 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Filipescu aive zvakare muBucharest panguva yekumutsiridzwa kwehondo uye nguva inotungamira kukunda kweGerman. Baba vake vakanga vatanga pepanhau rinonzi Epoca muna 1885, uye muna September 1918, mwanakomana wacho akasarudza kumutsidzira zvipfeko zvaiva zvapera, achitenga chiratidzo kubva kumuridzi waro, Timoleon Pisani. Filipescu naConstantin Argetoianu vakazivisa vatengesi vaviri, Aristide Blank naJean Chrissoveloni. Mukutsinhana nekutsigirwa kubva kune maviri ekupedzisira, varidzi vemapepanhau vakabatana nehutungamiri hweMarmorosch Blank Bank, pamwe chete naDuca, Toma Stelian, naAlexandru Vaida-Voevod. Kubatanidzwa kwaBlank kwaizosimudzira fungidziro dzemapoka anopesana nevaJudha dzokuti pepanhau rakanga riri chishandiso chevaJudha. Nepo pesvedzero yaBlank yakanga yakanyanyisa, iye aiva neshoko mumutemo wokunyora. Somuenzaniso, apo imwe nyaya yaitsoropodza Liviu Rebreanu yakanga yakarongwa kuti ibudiswe, muzvinabhizimisi wacho akanyengetedza Filipescu kuti arege kubudisa nyaya yacho. Panzvimbo pezvo, muna 1919 Epoca yakabudisa gwaro pamusoro pemamiriro ezvinhu aMarghiloman munguva yehondo. 