▁within ▁the ▁group . ▁ ▁A dev ăr ul ▁ag itated ▁with ▁energy ▁against ▁Austria – H ung ary ▁on ▁the ▁Trans ylvan ian ▁issue , ▁while ▁giving ▁less ▁expos ure ▁to ▁the ▁problems ▁of ▁Roman ians ▁in ▁Russian - h eld ▁B ess arab ia . ▁This ▁was ▁a ▁program m atic ▁choice , ▁out lined ▁by ▁Trans ylvan ian ▁academic ▁Io an ▁Ur su ▁in ▁a ▁September ▁ 1 9 1 4 ▁article ▁for ▁A dev ăr ul , ▁where ▁Russ oph ob ia ▁was ▁condem ned ▁as ▁a ▁can ard . ▁Over ▁the ▁course ▁of ▁ 1 9 1 4 , ▁the ▁ag ing ▁historian ▁A . ▁D . ▁X en opol ▁also ▁made ▁A dev ăr ul ▁the ▁host ▁of ▁his ▁inter vention ist ▁ess ays , ▁later ▁collected ▁as ▁a ▁volume . ▁In ▁early ▁winter ▁ 1 9 1 5 , ▁A dev ăr ul ▁public ized ▁the ▁visit ▁of ▁British ▁scholar ▁Robert ▁William ▁Set on - W at son , ▁who ▁campaign ed ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁the ▁Ent ente ▁Pow ers ▁and ▁supported ▁the ▁inter vention ist ▁Cultural ▁League ▁for ▁the ▁Unity ▁of ▁All ▁Roman ians . ▁In ▁his ▁interview ▁with ▁A dev ăr ul , ▁Set on - W at son ▁identified ▁the ▁goals ▁of ▁Roman ians ▁with ▁those ▁of ▁Ser bs ▁and ▁Cro ats , ▁stress ing ▁that ▁their ▁common ▁interest ▁called ▁for ▁the ▁partition ▁of ▁Austria – H ung ary , ▁ending ▁what ▁he ▁called ▁" the ▁brut al ▁and ▁artificial ▁dom ination ▁of