Ku sii qor faqradan - Bărbulescu gabi ahaanba kama uusan jirin nolosha siyaasadeed markii Romania ay la midoobeen Entente, waxayna aamusnaayeen ku dhawaad inta ka hartay Dagaalkii Koowaad ee Adduunka. Bishii Maarso 1918, iyadoo Bucharest ay ku hoos jirtay qabsashada
iyo Iași oo ah caasimad ku meel gaar ah, taariikhda waxay umuuqatay inay xaqiijineyso walaacyadiisa. 1-dii Maarso, maadaama inta badan shaqaalaha u ololeeya heshiiska ay ka baxeen magaalada, Germanophiles waxay u doorteen inuu noqdo guddoomiyaha Kulliyadda Waraaqaha. Bishii Abriil, ka hor bixitaanka Romania, iyo waddanka hoostiisa oo uu hoggaaminayo Alexandru Marghiloman, Bărbulescu iyo Constantin Meissner waxay tafatireen wargeyska Conservative "Iașiul". Kaaliyahayaga iyo agaasimaha farshaxanka wuxuu ahaa sawir qaade Nicolae Tonitza, oo ka cabanayay in Bărbulescu uu ahaa mid edbinaya, oo aan suurtagal ahayn in lala shaqeeyo.