Word: filipescu
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Dates: during 1926-1926
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This time Prince Babu Stirbey allegedly telephoned the Chief of Police of Bucharest and demanded the arrest of the Carolist Deputy, Gregoire Filipescu, who had admitted publicly that he was the chief of the poster-pasters. Strangely enough, Prince Babu Stirbey's demand was not only flatly denied but he was allegedly advised to depart at once from Bucharest, advice which he immediately heeded, according to despatches...
Late in the week a despatch from Bucharest reported: "It is now openly rumored that King Ferdinand countermanded the order of Prince Babu Stirbey for the arrest of Deputy Filipescu. . . . The abdication of Crown Prince Carol is now widely interpreted as a protest against Prince Babu Stirbey's having compromised his mother and made his father appear ridiculous...