The New York Times today condemned the Rumanian Government editorially for repudiating the minorities treaty and refuted Government claims of a “Jewish invasion.”
“The declarations of the King and the Prime Minister are as ominous as they are untrue,” the editorial said. “Like that of Cuza, they foreshadow governmental policies in absolute violation of the solemn obligations freely accepted by the Bucharest Government in the treaties by which at the end of the World War, with the sanction of the Allies, the area and population of Rumania were more than doubled….
“In particular, Rumania has circumvented the obligation to grant citizenship ipso facto to Jews. But it was left to Carol, and the unrepresentative Government he now supports in office, brazenly to announce repudiation of the country’s pledge of fair play to its defenseless minorities. The false issue – the “invaders” – now being raised by the King and his henchmen is a transparent subterfuge.”
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