General Antonescu, it was declared, has been able to secure the cooperation of many leading Rumanians by reason of this German promise to secure restoration of the areas which Rumania last year ceded to Soviet Russia. It was believed that securing of this cooperation was the reason for General Antonescu's recent trip to Berlin.
Difficulties in obtaining meat and other foods in Rumania, except at expensive hotels, was said to be due chiefly to the fact that Rumania has to feed the occupying German army and also because the Rumanian transport and railway system, now under German military control, has been devoted exclusively to military work.
The mass calling-up of Rumanian troops also caused a labour shortage, further disorganizing food production and distribution, the prominent Turkish leader declared—United Press.
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