▁on ▁cases ▁of ▁ab use ▁within ▁the ▁Roman ian ▁Army , ▁document ing ▁cases ▁where ▁soldiers ▁were ▁being ▁il leg ally ▁used ▁as ▁indent ured ▁servants , ▁not ing ▁the ▁uns an it ary ▁conditions ▁which ▁account ed ▁for ▁an ▁unus ually ▁high ▁rate ▁of ▁severe ▁conj unct iv itis , ▁and ▁condem ning ▁officers ▁for ▁regularly ▁be ating ▁their ▁sub ordinates . ▁As ▁part ▁of ▁the ▁latter ▁campaign , ▁it ▁focused ▁on ▁Crown ▁Prince ▁Ferdinand , ▁who ▁was ▁task ed ▁with ▁instruct ing ▁a ▁batt alion ▁and ▁is ▁said ▁to ▁have ▁sla pped ▁a ▁soldier ▁for ▁not ▁performing ▁the ▁proper ▁moves . ▁A dev ăr ul ▁investig ated ▁numerous ▁other ▁excess es ▁of ▁authority , ▁and ▁on ▁several ▁occasions ▁formed ▁special ▁investig ative ▁comm issions ▁of ▁rep or ters ▁who ▁followed ▁susp ic ions ▁of ▁jud icial ▁error . ▁It ▁also ▁spoke ▁out ▁in ▁favor ▁of ▁Jewish ▁em an cip ation , ▁while ▁the or izing ▁a ▁difference ▁between ▁the ▁minor ity ▁" exp lo iting ▁Jews " ▁and ▁an ▁assim il able ▁Jewish ▁majority . ▁ ▁Under ▁B eld iman , ▁the ▁newspaper ▁took ▁pride ▁in ▁stating ▁its ▁independence , ▁by ▁taking ▁distance ▁from ▁the ▁two ▁dominant ▁parties , ▁the ▁Conserv atives ▁and ▁the ▁National ▁Liberal ▁Party , ▁who ▁either ▁supported ▁or ▁toler ated ▁King ▁Carol . ▁This ▁st ance ▁re put edly ▁earned ▁the ▁publication ▁an ▁unusual ▁status : ▁an ec d otes ▁have ▁it ▁that ▁Conserv ative ▁leader ▁L asc ăr ▁Cat arg iu ▁would ▁only ▁read ▁A dev