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- Title
RELAȚIILE ROMÂNO-FRANCEZE ÎN LUNA MAI 1932, REFLECTATE ÎN PAGINILE COTIDIANULUI BĂNĂȚEAN VESTUL.
- Authors
Narai, Eusebiu
- Abstract
War reparations deeply affected international relations, and attempts were made by American economic, financial and political circles to solve this thorny problem by launching two plans (the Dawes Plan -- 1929 and the Young Plan -- 1930) and by establishing a general moratorium on the payment of war reparations and debts (the Hoover Moratorium -- 1931). Unfortunately, the end of the First World War did not bring the much-desired peace to Europe, as the Versailles system soon proved ineffective and short-sighted. On the ruins of the former Central and Eastern European empires (the German Second Reich, Austro-Hungary -- derived from the Habsburg Empire, the Ottoman Empire and the Tsarist Empire), nation states emerged or existing states, which had gained their independence some time ago and had embarked on the road to modernisation, joined their territories. Some European states adopted authoritarian or totalitarian models of government relatively early on (the Soviet Union, Italy, Turkey, Bulgaria, Poland, Hungary, Germany -- now the Weimar Republic, Portugal, etc.). The great global economic crisis has led to a progressive deterioration in international relations. On the European level, a number of pressing and difficult issues have emerged: war reparations; the Austro-German customs union or the Curtius-Schober project: disarmament; the European Union project, etc. Of particular concern were the privileged Soviet-German relations and the successful attempt by the Weimar Republic to achieve equal rights with other states in the field of armaments. Formed on the basis of the principle of nationalities at the end of the First World War, Greater Romania will always advocate the maintenance of the territorial status quoo and collective security, strictly respecting the Covenant of the League of Nations and building a network of agreements and treaties to defend the fundamental interests of the small and medium-sized states of Central and Eastern Europe. Dominated by four world-renowned diplomats (Take Ionescu, Ionel Brătianu, Nicolae Titulescu and I.G. Duca), Romanina foreign policy between the wars was defined by: the decisive role played within the framework of the Little Entente; the deterioration of Romanian-Soviet relations, generated by the dispute over Bessarabia; adherence to the Briand-Kellogg Pact, supplemented by the Hoover-Stimson doctrine; the strengthening of relations with Poland; the initiative to convene Balkan conferences, in order to achieve a new regional defensive alliance; the hostile reaction to the Austro-German customs union project; the favourable attitude towards the Danube Confederation plan launched by France; the Romanian-Hungarian confrontation in the trial of the Hungarian opthonists in Transylvania; the active involvement in the work of the Disarmament Conference; the privileged relations between Romania and France; the trade agreements and the Romanian-German cultural relations, etc. The daily newspaper The West from Banat dealt with Romanian-French relations during the Iorga-Argetoianu government (April 1931-May 1932) with the utmost serious ness and objectivity, on all levels (economic, political-diplomatic, military, cultural, scientific, sports), including regional level, with a special interest for readers enjoying the feature articles or editorials printed on the front page of each issue, signed with the actual name of the journalist concerned or under a pseudonym relevant to the seriousness of the facts or events analyzed. In conclusion, during the Iorga-Argetoianu cabinet (April 1931-May 1932), despite the rather difficult economic situation, the rapid rise of nationalist-extremist movements such as the Iron Guard, the erosion of the parliamentary regime and the first attempts of King Charles II to impose a personal regime, Romanian foreign policy advocated the maintenance of peace and security at European and world level, good neighbourly relations and, respectively, friendship within the existing alliances or those in the process of being formed (the Little Entente and the Balkan Alliance), the preservation of the territorial status quo in Central and South-Eastern Europe, the firm rejection of all attempts to revise the borders established at the end of the First World War, the resumption of negotiations with the Soviet Union with a view to concluding a non-aggression pact, the strengthening of ties with Romania's traditional allies (France and Great Britain), etc.
- Subjects
WORLD War I; WAR; INTERNATIONAL security; GLOBAL Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; INTERNATIONAL relations; WEIMAR Republic, 1918-1933; OTTOMAN Empire; FRIENDSHIP; RACE relations
- Publication
Banatica, 2023, Vol 33, p451
- ISSN
1222-0612
- Publication type
Article