment and stores.

Referring to shell production, he

said that taking into account the the go, it cre were a whole of the shells, there were 700 Grms work- ing on shell production, and the Sir Andrew Duncan, the steel connumoer was being added to daily. troller, will be chairman of the

Patrick Mr.

Ashley controllers; Cooper, a director of the Bank of England, will be Director-General of Lieut-General Sir And Anance; Maurice Taylor will be chiefly respon- sible for liaison with the War Omce.:

Control Of Commoditios

Before the gang could say too much, Rumanian guards arrived and overpowered them. Seven of the group were arrested, the re- mainder making good their escape.

Stamped Out Naxis

M. Calinescu was entrusted by King Carot with the task of forming Government in 1938 and was asked

to stamp out the terrorist Iron Guard, in vlolent Nazi and anti-Semitic, forec. This latter task he carried out with

further steps.

"The President also proposed

Firstly, he asked for authority to fix the war zones into which American merchant ships would be prohibited from entering:

Secondly, he requested broader authority to prevent Americans travelling on belligerent vessels or in danger areas;

Thirdly, he requested a provision. that_belligerents purchasing com- modities Irom the United States should be entitled to' priority in shipment;

"Shoulder Blows"

PARIS, Sept. 21 (Reuter).-The latest German attacks on the Western Front are described here as "choulder blows,"

They were carried out by two com- panies at a time, the aim being to keep the French occupied while more German reserves move up.

Ups And Downs

The attacks consist of brief ralds When Bir Nevile Flenderson dis-in No Man's Land and are proving opased the outcome of an Anglo- costly to the Germans, while making German war with Field-Marshal no impression on the French. Goering, the latter said history of Germany was one of Ups and Downs, and this was one of the "Up" periods.

that the

Teiling of his Interview with Herr von Ribbentrop on August 30, Sir Ribbentrop's whole demeanour dur Nevile Henderson wrote: "Von

ing the unpleasant interview two

oping Hitler at his worst."

Fourthly, he sought a ban on war credits to belligerents "The result of the Inst

Adjournment Sought

sub-

Acrial Reconnaissance PARIS, Sept. 21 (Reuter).A com- munique issued to-day reads:

"The day was quiet on the whole. Enemy artillery was active south of Saarbruecken.

Aerial reconnolssance was carried was out despite bad weather and the

jenemy fire."

More Defenders For Poland LONDON, 21

of Warsaw have been rein- forced by three brigades of cavalry which succeeded in breaking through the Ger- man ring and entering the city, according to a Warsaw broadcast.

POLAND. RESISTS LONDON. Sept. 21 (Reuter). The Nazi radio to-day admitted that the Polish armies were still resisting in four places,

These were Warsaw, the Modlin Fortress (north-west of Warsaw), a point_south-east of Warsaw, and in the Hela Peninsula (in the Battle).

This admission came only fow hours after the claim by General von Brauchitsch, the German Comman-. |der-in-Chief, that the Poles had been

exterminated.

The speaker over the radio admitted that fighting for Warsaw still continued. The reason, he vald, was that the Nazis healtated to smash the city to plecos.

Lwow Falls

LONDON, Sept. 21 (Reuter),—A Red Army communique from Moscow claims that -Soviet troops have cop- tured Lwow and Grodno (20 miles.. from the Lithuanian frontier).

Since Sunday, the Russians claim, over 60,000 Polish prisoners have been taken.

In the meantime, a Kaunas report Bays that Russia and Germany have not yet reached an agreement over: the line of demarcation in the con- quered Polish territories,

Negotiations are still continuing. the report adds.

Poles Released BUCHAREST, Sept. 21

Reuter).

A report from Poland says that the Soviet army; after capturing and disarming Polish troops, ure setting them at liberty.

Contradictory LONDON, Sept. 21, (Reuter).- Soviet troops have occupied Lwow, Gecording to an official communiqué broadenst from Moscow._which filso. PLEASE Turn To Pago 2.

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great energy. Codreanu, the Iron Glender, planned to march on provisions will be to require that all the capital, overthrow the King and purchases be made by cash, and that murder important ometals.

144 Documents

German Donial But cargoes muzi be carried in the pur- Calinescu struck first. He arrested chasers' own ships at the purchasers' LONDON. Sept. 21 (Reuter)—A BRUSSELS, Sept. 21 (Reuter)-A Since the outbreak of the war, followers.

