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Show GHIIflLOilS BHILLIil SUCCESS Milli ons of Marks Sub scribed in Order to Raise Funds for War. ERR LIN, Sept- 21. by wireless by way of Say vllle. Subscriptions thus far received re-ceived to the German war loan have assured as-sured the brilliant success of the war-loan plan. One paper speaks of the public response re-sponse as the "victory of those at the Sommc." The call was for 4, 1100,000, 000 marks ($1,-050,000,000). ($1,-050,000,000). With a number of reports not yet received, the total subscription to the imperial bonds already Is 2,340,000,000 marks. The treasury certificates which were offered to the amount of 1,000,000,000 marks have been oversubscribed by 260,-000,000 260,-000,000 marks. The newspapers express pride that this result has been reached without foreign subscription or sending subscription blanks to many of the wealthy Germans now in the field. On account of Lho unexpected success, the final terms of payment have been postponed until December. Last night's report from headquarters stated that the German armies in France every where have assumed thu offensive. The Swedish explorer, Anders Sven lied in, is a guest of Emperor William at headquarters. He will be allowed to visit the eastern and western fronts In order to give a noivpartisan account of the situation. Advices from Vienna deny the report that Henrik Sienkiewlucz, author of "Quo Vadis," is a prisoner of the Austriana. He Is in Vienna, en route for Tyrol, and Is preparing to write a book on hla experiences ex-periences in the war. The erown council at Bucharest, capital capi-tal of Rumania, on Saturday decided to continue the strictest neutrality. The Novoe Vremya of Petrograd reports re-ports that the destroyers of the German embassy in Petj-ograd. who were arrested, have now been released, as the destruction destruc-tion of the embassy was prompted by noble and patriotic feolings. Dr. Fridtjof Nansen. the explorer and author, is reported at Christianla to have emphasized, amid a roar of applause, that Norway must arrango the closest military union with Sweden for safeguarding safe-guarding in common their independence. |