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...Rumanian cabinet took away ex-King Carol's Rumanian citizenship and such worldly goods as he left behind when he abdicated in 1940. Plain Mr. Hohenzollern, they decided, had "slandered" the state. His son, plain Mr. Michael Hohenzollern is allowed to keep his citizenship and part of his fortune...
Gateways to Music (Thurs. 5 p.m., CBS). The Columbia Concert Orchestra, playing Intermezzo, from Kodály's Háry János Suite; Liszt's Hungarian Fantasia; Bartók's Rumanian Folk Dances...
Brown-eyed Dimitri Kutseos, 16-year-old rebel guerrilla, was one of 40 captured in the battle at Konitsa. Dressed in a grey-green Rumanian military tunic, as were many of his comrades, he looked a sad little figure. Colonel Valadas, commanding the Loyalists in Konitsa, remarked: "When you catch them they say they were forcibly recruited; but when they fight, they fight like hell...
...rebel squad was armed in Albania specially for the Konitsa attack with the Panzerfaust (a German-type bazooka) and Rumanian mines. Three of Dimitri's friends from Lamia tried to run away from the guerrilla band. "They were caught," said Dimitri, "and tied with ropes and the oldtimers came and kicked them to death before us in the light of the moon...
Three years of Communist domination had taught Michael's subjects to release their feelings, if any, in private. So as Michael packed his bags, many a Rumanian wept-at home. The few who cared to join the perfunctory demonstrations celebrating the new republic were equally embarrassed. As Rumania's national anthem begins with the words "Long live our noble King," they had to make do with the Internationale...