Brăila, în anii neutralităţii (1914-1916). O abordare din perspectiva presei brăilene
Brăila, During The Years of Neutrality (1914-1916). The Approaches of the Press from Brăila

Summary/Abstract: Brăila, port of utmost importance for the Romanian economy, also benefited of a very important local press, at the beginning of the twentieth century. Press sheets and numerous newspapers (such as “Bomba”, „Dunărea”, „Egalitatea Brăilei”, “Obuzul”, “Expresul” etc.) offered the readers not only information about the economical, social and political life of the town, but also about the events from all over the country and the whole world. The crucial moment of the outbreak of the First World War was widely discussed in the press of Brăila. The purpose of this paper is to emphasize the attitude of the Romanians towards this moment, as it was presented by the journalists, the opinion leaders during that time. The articles written during that period reveal the Francophile attitude of the Romanians, an attitude that was clearly against Austro-Hungary and Germany. The journalists from Brăila propagated the idea of Romania’s participation in the great conflagration along with France, with the aim of achieving the national ideal: the establishment of the Great Romania. But there were also some journalists who were discussing about the possibility that Romania should fight against the Antante or remain neutral. Also, the newspapers from Brăila were rendering information on the effects of war on the economy of the town (reduced commercial traffic in the harbour, rising prices of all goods, export prohibition).

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