 Carol returned triumphantly in June 1930, after a months-long national press campaign in which "Epoca" represented the moderate side.Throughout the interval, Filipescu debated with the more radical Carlist Nae Ionescu, who had been harshly critical of the Romanian Regency regime.According to "Le Monde Slave", the similarities between Filipescu and Ionescu ended where Filipescu became anti-theoretical, "honest and trenchant", "one of the last examples of Romanian conservatives."