King Carol II After all, there has been a restoration
in Rumania. The exiled Prince Carol has superseded his infant son as King. A year ago anything seemed more likely than that Prince Carol, whose career was judged to be hardly reputable, would be able to return as King, or that if he did he would be able to bring Peasants and Liberals together and become the centre of a new hope of national stability. Yet these things have happened. It seems that the Peasant Government under Dr. Maniu came to the conclusion that the return of the exile would be popular and that the Peasant majority so far from having anything to fear from it might enjoy a reflected glory. At first the idea was that Prince Carol should be invited merely to'join the Regency Council, but the spontaneous enthusiasm of the people— apparently it was not less than that—has carried matters much further.
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