The Plight of Rumania Rumania's gesture in denouncing the Anglo-French
guarantee and the creation of a Cabinet avowedly pro-Axis and totalitarian in policy may have come too late to win German favour. In this respect the invasion of Rumania may have the same results as the invasion of France—it may serve only to bring her under foreign domination without compensating advan- tages. Count Teleki and Count Csaky, the Hungarian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, are in Munich, seeking support for the restoration of Transylvania ; and Rumania's new Iron Guard regime, fearing Communism within, and both Russia and Hungary without, has only met with rebuffs in seeking pro- tection from Germany. The latter in regard to the Balkans has taken a leaf out of the book of her rival Russia, maintaining a mysterious silence as to her intentions. She is zealously endeavouring to spread rumours in Istanbul and sow distrust between Turkey and Russia, and create the fear that the latter has immediate designs on the Straits—a fear that it is hoped will draw Turkey into the arms of the Nazis. The Turks understand these manoeuvres, and are watching the position with quiet resolution. But the outlook for Rumania is gloomy. Whether Germany and Russia are acting in mutual under- standing, or, as is more likely, in pretence of such an under- standing but in real opposition, it seems likely that what may remain of King Carol's country will for the present be no more than a puppet State.
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