Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-09-27
GERMANY UNITED
TO WIN OR FALL
Hrs. Hilda 9latthey ~ Davenport Back
Prom Europe, Tells ef spirit
~ the Teutons.
SPENDS sUTNER IT THE FRONT


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~susr.s and patriotism. solid as
rock. ali together. united 10 stand Or
faH that's GERMANY
These were s1e words IF Nre
HI5aa Natfaev apaa aer return ID her
roue r. rssaeg1-- Saturday night
srcm Germany. whore sHe had spent
tha summer with her husband. Br
Henry MauHav
German people realize that fheir
country mus. win i7 This war or lose
tnelr very existence They face all
tha trials and aa~aehsre If the war
urafnra.rrtv. tHas~ lives ara conferred
sn fbsa great war and there ID. one
rhapgat v{rrarv though tina cosf be
great
Sire Matthew was met at the Rock
Island station bv two dozen relatives
ana Immediate friends ard escorted
20 har home where the rooms had
hea1 decorated with American and
German flags and bsrtfup Here 9TH
era we're Ia waiting 10 receive her
ssE5cU boae++f,ffu abe exclaimed
rsan she te4 AZ fzs. s4a,rsd ~yz-
her own saresb6old ana saw the
American coforz 1T ia wonderful to
he hack hor7e-back Ia America
Mrs wafthav had vot her rrffffa-v
passes from the war denarfraar+ ~
I'D into the war zone. she had been
fri Belgium East Prussia. and TO the
first trench i'm Russia.
aFor aavs and DAVIS we heard the
roaring of the cannon % she said IT
was never in danger z1trourr
reached fha free t-arrz in rerggis
over +he fine ~ rse, prr,=efs ,s
aFut there ia another Fundamental
reason in Germany wbv thew are CON
Afent That is because tbev are e~o-
nornfrsTv great F-verz+-i-g seems +o
re hacked hr master minds and fhs-a
seemed tn be a rause hack 7f every of
fec. A fhorougE7aes I'm every art p,
What ia che faalf,r, -eu.s-4 ar,er-
lea" she was asked
THE feeling toward America is 5I-
v}dad she answered nnrasftstlrylv
cans family which has lost son or
n father naturally faaf= hitter toward
Ii America barsusa America nar1ane
furnished -as zr-v-,.-5+s,,, Which lff-a+
them Ia ua1p.rm tho fsaffr~ rs
AGAINST England herause the rea.t-1
gaf feen into fine NAV
"0ne +Hgnq +bat f77rraeszd mi, r-s
che ss.r f,g+ +4,. 80. - -
zines did no+ show any graa+ Fitts--
ness There were ~, es.4-.+,,~s- ~
the opposing r9lers "a we had he
lieved here in America. They are q
commemorative nsor,Ia Hon, +Aei- f.s7-
ings are Won cannot imagine Fvar,-
body was glad the din5on7atgo ra]s-
tions with the United States ears NOT
DISRUPTED GERMANY dos 7o+ wsnt
war with the United States
What is there To the calling OF the
lsndstrum ?" she was asked DO they
need them In the linesg"
You haven't any idea how many
men it requires TO watch +be- nrfzon-
ers,' she answered why In East
Prussia they were SO thick that
stepped all over Russians
There ara more than two million
younE men, I9 years of age. who have
not as yet been called" she said
Those Of 20 years Of age and older
win be called IN now"
Mrs. Msttbey said She was detained
Ia FleEnsburg al SAN English SPY She
was searched at her hotel. but later. /
goven permits and went on through |
Germany.
While she was talking OF Germany
the strains OF America" we're heard .
coming from the piano IN an ad5oin- !
ing room and then a male chorus sang
the words
How lne # is to be back in Aroerf- /
ca" she said again Then there was 3
German song and this occasioned equal
applause.
Unity If yy7,,Ea Walton
..r,nrsrsv INV Ave- -, - II
Germany was ar,a.za1 49, -