 Fearing a radical land reform, the county councils of Bălți, Soroca and Orhei, dominated by large landowners, were the earliest to ask for unification with the Kingdom of Romania, deeming the royal government preferable to the Sfatul Țării, dominated by left-wing populists.On April 9 [O.S.March 27] 1918, Sfatul Țării voted in favour of the union, with the following conditions