Romania eventually signed a pact with the Entente, entering the war in late 1916, but the Ententist side soon appeared morally defeated. Following a Central Powers counteroffensive and the fall of Bucharest (during which "Furnica" began a long hiatus), Ranetti followed the Romanian Army on its hasty retreat, settling in Iași. There, he earned an editorial position at "România", the nationalist propaganda magazine, which had been created by General Prezan and Mihail Sadoveanu as a means to "sustain the morale of soldiers and civilians." Ranetti's contributions included an October 17 editorial, in which he asked Romanian Jews to cease speaking in German for the duration of war. His employment at "România" entitled Ranetti to "a daily purchase of two liters of wine".