Reliable quarters said that the German Minister promised King Carol that "Germany will give Rumania every possible diplomatic aid," but no further assistance was promised.
The Crown Council met a second time late last evening and adjourned at 1130 p.m. when the Soviet reply to the Rumanian proposal for negotiations failed to arrive.
At an earlier meeting the Council approved the Government's decision to send a note to Moscow agreeing to open diplomatic negotiations lit any time and place set by Russia.
Two hours before the 10 p.m. deadline last night strong opposition developed in Government quarters to any capitulation to Russia and officials described reports that Rumania had already acceded as premature, "Not Yet Yielded Sources close to the former Foreign Minister, M. Grigor Gafencu, who is handling the negotiations with the Soviet Union, said, "Rumania has not yet yielded." Bitter opposition was growing because of the magnitude of the Russian demands, these sources said, Meanwhile, it was understood that Russia stressed her desire to take over the territory peacefully. Thousands of Rumanians were reported to have already begun evacuating Bessarabia last night,
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