 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Nokuda kwegore rinotevera, neRomania ichiri isina kwayakarerekera, Onciul akatsigira zvirongwa zvaizomudzivisa kupinda muhondo neAustria nedzimwe nyika dzeCentral Powers. Pamwe chete neBessarabian Constantin Stere, akatsvaga kuwana kodzero dzakawanda dzevaRomania muTransleithania, uye nekudaro kudzivirira Romania kubva pakuva ne casus belli; aidavira kuti mamiriro akanakisa aive ekuti Romania irwe pamwe neAustria, uye vagamuchire Bessarabia semubairo, kana kutobatanidzwa nerunyararo nehumambo. Chikumbiro chokupedzisira chakatsamwisa Iorga, uyo akapindura kuti Romania senyika haisi Belgium, kuvapo chete sehofisi yemitero, asi kumiririrwa kwevanhu vane utano, vane nguva yavo yemberi mberi. Uyewo ipapo, Onciul akapindira pakati pevaRomania veTransylvania neMutungamiri weHungary, István Tisza, achikumbira Tisza kudzora mitemo yeMagyarization, kugadzirisa mutemo wesarudzo, uye kupa chinzvimbo chepamutemo kumutauro wechiRomania. 