1 9 3 4 . ▁ ▁In ▁parallel , ▁A dev ăr ul ▁took ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁prom oting ▁alternatives ▁to ▁national ist ▁theories . ▁It ▁thus ▁attempted ▁to ▁medi ate ▁the ▁on going ▁disput es ▁between ▁Roman ia ▁and ▁Hung ary , ▁an ▁editor ial ▁policy ▁not ably ▁taken ▁up ▁in ▁ 1 9 2 3 , ▁when ▁the ▁ex iled ▁Hung arian ▁intellectual ▁O sz k ár ▁J ás zi ▁visited ▁Buch ar est . ▁In ▁that ▁context , ▁A dev ăr ul ▁published ▁J ás zi ' s ▁interview ▁with ▁Constantin ▁Costa - For u , ▁where in ▁J ás zi ▁mapped ▁out ▁a ▁Dan ub ian ▁Confeder ation ▁scheme , ▁critic izing ▁" th ought s ▁of ▁war ▁and ▁sent iments ▁of ▁hat red " ▁among ▁both ▁Roman ians ▁and ▁Mag y ars . ▁In ▁another ▁A dev ăr ul ▁piece , ▁J ás zi ' s ▁vision ▁was ▁comm ended ▁as ▁a ▁dem ocr atic ▁alternative ▁to ▁the ▁author itar ian ▁Hung arian ▁Reg ency ▁regime , ▁leading ▁Hung arian ▁Amb assador ▁I ván ▁Rub ido - Z ich y ▁to ▁express ▁his ▁dis ple asure . ▁Later , ▁even ▁as ▁J ás zi ▁arose ▁the ▁susp ic ions ▁of ▁many ▁Roman ians ▁and ▁was ▁sh unn ed ▁by ▁the ▁Hung arian ▁community ▁in ▁Roman ia , ▁A dev ăr ul ▁still ▁expressed ▁sympathy ▁for ▁his ▁cause , ▁not ably ▁with ▁a ▁ 1 9 3 5 ▁ess ay ▁by ▁Trans ylvan ian ▁journalist ▁I on ▁Clo po