Codreanu and hundreds of his Nuzi own risk," the President explained. White Paper of 200 pages entitled semi-official news agency authorita- orders for further war supplies ex years' imprisonment. Subsequently Codreanu received ten

"Documents Concerning German-tively states that reports of German ceeding £70,000,000.* had been

Polish Relations, And The Outbreak troop concentrations at various points placed.

the Iron Guard leader and his followers attempted to escape and

Mr. Roosevelt also suggested that of Hostilities Between Britain and on the German-Belgium, frontier ure Labour Question

were shot.

Congress shoulti ndjourn after the Germany" was published to-day. totally unfounded, Calinescu's dristle Dealing with

measures enactment of the programme,

It contains 144 separate documents. the question of Jabour, Mr. Durgin said that with re-

against the Iron Guard bave been feet to recall Immediately in the starting with the 1934 German- was the gard to questions such as wage dis-

greatly resented in Germany, and event of further European develop-Polish agreement, which he lus been in daily danger of ments requiring such nation.

governing factor of German-Polish be a joint|

assassination. Outlining the Ministry's task, Mr. Putes, there would

und in the

"The existing embargo legislation, relations until January, 1930, und Burgin said that 11 had already negotiating machinery,

number of Councils case of difficulty, recourse could be

Successor Appointed

according to my best Judgment, so ending with the Premier's broudcest established a

alters the historic foreign policy of the to the German people on the night SPECIAL TO THE "TELEGRAPH" covering commodities like iron, steel, made to the industrial relations des paper, partment of the Ministry of Labour.

United States as to impair the peace-after the outbreak of the war,

The documents are grouped under timber, copper, lead, wool,

BERLIN, Sept. 21 There was sharp criticism from Rumanian Legation states that a

(UP). The fui relations of the United States with headings which themselves tell much

foreign nations" said President of the story of the post bix months. Bador to Washington told the press to-day that Japan had begun and leather.

Mr. Arthur Greenwood, who declar-meeting of the Rumanian Cabinet was Roosevelt, in proposing repeel.

are: formal conversations with Britain and France for the withdrawal Control had been applied Heatly in

PLEASE Turn To Pago 2. called Inmediately after M. Callnes The United States Government Deterioration in European Dispute of the latters' armed forces from China. order

Germani has done a utmost in trying to avert Resulting eu's assassination. to prevent disturbance Tof

He said that similar "friendly Premier in the House of Commons on ordinary commercial channels, but it;

Against Czecho-Slovakia"-"German" THE prefix "pecial to the Tele- The Cabinet has appointed General war in Europe.

Having thus airiven and failed, Polish Discussion of April and May" advice" had also been given to September 27 whether he can maku might be necessary to increase measures of control is the demands" in used by the "Hongkong Bally, who is a member of the

Telegraph" to indicate news' which

statement on the position in Shanghai, Supreme Economic Counell and the Government must now loze no Anglo-Polish Agreement"-"Do-

Lime or effort to keep this nation framvelopments in Anglo-German Hola. Germany (which has no armed and give an assurance to the House Increased.

strictly copyright under the pro- Crown Council.

that he has no intention of with- A Board had been catablished to visions of the Telecommunications The Legation reports that Rumania being drawn into the war,

tions and the British Attitude to the forces in the Far East). International Situation in April and The Ambassador stated that Japan's drawing British forces, consider what adaption was desirable Ordinance, 1930. Such news as bears remains calm.

Darker Period Ahead

June-Deterioration of the Local polley was to avold entanglement inj in the cotton Industry.

the indication "UP" la received in

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"It is my candid judgment that we Donzig Situation from June 3. to July the European war, Referring to the question of prices, Hongkong on the date of publication,

3"--"British Atlllude from July 10- that the

general by the United Press Associations, who

PARIS, Sept. 21, (Router). shall succeed.

Assurances Sought Mr. Burgin said

"I should like to be able to offer 15"-Temporary Easing of Danzig) principle was to see that supplies reserve all rights and forbid re Calinescu was, returning home by

some hope that the shadow over Situation, July 10 to August 1"-| LONDON, Sept. 21 (Router)-Sir were available for essential needs at publiention, efiker wholly or in part, car at the time.

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (Reuter) —-—The Japanese Ambas.

Sle John will also nak · what res presentations have been made by the: Japanese with regard to securing the withdrawal of British troops and worships from China, and what reply the was made by the British authorities.