Bingham Bulletin | 1939-10-06 | Page 3 | New European Peace Threat Centers on Rumania

New European Peace Threat Centers on Rumania I FROM AUSTR?A-lJP0LAND)( I BESSARABIa" HUNGARY kAp wrTv from Russia VR U Ni Ay YUGQ-bruja SLAVIAN -Mm 1 BULGARlVp Fearing pressure from Germany, Russia and other neighbors, Rumania appointed anti-Nazi George Ar-gesanu Ar-gesanu (right) as strong-arm premier following assassination of Premier Armand Calineseu by pro-German Iron Guardists. Mass executions stopped a threatened overthrow of the government, but Rumania still fears her neighbors may try to regain territories she gained from them after the World war. International observers think these dangers might be minimized, however, should Russia continue her apparent policy of Increasing sway over Baltic and Balkan nations, thus cutting off Germany's long feared drive to the east.