 The province was subordinated to a royal-appointed General Commissar, and "Sfatul Țării" was relegated to a consultative position.Furthermore, the state of siege was declared throughout Bessarabia and censorship was instated.Under the pressure of the Romanian central government, worried about the growing dissatisfaction with its administration of the region and the strengthening of the autonomist current, the conditions were nominally dropped by the "Sfatul Țării" in December 1918.