Word: averescu
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While the train waited, King Ferdinand took Premier General Alexander Averescu by the arm and publicly besought him to do everything which would make possible the formation of a "National Coalition Cabinet" strong enough to bulwark Rumania in the event of the sovereign's sudden death. Since the first thing which Premier Averescu would have to do to bring this about would be to resign, his swart face darkened, and some reporters claimed that he did not reply to the King's appeal...
Arrived at Scrobesti, King Ferdinand took action in a manner absolutely to stagger Bucharest. He ordered the Minister of the Royal Household to present himself suddenly at a Cabinet meeting and demand the resignation of Premier Averescu. The order was obeyed. General Averescu picked up a sheet of notepaper from the table before him, dipped pen in ink, wrote out and signed his resignation. His startled ministers did likewise. Then came the real bombshell. Bland, the royal emissary announced that His Majesty had called to the Premiership Prince Babu Stirbey...
...engagement of Princess Ileana of Rumania, 17, to Crown Prince Umberto of Italy was reported by the Associated Press "on high authority." Premier Averescu was quoted as having said to a close friend: "I didn't get much from Italy (last September) except a throne for a Princess of Rumania...
Apparently it is. That extraordinary man, whose family have supplied the "Mayors of the Palace"* to the present Rumanian dynasty since its inception (1866), is not now Premier, but Premier General Averescu is universally admitted to be his puppet. The Bratiano clan controls the oil and much of the industry of Rumania. More vitally it controls the indescribably corrupt electoral machinery of Rumania by which new parties achieve overwhelming majorities and old ones are wiped out by the figurative pressure of a button: the button connecting the residence of Jon Bratiano by private telephone with the office of the Chief...
...potent favorite Prince Babu Stirby, have withdrawn from active participation in the Government, following the victory of the People's Party over the Liberals at the last election (TIME, June 7). Actually the Bratianos stepped out of office as Liberals only to send in their henchman Premier Averescu as a pretended exponent of the People's Party over the Liberals at the last election (TIME, June 7). Actually the Bratianos stepped out of office as Liberals only to send in their henchman Premier Averescu as a pretended exponent of the People's Party. That...