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...coronation of Carol, buck-toothed King of Rumania, was suddenly and definitely postponed last week from Oct. 15 to an indefinite date in the spring of 1931. Every Rumanian knew the reason. Patient, hazel-eyed Queen Helen, whose presence at the coronation is vital if Carol is to retain any of his present popularity in Rumania, suddenly decided that reconciliation with the man who deserted her five years ago to elope to France with a red-headed Jewess was more than she could stomach. She fled to Mamaia with her son Prince Mihai for a vacation in the clean fresh...
Characteristic of Carol was his first move, to turn in petty rage on his former wife...
...ruthless is Rumanian public opinion where Jews are concerned that the genial attitude of King Carol since his restoration has seemed to the Hebrew community almost too good to be true (TIME, June 23). Last week His Majesty followed up an earlier protestation of "love for my Jewish subjects" by exerting pressure on the Minister of Interior. Forthwith the Ministry's Chef de Cabinet, M. Tarfoianu, famed Rumanian Jew-baiter, was dismissed from his post. Jews continued to rejoice that during his protracted exile King Carol took a Jewish mistress...
Divorce Annulled. Rumania's King Carol II and Helen, sister of deposed George II of Greece; by the Rumanian Parliament in Bucharest...
...Activity was noted last week on International Telephone & Telegraph Corp.'s. Rumanian and Chinese fronts: on the former, victory; on the latter, defeat. Rumania's new King Carol approved the telephone monopoly granted the I. T. & T. by Parliament. The monopoly agreement is drawn up along the lines of the I. T. & T. Spanish concession. In China, on the other hand, the National Government last week termed invalid the franchise recently acquired by I. T. & T. to operate the telephone system in the International Settlement and the French Concession in Shanghai. The Chinese Ministry of Communications wants to take over...