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...Brasov, where that Jewish Juno, large, muscular, red-haired Mme Magda Lupescu, often dallies with King Carol II, guards caught a fully-armed spy roaming the Royal Palace last week. Spy Ludwig Andrei had in his breast pockets plans of the palace, its secret entrances and those sliding panels which have enabled Rumanian Royalty to pass with such discretion from one bedchamber to another. Next day police, gendarmes and detectives raided scores of hotels, restaurants and clubs, stopped railway trains to search passengers to the skin. By nightfall Spy Andrei had been joined in jail by over 5,000 suspects...
Fortnight ago Alexander of Jugoslavia, his Queen, and his Foreign Minister entrained for Tsar Boris' Bulgaria. The Rumanian Cabinet was threatening to resign (it was reconstructed almost intact), Mistress Magda Lupescu had a bad cold so King Carol could not come...
Thus chided. Leader Maniu redoubled his protests, made clear that Mme Lupescu will be the chief issue in Rumania's next election. "Through her meddling in politics," he said, "no less than twelve cabinets have fallen and four Rumanian elections have followed on each other's heels. Mme Lupescu is responsible for almost every evil in the country. I suggest we should hold party meetings all over Rumania to clear up this scandal. Every Rumanian should receive a good example from the palace. Otherwise there is no sense in spending millions for priests and teachers...
...long as the chief of staff of the present court camarilla, who is Mme Lupescu, retains full power, I shall struggle with that camarilla. I shall fight it in order to save the monarchy...
Thus attacked, King Carol, who has been ruling Rumania under a "state of siege" decree since the assassination of Premier Ion Duca by terrorists who openly made known that "Lupescu is next on our list" (TIME, Jan. 8). took council with Premier George Tatarescu who advised last week that the state of siege must be prolonged for another six months...