Subiect: One of the most severe measures taken by the Hungarian authorities against the Romanian national movement was to issue political trials. Among the personalities with an intense and renowned political activity, who sustained the national movement, monitored by the Hungarian system of justice, was the well-known politician Francisc Hossu-Longin. By publishing the article "Mea culpa", in which he criticized the attitude of a group belonging to the Romanian elite, he was sentenced to one year in prison and 1000 "coroane" fine by the royal court, being accused of the offence "agitation through written press ". His conviction caused important turbulence amongst the journalists. Important personalities of the public life from Hungary, among whom we can mention the sociologist Oszkar Jaszi, used the moment for presenting their own more moderate and democratic opinions on nationalities.
