War, hunger and terror now rule the life of the unhappy Rumanian people. Hundreds of hospitals are filled to overflowing. and schools and public buildings have been turned into emergency hospitals for a huge number of wounded. Germany ha plundered the country. which known as the granary of Europe was always a food exporting c y Though the poor Rumanian peasant at leas ways had enough to eat. now there is r ing and the Rumanian peasants are. beginning to go hungry. Fear of German Army requisitioning has led to the wholesale illegal slaughtering of cattle.
There are no clothes. The Defence Ministry has issued an appeal which closes on September 15 for civilian clothes for demobilized soldiers. The explanation given is that lack of raw materials. which are reserved exclusively for military requirements. renders purchasing of civilian clothing impossible.
Mass arrests of politicians and journalists are reported every day. Executions of Jewish communists—the general name for all who oppose Gen. Antonescü—also occur, daily Whoever s shelter to a stranger is not onl; self threatened with death by Government order but his whole family with him, Gatherings of any kind are forbidden. including sports meetings, The people are not allowed to send registered letters or to convey messages or money from one place io another through private persons. Though it is open to the public to make use of the regular postal services, as the postal authorities naively stated the other day. the public is asked to use only postcards and these are rationed. Whoever infringes the postal regulations comes' before a military court,
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