Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bărbulescu ya kasance ba ya cikin rayuwar siyasa yayin da Romania ta haɗu tare da Entente, kuma ya yi shiru don kusan ragowar Yaƙin Duniya na 1. A watan Maris na 1918, tare da Bucharest a ƙarƙashin mamayewa
kuma Iași a matsayin babban birnin na wucin gadi, tarihi kamar ya tabbatar da damuwarsa. A ranar 1 ga Maris, yayin da yawancin ma'aikatan pro-Entente suka bar garin, Germanophiles sun zabe shi shugaban makarantar. A watan Afrilu, gabanin mika wuya na Romania, kuma tare da kasar da Alexandru Marghiloman ke jagoranta, Bărbulescu da Constantin Meissner suna shirya jaridar Conservative "Iașiul". Mataimakin su kuma darektan zane-zane shi ne mai zane Nicolae Tonitza, wanda ya yi korafin cewa Bărbulescu mai horo ne, ba zai yiwu a yi aiki tare ba.