Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-02-22
ON
EUROPEAN WAR

L
ISOLATED Press)-An Associated Press
correspondent who has visited recent
ly a dozen or more French villas and
chateaux which now serve as staff
headquarters for various corps or divi-
sions of the German forces found tina [
reports of theft and destruction of
property in these French homes were
not true. In all of these places, with |
out an exception. the carved wood |
work, oriental rugs, marbles and pic |
lures testifying TO the wealth and |
taste of the recent owners, were not |
only stiIl in place. but were being |
cared for as scrupulously as il the |
owners we're present. No burning |
cigars or cigarettes, carelessly laid, !
had scorched the polished tables or
burned the coverings and no stain of
muddy boots disfgured the rugs. SO
thorough is the attention to these de-
tails in some OF the headquarters that
the most particular housewife could !
have run a suspicious finger over any |
article in the place without finding |
a speck of dust.
The most recent visit which the
correspondent paid to one of these /
villas was 10 that occupied by Crown
Prince RuppreCht. commander-in-chief
of the Bavarian army. Notwithstand-
ing that the Bayarian court Is one of
the most ceremonious in Europe the
crown prince was found to be a most
democratic individual. inviting the cor
spondent 10 dine with him. He talks
English auently, with hardly q suspi-l
cion of foreign accent. and he spoke
freely Of the campaign and the situa
ton, proud Of what the Bavarians had
accomplished and what the future
might bring. II
Another of the guests at headquar-
tiers was Prof Otto G. T. Kiiiani. of
New York, who, for several years. was
professor of clinical surgery at Co
lumbia university and who has charge
of the German field hospital at Cam
brai.
DR.. Kiliani recounted, to the great
amusement of the crown prince, the
adventure of a Bavarian soldier. Dur ,
ing the night the trench occupied by
this soldier was evacuated for some :
reason. but he. fast asleep in one of
the bomproof dugouts, was overlook :
ed. He awoke in the morning to find
himself alone and six Englishmen ap- q
preaching the trench. DIR. Kiliani, him Q
self a born Munich man, related the 1
account in the broadcast Ba- L
7arian dialect. I
4 made up my mind right off that \
he only thing possible was q strong a
said the soldier a
he carried out this commemorative" d
o such good purpose that he killed Il
wo Of the English patrol, captured c
wo and forced the other pair to with j;
iraw. n
Basel Correspondence of The As n
Isolated Press Tile latest German b
instructions for the evacua y
ion of all neutrals from AIssce a, Ii
ects 5 600 Swiss subjects. neutral q
one has been created on the German
ide near the Swiss frontier the inhab- a
tants Of which are still allowed 10 p
communicate with Switzerland, under d
ertain restrictions, but all villages be o.
ond this district are isolated By barb q
d-wire fences and the sentries havs II
riders 10 shoot at any person attempt q
lg to cross the border line. The mar II
ct gardeners of Neudorf who supply W
EASEL with large portion of its veg s.
ia bles are thus cut off
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Correspondents o. The
ssociated Press. 1.-THE experience of
ais war may lead TO the trial of sol sc
iers' uniforms striped like the zebra II
r banded by the colors OF the rain n;
ow, in the opinion Of some military N
oservers who have serious doubts as ii
, the effectiveness of khaki. blue-gray
: any of the other colors now in use 10
/ India and South Africa. where al
haki gots its reputation as a uni ri
rm cloth, it fitted well into the bach OF
rounds of the landscapes, but in the 3.
he-ent atmosphere and landscapes
Europe both the khaki and the blue &C
-ay show up conspicuously in mass. ca