Show RUMANIA PLACES ARMY IN SADDLE BUCHAREST Dec Dee 11 UP lP Gen Gen Genera Genral Gen Gen- era ral Ion Antonescu Issued a string of emergency decrees Wednesday with the result that by nightfall the army had control over nearly every branch of Rumanian life The move came as reports from abroad told of increasing tension between two branches of the iron Antonescu's action was interpreted in other Balkan capitals capitals capitals capi capi- as designed to get the iron out of the picture in the belief the army alone was capable of restoring re order in Rumania The powers given the army which now is under the guidance of Germanys Germany's picked veterans of the western front include The right to militarize any state or er private institution or corporation corporation corporation corpora corpora- tion and the immediate tion of the gendarmerie and police police police po po- lice throughout the nation All army officers must Immediately immediately immediately immedi immedi- resign from the iron guard or resign from the armed forces All commissioned and noncommissioned noncommIssioned noncommissioned noncom noncom- officers must Immediately immediately immediately immedi immedi- disclose their political affiliations affiliations or sympathies The decree for of corporations and institutions was Issued it was disclosed so that railroads post offices police units and communications companies can be placed under army man man- |