Editing Tudor Arghezi (section)

===German occupation and Văcărești Prison===
Eventually, he collaborated with the [[German Empire|German]] authorities who had occupied most of Romania in late 1916 (''see [[Romanian Campaign (World War I)|Romanian Campaign]]''), and wrote articles for the German-backed ''[[Gazeta Bucureștilor]]'';<ref name="Hâncu">Hâncu</ref> he was one among the diverse grouping of [[intellectual]]s to do so — it also included Bogdan-Pitești,<ref name="Zambaccian, Chapter VIII"/> Galaction, [[Constantin Stere]], [[Dimitrie D. Pătrășcanu]], [[Alexandru Marghiloman]], [[Ioan Slavici]], [[Grigore Antipa]], and [[Simion Mehedinți]].<ref>Boia, p.256</ref>

Arrested along with eleven other newspapermen and writers, among them Slavici, he was accused of "collaboration with the enemy" for his anti-Entente activities.<ref>Hâncu; Willhardt ''et al.'', p.15</ref> According to Arghezi himself, the Royal Commissioner charged with investigation had initially kept the group secluded in a Bucharest hotel, arguing that they were an ongoing danger to Allied forces in Bucharest.<ref name="Hâncu"/>

Sentenced and detained in the [[Văcărești Prison]], Arghezi pleaded his cause in letters and petitions addressed to a "Mr. General", who has been tentatively identified with [[List of Prime Ministers of Romania|Premier]] [[Artur Văitoianu]], asking for a conditional release after his illegitimate son, [[Eli Lotar]], with Constanța Zissu, who had been born in 1905, left home and went missing.<ref name="Hâncu"/> Despite their political rivalry, [[Nicolae Iorga]], who had given his full backing to the Entente during the war, repeatedly called on authorities to pardon Arghezi free;<ref name="Hâncu"/> his plea was eventually granted, and Arghezi was released in late 1919.<ref name="Hâncu"/> Expressing his thanks to Iorga for his intervention,<ref name="Hâncu"/> he nonetheless continued to oppose him on several issues, and the polemic, turned sarcastic, was to prolong itself over the next two decades.<ref name="Hâncu"/>