 Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Chibvumirano cheBucharest chakaunza Romania muhondo semubatanidzwa weEntente, ipapo kupindirwa kwayo neGermany. Zvakare akasarudzwa saLieutenant, Blank akanyoresa muNewly formed Romanian Air Force. Iye akazoonekwa muIasi, guta guru rechinguvana renyika yeRomania. Argetoianu anoshuma kuti panguva yehondo Iași yaive nzvimbo iyo Blank akatanga kuwana kuvimba kwaCarol weHohenzollern, muchinda weRomania akakuvadzwa. Carol akashandisa Blank mukuedza kwake kuwana tsigiro kubva kuna Prime Minister Alexandru Averescu. Uyewo maererano naArgetoianu, Blank akanga achinyepedzera kurwara neasthma, izvo zvakamuona achibvisirwa mabasa ake ndokutumirwa kuParis. Munguva yekubuda kwe1917, Blank akatsigira rwendo rwakawedzerwa rwaIoan Timuș kuenda kuJapan, achimukumbira kuti aite semupi uye munyori wenhoroondo wetsika dzechiJapan, uye saka zvinobatsira nyika yedu. Mumwe mushumo wakanyorwa naAlexandru Lapedatu unoratidza kuti Blank akapfuura nomuMoscow, muRussian Republic, kwaakaona iye pachake Revolution yaNovember. Akadzingwa nevamwe vanhu vokuEngland pakurwiswa kweHotel Metropol neRed Guards. 