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Show GERMANS LEVY HEAVY WAR TAXES ON BUCHAREST LONDON, Dec. 12, 2:45 a. m. Telegraphing Tele-graphing from Jassy, the new capital of Rumania, under date of December 9, the Times correspondent says: The Germans have levied a heavy war tax on Bucharest. An edict has been Issued forbidding the circulation of paper money unless it is marked as German, for which' 30 per cent of the value of the notes is demanded. A similar contribution of , per cent, amounting to 2.000,000, has been exacted ex-acted from Craiova. Prince Wilhelm of Hohenzollern, brother of King Ferdinand, who is with the German army, in a manifesto, mani-festo, declares he has come not to punish the Rumanians, but those who have broken their solemn pledges, thereby severing their familv ties. Jn the manifesto he allows four days to any of the people of Craiova who wish to leave, but says that those remaining in the town or occupied territory longer than this period must obey all orders. |