Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1915-03-12
NISH 0vERRUN BY
WARS REFUGEES
ONE HUNDRED THOUSAND PEo-
PIE WHERE THERE ARE
NORMALLY 1900.
Ever, r+ssss sns AZ Vacant Rooms
csnmaraseres ~ Government
&c Care fsr rsreiess-


Sish. Serbia ~ CORES pondsnce %
Tho Associated Press. t-Sish. nor
naIiy a town % some twenty thousand.
las bseu transformed By the ~ar into
a city o. more than one hundred thou
sand souls. The stranger within The
city gate UoadsrE where AL the p~o-
PIE seen or the streets sleep AZ night
The small public PARK. a. weii az the
tVo principal shnpp.uE streets. are a.
cruWd-d d1r.uE the daylight hours a.
E-oadEay and Fsfth aveuus on a late
Afternoon. The problem % caring for
lla thouaarts --11 led here from Sci
srade and the northern communities
% the country when Var uas declared
las been a cinc1lt one.
Eve-y house vith vacant rooms Vas
Communicated by the government. but
~vra this action failed % provide
shelter Tor hundreds % flEifiv-s from
th- battle districts m the dilemma
.n watch t1~ Serbian people fond
rhemreivcs The American Red Cross
mission came a. % verttabis God send
EveFy1shsrs The Associated Press cor.
respondent has travelled be has en-
11urfered evidences % suod work done
hF American citizens and has every
where found grateful appreciation on
rFs part of thr Serbian people. This
app~reIati1u was officially expressed
bv SO Mu1sH Pstrpui@vifch. one % the
rdu.llstratDrE o. ffc diplomatic press
5lr~au. vfo speaks English perfectly
-uur constitution" said Mr. Pct
-1rlrr.t-n. -rud 90 % our Institutions
ore really modelled from tros" ~ the
United states % America. and some
dav u- hope fB Or really an American
stat. here af fEr end % Europe and
th@ beginning % Asia. That. az well
as the sympathy and ait Tor our
z11udsd sent us by the American Red
Gross IlriuE aiI three % our recent
ears. accounts fp~ the ve-v oarm well
come we shall aiNayr give 20 any
American er1 care Co. come out and
sflIv 90 closer raarc.
We are uof 90 E1spifr BILE fu 400 for
=uera Serbia ts more accustomed
t1 having enemies than friends From
sFr time the Serbian empire came
under trr Turks IN the fourteenth ceu-
flrs until ifs liberation iu tfs early
part ur che nineteenth c@lrg-y. serbia
aas cur on Hs q state from 400 the rest
of che world. Her Turkish tvrants had
H1r ono idea. f1 destroy tlF soul ~ tl"
race. tlg memory % Go Eio-ious and
material past. o. its arigtnc-afir tradi-
s.rsE and OF ifs racial unity UItI th~
1rEe- Slav u~op'~s- ffa cHisalry peg
ist~d fl ere ssrrar battle 90 kpssnsa
su fsss KoFsrta ga vast plain about
ZOO miles southwest % Etsr strr~ the
battle ~ Turkish conquest between .
the forces % f1F sultan Nl-ud . and
tE~ Serbian Emperor I-arr- vas fought
Oh ter f1urfr~rfh e~1furH This Ercat
battle ~rtrG with rr~ complete over
@ roe 90 thr Serbian empire and che
500 year domination % fr~ vH1.r Of
southwest E1r11T tF rl~ TURKS. TEis
domination iee'udrl 60 che people
r1a eomp-isiuE fF~ EfiEau states. Ai
Ffs suas % tEr noble Serbian families
e~-r carried or co. C0nstautilopi~ fn f.
form fH~ famous E1art 90 fl~ Ja1ts-
ssrtre rrrF erFr reared tu complete .
sEGrsHe~ ~ fHr.r p1rFH'aE~. end s.ifH
bas ore ii~at the Sultan. 4 certain
Egmber OF ere zrraf Serbian families
=zeap=f into Eussia. Austria and Nfunf
Tr~Ere from these and subsequent
rs1is-af ioas have spruus thr members
5f FGe race uGo are today outside fhs
sirEtou. thaaEr detached from no by
sar1p~aa po.ties o, tss congress %
Bertha
,sr rrtrO-isv.tea pointed 20 large
map wFieH hung iu b5s once. stosiug
.hr sEeisut e1uduss % the serbian
a. eeif az che marginal line OF
.h- frortir~s % tss Errats- Serbia. the
.rrsrI1n OF vHich is ia some quarters
az thc cause % tae var. BE
sta 80 e NAV. 81 vir certainly Dc one
% th~ eost Important changes in the
nap % Europe 60 Serbs and her pow
-rtgi aiii~s are successful against tie
srrnans and the AusJriaus
~Nog ear sr~. continued ar
hos dificuit has been :
De- position 90 serbia. vrith the Turks q
la the one hand longing % conquer
ssas they had lost. the Austrians on q
1r other hand. urged b. the Germans. ,
slosc oar expansion could only take I
lace b. pushing the Austr.ans into {
'oss@sslon % an Oh" Siav kingdoms % v
be Balkans. thus leaving free the Ger d
nan provinces % Austria for Germany 2
-he-- is 20 Gount 90 our mind that o