News from Rumania is very bad.. The Government has passed
a series of measures amounting to a- reversal of the policy of the charter of Alba Julia. of 1918 which was to have formed the basis of a " Greater Rumania " built up on the recognition of the rights and liberties of the Transylvanian minorities. Now these very large portions of the population are to be differentiated- against in various ways—for example, by a new Rent Law which allows eviction of anyone who fought against Rumania during the War,, and, worst of all, by a law suppressing all religious orders other than the Orthodox. This practically means that all the schools of Transylvania will be shut, since they are supported by Roman Catholic organizations. The madness of these measures can hardly be realized in this country. They provide the most violent fuel for the active irredentist campaign which the Horthy Government. of Hungary is already carrying on amongst the Magy-ars of Transylvania. They will enormously assist the extensive propaganda by which Hungary is attempting to capture the public opinion of the world for Magyar dreams of revenge. They will utterly prevent the return of peace, security., and prosperity to Central. Europe.
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