Bucharest, Oct. 18.
As a protective measure, Rumania is understood to be withdrawing a number of troops from the Hungarian frontier and transferring them to Bessarabia, which seceded from Russia in 1918 and attached itself to Rumania, Although it was acknowledged by the Supreme Conference of the Allies on March 3, 1920, and also explicitly by the Treaty of Paris, the union of Bessarabia with Rumania has been a matter of controversy between Russia and Rumania, Negotiations were opened at Genoa in 1922 and in Vienna in 1924, but they led to no settlement. Of the population of about 2,625000, more than 1,585,000 are Moldavians.
The Rumanian decision is the result of reports from Mosców that, after settling outstanding questions with Finland, Russia will turn her attention to Bessarabia.
In celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the Autonomous Republic of idavia yesterday, Soviet news-papals contrasted the position of the Moldavian people living on the Soviet side of the Dniester with the "sufferings" of those living on the other side of the river, namely, the population of Bessarabia.—Reuter.
The closing Interbank selling rates yesterday were as follows: Sterling 44id. USS 7
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