ation , ▁Sunday ▁rest ▁for ▁employees , ▁universal ▁cons cription ▁instead ▁of ▁a ▁permanent ▁under ▁arms ▁force , ▁women ' s ▁rights , ▁em an cip ation ▁for ▁Roman ian ▁Jews . ▁It ▁emb rac ed ▁the ▁cause ▁of ▁Roman ians ▁living ▁outside ▁the ▁Old ▁Kingdom , ▁particularly ▁those ▁in ▁Aust ro – H ung arian - ru led ▁Trans ylvan ia , ▁while ▁calling ▁for ▁Roman ia ▁to ▁separate ▁itself ▁from ▁its ▁commit ment ▁to ▁the ▁Tri ple ▁Alliance , ▁and ▁advoc ating ▁a ▁B alk an ▁Federation ▁to ▁include ▁Roman ia . ▁ ▁A dev ăr ul ▁also ▁took ▁an ▁active ▁interest ▁in ▁the ▁problems ▁facing ▁Roman ia ' s ▁rural ▁population : ▁while ▁calling ▁for ▁a ▁land ▁reform , ▁it ▁expressed ▁condem n ation ▁of ▁the ▁failing ▁san it ary ▁system , ▁which ▁it ▁bl amed ▁for ▁the ▁frequency ▁of ▁coun tr ys ide ▁ep ide m ics , ▁and ▁for ▁the ▁administrative ▁system , ▁which ▁it ▁accused ▁of ▁cor ruption . ▁It ▁dep icted ▁revol t ▁as ▁legit imate , ▁and ▁campaign ed ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁am n esty ▁for ▁prisoners ▁taken ▁after ▁the ▁ 1 8 8 8 ▁pe asant ▁ri ots . ▁The ▁paper ▁supported ▁educational ▁re forms ▁in ▁the ▁coun tr ys ide , ▁calling ▁attention ▁to ▁the ▁specific ▁issues ▁faced ▁by ▁rural ▁teachers , ▁but ▁also ▁campaign ed ▁against ▁their ▁use ▁of ▁corpor al ▁pun ishment ▁as ▁a ▁method ▁of ▁maintain ing ▁school ▁discipline . ▁In ▁similar ▁ve in , ▁A dev ăr ul ▁focused