dev ăr ul , ▁becoming ▁one ▁of ▁M ille ' s ▁most ▁vocal ▁critics . ▁A ▁third ▁Bac al ba ș a , ▁Constantin , ▁stayed ▁on , ▁and , ▁from ▁ 1 8 9 5 , ▁was ▁M ille ' s ▁first ▁editor . ▁He ▁became ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁anti - colon ial ▁st ance , ▁giving ▁positive ▁coverage ▁to ▁the ▁ 1 8 9 6 ▁Philipp ine ▁Revolution . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 0 4 , ▁the ▁board ▁created ▁A dev ĕ r ul ▁S . ▁A ., ▁the ▁first ▁in ▁a ▁series ▁of ▁joint ▁stock ▁companies ▁meant ▁to ▁ins ure ▁its ▁control ▁of ▁commercial ▁rights . ▁In ▁ 1 8 9 8 , ▁after ▁M ille ▁inv ested ▁its ▁prof its ▁into ▁real ▁estate , ▁A dev ăr ul ▁left ▁its ▁crow ded ▁surr ound ings ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁a ▁spe cially ▁designed ▁new ▁building ▁on ▁S ăr ind ar ▁Street ▁( the ▁present - day ▁C . ▁M ille ▁Street , ▁between ▁C ale a ▁Vict orie i ▁and ▁the ▁Ci ș m ig iu ▁Gard ens ). ▁In sp ired ▁by ▁Le ▁Fig ar os ▁pal atial ▁qu arters , ▁it ▁was ▁first ▁building ▁of ▁such ▁proport ions ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁Roman ia ' s ▁print ▁media , ▁housing ▁a ▁printing ▁press , ▁paper ▁storage , ▁distribution ▁office ▁and ▁mail ▁room , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁a ▁library , ▁several ▁arch ives , ▁a ▁phone ▁station ▁and ▁a ▁Roman ian ▁Orth odox ▁chap el . ▁Its ▁h