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Suddenly there was a yellow flash, a loud explosion. One of the students, Nicholas Constantinescu, had pulled a smoke bomb from his pocket and hurled it. Before the smoke had cleared he walked slowly up to the unscathed Prime Minister, placed one hand on his shoulder and fired four shots into his head and body. Ion Duca turned at the second shot, made the sign of the Cross, dropped with blood oozing from his mouth...
Next afternoon Premier Duca's body was sent back to Bucharest. Assassin Constantinescu, who after police hustled him to safety had spent several hours puffing out his chest and posing for photographs, was taken the same day to Ploesti near Bucharest for trial. The murdered Premier's brother-in-law, Radu Polizu, took the morning train out from Bucharest and burst wild-eyed into the Sinaia stationmaster's office where Assassin Constantinescu was held. He whipped out a small revolver and sent two bullets whistling round the prisoner. Bang! Bang! Neither of them took effect. Radu Polizu...
Following an interview with Benito, Alexandre Constantinescu, Rumanian Minister of Agriculture, declared that Italy and Rumania must cooperate. The usual alluring remarks were made about Italian development of the riches of Rumania and the hopes for an Italo- Rumanian Treaty. In conclusion, Constantinescu said that the Rumanian monarchs, "King Marie and Queen Ferdinand," would visit Italy in the near future...