FOURTH AMERICAN LOAN.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LV, Issue 16969, 1 October 1918, Page 6

FOURTH AMERICAN LOAN.

r "■ POPULAR ENTHUSIASM. , | ' t THE FIRST DAY. 7 A. and N.Z. " WASHINGTON, Sept, 29. - , Reporte • from ' cities throughout the lf§&' country: show heavy subscriptions to the .' loarth "'■' Liberty * Loan:': Unprecedented •■)■"■■■ patriotic demonstrations occurred, in New ;';■■ York, where extraordinary scenes marked the opening of the campaign. ■ All factory )p whistles blew, the guns of warships/and the forte round, the harbour; boomed, f|p church belle rang, thousands :of drums beat., martial music was played by bands, i ' thousands of soldiers and sailors in .the US: \ : A streets and other places sainted and stood P& to ettentlori iov five minutea facing east |RP as a mark of respect to the American W'P) and' allied soldiers fighting on the west fe#''" front, while thousands of civilians stood ItS bareheaded. ' , . „ , jf* The people of New York subscribed W- £40,000,000 on the first day, subscriptions If being received at the rate of a million £ dollars-£200,000-a minute. The main thoroughfares of the cities were elaborately bedecked, by American and allied T national flags and colours. : Millions of " flags were hung in the windows of houses everywhere, ..In Philadelphia a procession of 10,000 munition, shipyard and other'workers attired in working clothes,, and led by military and naval l-inda, marched through the streets,