Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-05-06

Q years % existence has brought 10
through 80 much progress 90 its most
eKlauhtlnE uar. ar. Shuwalter finds
Go 90 be the terrible threat % disease.
the powerful 6rourEc % epidemic dis
ease that fudE its strength On the hun
lrrls OF thousands % war-wcakened
bodies and War-ueEicetcd hith. One
% the greatest battles % the war. the
writer explains. e. the battle % saui-
tztinn. the autinE % some method Cor
completely controlling the spread %
tls-caus.uE trTmiu. Much alike "a
their symptoms. Mr. Shoxalter ex-
Piaigs. typhus and typhoid are spread
iu widely different manner. and
aract. demand q zlieiy different SAINT
tary strategy. IL. typhoid germ
takes iis departure from the intestinal
tract. spreads 90 drinking water and
foods. and irfcctE. ia that q fnds It's
way into a healthy digestive system.
The tvphus germ iE drawn from infe 20
81 blood BY hioot-auciiuE verrniu and
hV flr Vrrmiu carried 90 fresh vic
tina a psasautry crowded together
tchird the lighting lines and the sol
der concentration iu camps and hos
pitfalls make ideal conditions for the
spread of the vermiu-borue plague.
$50 serious has the condition be-
come On seryia ''-conciudc this part
% the cnusidcratiou-"that Major Gen
.rai Gorsas. surgeon general % the L.
s. A.. has been offered the post OF adj
wiser on world sanitation In general
and scry!an typhus work On particular.
wiil a liberal salary and pension for
himself and his widow in case OF in
capacitatiou or death. his DISTINGUISHED
achievement az Panama stamping him
as worlds authority. not only in the
critical knowledge % sanitation. but
in actual carrying out OF campaigns
against cpldomics"
Russia. determined 20 reach free wa
ter through Coustantinople. and for
generations In continuous armed or
diplomatic struggle with Turkey. Brit
avn. italy, Austria Hungary and France
over that purpose, Britain. determined
20 uphold the Turk so as TO keep the
Museovite and the Austrian from a mort
TOO near Egypt and the Suez canal:
Austria-Huugary. fearful Of Pan-Slav-
Ism and Russian expansion. and her
SELF cnvetous % the Balkans: Ger
many. building q Bagdad railroad. de-
termined upon the peaceful peuetra-
ton % the whole near east: and All
oi these great powers working 10 make
the httie Balkan buffer states serve 1
their purposes-these are the elements
according % Mr. Showalter's ANALYSIS
which forced Servia into restless in
tFisne. bius;eT and devious politics !
Tor SIS own conservation.
With their industries few. far he
tween and primitive. and with plenty 1
OF cheap. rich farm land. The Servians 4
are free-iivins. demonstrating people
a people with no helpless psupers and \
no ifle rich. who seldom figure IN the /
i'nnisrauoc statistics % any other 4
country Their constitution prescribes
freedom % conscience. OF the press
arc OF peaceful hsscrnbiase. and The
rEht 20 iaaiieuats property. Ever
MAZE ciiiren who pays So taxes n wear
and Who s. over - votes In the eiec-
tior o. delegates 20 congress. In small 4
cr uniis. the family forms a patrI-
ATchAl community. the men. often
ruled BY grandfather. the women mem
oers. oy grandmother. The Serytan
- careful 20 marry beyond the utmost
limits OF his family. even TO EoInE a
tsys journey from bis home before 4,
seekinE for bride. Throughout their
social organization. the writer con-
eiades. the serv;ans show solid. whole
some qualities