▁Orig ins ▁ ▁A ▁newspaper ▁by ▁the ▁name ▁A dev ĕ r ul ŭ ▁( pr on ounced ▁the ▁same ▁as ▁A dev ăr ul , ▁but ▁following ▁versions ▁of ▁the ▁Roman ian ▁alphabet ▁which ▁emphas ized ▁et ym ology , ▁in ▁this ▁case ▁from ▁the ▁Latin ▁word ▁ver itas ) ▁was ▁founded ▁on ▁December ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 1 8 7 1 . ▁The ▁week ly ▁was ▁owned ▁by ▁Alexand ru ▁B eld iman , ▁a ▁former ▁Police ▁commander , ▁and ▁published ▁in ▁I a și , ▁the ▁former ▁capital ▁of ▁Mold avia . ▁B eld iman ▁directed ▁the ▁newspaper ▁in ▁opposition ▁to ▁Roman ia ' s ▁new ▁Dom n itor , ▁the ▁German ▁prince ▁Carol ▁of ▁H oh enz oll ern , ▁calling ▁for ▁the ▁rest oration ▁of ▁his ▁de posed ▁and ▁ex iled ▁prede cess or , ▁the ▁Mold av ian - born ▁Alexand ru ▁Io an ▁Cu za . ▁Its ▁articles ▁against ▁the ▁new ▁monarch ▁soon ▁after ▁resulted ▁in ▁B eld iman ' s ▁ind ict ment ▁for ▁def am ation ▁and ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁ 1 8 6 6 ▁Constitution . ▁He ▁was ▁eventually ▁acqu itted , ▁but ▁the ▁journal ▁ceased ▁publication ▁with ▁its ▁ 1 3 th ▁issue ▁( A pril ▁ 1 8 7 2 ). ▁ ▁A dev ăr ul ▁re emer ged ▁as ▁a ▁daily ▁on ▁August ▁ 1 5 , ▁ 1 8 8 8 , ▁seven ▁years ▁after ▁the ▁pro clam ation ▁of ▁a ▁Roman ian ▁Kingdom . ▁It ▁was ▁then