Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-04-17
Sidelights on the European War

I L0ndoz - Correspondcrcc o. tho
Associated FressN -- Grinders %
WEsszy organs. elastic checked cor
ustisss and other heEEnrH using music
simply a. az excuse Tor passiEE tho
hat are rapidly being driven out u
business tn Londou. Tor the var has
brought q ne~ and superior type %
street musician 90 the front Fruses-
siuasis. Who used 90 support them
selves by teaching and orchestral
worE. have aow been reduced 90 play
ting for psnuies But they give the
pablir really good music FOR its mon
~. ard are not paid o. move away.
Most o. these artists come from
Belgium Usually they push around
q piano ca wheels. either 90 be played
in solo OF Co accompany voices on the
vi5.iu Their programs are a. good
as ordinarily beard tu thc beat thea
tsrs. Bat thsv are graded acorfinE
Co fke part % the eits. iu soho Lon
eou's LstlH quarter. ta~ music is ~
che EaTsF sort. in the Ordinary mid
dtr class aeiEkborkoo1s the selections
raa Co th~ popular and ssutimeutai
Bat iu tss cultivated west end 20 th~
classical. ,falV % che singers come
from tss opera and e1nesFt stage.
Semsstass. 60 coaeeai his tirutig. the
lHpoVsFisasd artist wears domino
across th- face.
The aru type OF musicians are nor
badly reaart~f for they are reeoE-
stzsd az respectable people vho have
fsiisa victims 20 var coalitions.
HanbarE -fCorrespoadrnc~ o. the
Associated Press De- MsrF % tae sol
diers uss ia the a~If are uat1raliret
Gsrmans. Eorz~ % them men who have
oaiy taksa out thsir arst papers. -
Indicative % che spirit % these nru
tss letter % ore of them. Mo shorty
before ths var vas refused fgIi citi-
Esuship. f. made pabiic. q reads
We asa roe 80 90 var tu order 90
Eain our German citizenship papers.
bat % b. Germans We long have
beer Germans. even though thr writ
tea evidence % tt sas lacking our
atfitzfs o. miud made us Germans.
whieh q mere piece % paper never
e1git 90 Merely because go did not
happsn Co have the paper. could 80
taink and DO other than wc did.
we could noe stay a. home. That !
uouid have been iucompatibis with /
our pFtacipiea and our honor We're
80 90 81 ~ and see others shed their /
blood for us and come hack crippled. /
sad r.ad in the newspapers % their /
deeds While duiuE uothiuE ourselves /
people would have pointed 90 Us 10 .
mocssry. After all. a kcrus death on /
the battlefield O. better than dis ]
grace I
&slhouTus. AgstFaiia.-t Correspond I
sucs % the Associated Press The 4
character and Jurisdiction % the in-
tsr-sfate commerce commission % the
4 nltsd States. and decisions b. Amer
lean eogrts relating 70 Interstate
trade. have figured % a considerable
sxfszt n al important case which has
isst bssa taken under advissmcut by
The high court % the common - cAith I
insoivinE the federal constitution and
he functfous % the Australian inter
state commerce commission which -
after the American commits
sioa- The action f. one % injunction
sEainss the state % Ne~ south wales h
ordered by al. Interstate commerce
uhich. az the instance % d
he commonwealth government. inter I,
Erred Nth the operation % a recently
'asss4 taU % the state known a. the /
> heat acquisition act 4
uad~r che act the state government (
sss s~ixs.i -hsat supplies TO pFcycat Z
aad had prohibited wheat
sisn-uts 90 other states AFTER {
l-a-tz< The commission. Which e :
krss 81 ugabs-. decided ty to 20 :