RUMANIA: Impossible
A bell tinkled, the doorbell of a secluded mansion near Paris in which reside the abdicated Crown Prince Carol of Rumania and Mme. Magda Lupescu, now enceinte (TIME, Dec. 13).
Soon Carol received in his study a bearded Rumanian, M. Cezianu, who said: "I ask you, in behalf of the King, that you immediately renounce Mme. Lupescu and return to Bucharest."
According to M. Cezianu, Carol answered:
"Impossible! At no price could I accept that condition. I know that the King is very sick, and I know also the love and affection that he really has for me. I know the sentiment that caused him suddenly to change his formal decision not to see me again. I have friends who always have defended me before the King, and I sincerely thank them, as I thank the King, my father."
From Bucharest Princess Helen of Greece, consort of Carol, announced last week that she would soon take their son, Crown Prince Michel of Rumania, with her to Rapallo, Italy, where he will pass the rest of the winter.
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