An attempt was made to assassinate Victor Cadere, chief of the Roumanian secret police, and the personally delegated investigator of King Carol to probe the causes of the anti-Semitic outbreaks. The attempt was made while M. Cadere was sitting in a dining car on his way from Bucharest. The would-be assassin, M. Junescu, a government employe, fired several revolver shots at M. Cadere but missed him.
Junescu has been arrested but the reasons for the attempted assassination have not yet been ascertained. M. Cadere has been extremely active in discovering the secrets of the various anti-Semitic organizations and in rounding up some of their leaders, consequently it is believed the attempt to kill him may have something to do with his fight against anti-Semitism.
Junescu’s attack recalled the shooting several weeks ago of Dr. Constantin Angelescu, assistant minister of the interior, by Georg Beza, an anti-Semitic student, who attacked Dr. Angelescu in the ministry of the interior building. Threats against the lives of minister of justice Junian and other high government officials have been made recently by the anti-Semites.
The continuance of the terroristic activities is seen in an announcement today by the Bucharest office of the state railway to the effect that five attempts were made yesterday to derail trains on various lines in Old Roumania. There were no injuries but a number of cars were badly damaged. The secret police have begun an investigation.
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