In late summer 1916, as Brătianu's government sealed an alliance with the Entente, Iorga expressed his joy in a piece named Ceasul ("The Hour"): "the hour we have been expecting for over two centuries, for which we have been living our entire national life, for which we have been working and writing, fighting and thinking, has at long last arrived."
Na kraju leta 1916. zajedno sa uspostavljanjem saveza sa Antantom vlade Batianua, Jorga je izrazio svoje zadovoljstvo u jednom komadu koga je nazvao "Čeasul" (Čas): "Došao je momenat koga smo očekivali vekovima,za koji smo živeli ceo naš nacionalni život, za koji smo radili i pisali, borili se i mislili".