 In August 1917, during what was designed as the final German attack on Moldavia, "Gazeta Bucureștilor" carried his appeal "Pedeapsa" ("Punishment").It presented the Germans as liberators, noting that "our true enemy" was the "hideous" political system set up by Take Ionescu and Brătianu.His articles turned against high society Francophilia (or "Franțuzomania", "Frenchy-mania"), perceived as the real reason for war