Salt Lake Telegram | 1939-03-21 | Page 1 | Alarm Grips Rumania as Jew Shoots Nazi

Alarm Grips Rumania As Jew Shoots Nazi f S t i ' - ' -r " - ' , Carol's Maneuvering With Britain Appears to Have ' . , Put Brake on Hitler's PoliticaDrive . ' : I ' ' ' ' . . ; . , , , BUCHAREST, March 21 (AP The shooting of a German citizen by a Jew at Brasov caused concern today In the Rumanian Ru-manian capital, where King Carol has token the lead in a Balkan struggle to escape complete German political and economic dom ination. ... i The German was reported la s grave condition. ' Soma sources believed Germans might regard the shooting St Brasov, which Is 100 miles northwest north-west of Bucharest, as sa "international "inter-national Incident" ' Shot Down ' The wounded German, Dr. HJel-mar HJel-mar Krarst, had gone te a Jewish oo nun unity bouse at Brssov, reports re-ports from that city said, and an argument between him and the doorman's wife developed, whereupon where-upon her husband appeared and shot him. Dr. Krarst was takia to a hospital. Officials meanwhile aaid trade discussions with Germany would not be concluded for several days. Rumania, they said, has not granted grant-ed Germany any monopolistic rights, but instead will adhere to a free commercial policy. As for Hungary, Germany's antl-Comintern antl-Comintern pact partner, authorities said Rumania's relations with that state were "as good as can be expected." ex-pected." However, a 'spokesman added that Rumania was prepared to defend every Inch of her territory terri-tory and regarded the present frontier fron-tier with Hungary as final. By maneuvering in which Britain Brit-ain was persuaded to buy larger quantise ef Rumanian products. King Carol appeared -to have put the brere on Adolf Hitler's political politi-cal drive Into southeastern Europe. Rumania seemed to have escaped es-caped German economic domination domina-tion and Carol assumed the leadership leader-ship of Balkan forces opposed to the nasi political and economic penetration. At the same time the king won another round in his long fight against the outlawed and fascist-inclined fascist-inclined iron guard which had been urging political cooperation with Germany. News that London soon would tCeatttttiwt on Pete Povr) Cot limn Pour) RUMANIAN JEW SIIOOTSGERLlAtl Oealtaeet Mai Pet 0e end a trade mission to Bucharest overjoyed official circle. The British action placet an en-tlrely en-tlrely new face oa the whole sltua-tloa," sltua-tloa," on official said. There were indications that Rumania, Ru-mania, having won new hope of, independence, in-dependence, would altar the modified modi-fied dictatorship under which II baa been operating ia fever of more democratic regime. Officials aaid additional British economic support would help Rumania Ru-mania make up her mind on whether wheth-er to oast hsr political lot with the western democraciea er the te-talitariaa te-talitariaa states. It waa indicated the ban an political parties might be lifted and parliament reassembled. reassem-bled. However, the prospect of an Iron guard revival, at leaat for the time being, vanished overnight when the government took a strong hand in suppressing a so-called renewal of subversive activities. Profeeeor Arrested A German language profeeeor at Bucharest university, I. San Gior-glu, Gior-glu, waa arrested and the government govern-ment refused la release Ion Mano-leacu-Strunga, president of the Rumanian Ru-manian National bank, arretted several days ago on a charge of spreading disturbing rumors. . Maooiescu-Strung. a minister In previous Rumanian governments, was aaid to be a personal friend of Field Marshal Hermann Wilhelm Goering, Reichafuehrer Hitler's chief aid. In Bucharest political circlet It wat reported that part of Rumania'! Ruma-nia'! difflcultiea with Germany eouid be ascribed- to personal difference! dif-ference! between Hitler and Carol. When Carol visited the fuehrer at Berchtesgadea iaet fall Hitler urged the king to accept tha iron guard oa a legal political group. The Rumanian answer wat a hard-fisted suppression of the terrorist ter-rorist movement.