During Latvian War of Independence Virza worked for several newspapers and his articles and patriotic poems were published regularly. In January 1919, under Bolshevik pressure, Virza together with the Provisional Government left Riga and evacuated to Liepāja. After a pro-German coup in April 1919 Virza traveled from Liepāja by sea to Tallinn and from there to Valka where Latvian military units, still loyal to the Provisional Government, were being organized. While in Valka, he together with Oto Nonācs and Jēkabs Janševskis published newspaper "Tautas Balss" (Voice of the Nation). Despite its short life, this newspaper with its outspoken pro-Latvian independence position became one of the symbols of a free Latvia.