It is perfectly clear from the action of King Carol in dissolving the newly elected Rumanian Parliament that that country is to be transformed from a democratic to a totalitarian state, From the announcement that new elections will take place it is to be assumed that a regime similar to those of Germany and Italy will be set up. and under Premier Goga it is thought that Rumania will eventually swing into line with the Berlin-Rome axis. Should that indeed prove to be the case it would be a serious reverse to French policy in that part of Europe. for Rumania has been closely bound to France since the Great War. There are of present on signs showing that that will happen but when the general tendencies of M. Goga's political faith are remembered, it will be realized that there will not be so much in common between his Government and that of France as was formerly the case, and that ultimately Rumania will find herself in closer communion with both Germany and Italy than before. Should the elections be held it seems more than likely that they will follow the lines adopted in Germany whereby only members of M. Goga's party would be returned, while the further proposals of the new prime minister suggest that the National Christian Party will finally have complete control in the country. The replacement of all provincial administrators by members of the party and the dissolution of the municipal councils, constitutes a complete denial of the principles of democracy, while the adoption of Anti-Semitic measures serves completely to identify Rumania with the ideals of German Nazism. The situation is not without its anxious side, and the chancelleries of Europe will watch future developments with care and apprehension, It undoubtedly serves to strengthen the German-Italian combination, though it must be confessed that it only amounts to the commencement of a regrouping not dissimilar from that which existed prior to the opening of the Great War
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