The weak jaw, heavy mouth, bristling mustache, popping eyes and full cheeks of Rumania's King Carol II make up a naturally pleasant, if weak, face. But the face did not wear a pleased expression last week. His countryalready buffeted, squeezed, threatened, with Bessarabia snipped off by Russia and Naziism clamped on by Germanywas still at dead centre of a pressure play.
Through diplomatic channels, Germany advised King Carol to quit the Balkan Entente. This bloc, consisting of Rumania, Turkey, Greece and Yugoslavia, to which King Carol adhered even after his tumble into the Nazi camp, has in general been favorable...
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