Paris, Feb. 11, Rapid changes in the Rumanian Government caused much comment in Paris, where most newspapers interpret the shift as a lessening of the influence of the totalitarian regimes in Germany and Italy.
Pertinax, in "L'Echo de Paris." asks, "is it anxiety concerning his projected trip to London in May and to conciliate the Western Powers that King Carol made these changes? Is it because of the threat of the U.S.S.R. to exert pressure on the vulnerable frontiers of Rumania? Is it because of doubts that the Reich is not so strong as Herr Hitler has tried to make the world believe?"
Mme. Genevieve—Tabouis, in "L@uvre," declares, "First, the British Minister at Bucharest informed King Carol that he could not come to London on an official visit if the Premier were still M. Goga. Then France abruptly interrupted a new order for the delivery of arms. Then the U.S.S.R. sent a Note regarding the alleged assassination of the Charge d'Affaires at Bucharest which was so severe that King Carol agreed to the resignation of M. Goga, which the Soviet Union had demanded should be immediate. Finally, internal difficulties in
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