The herald., 1898-09-11

more than 100000 The British society con.
tr.buted $l.5OOO0O and twelve hundred
| cases of stores, towards aiding the wounded
a telegram was forwarded to London for
two hundred and fifty beds: within forty
eight hours they had arrived at their desti-
| nation. British regiments and British
, crews imposed levies upon themselves to
supply funds. The colonies contributed.
Italy Spain, Portugal and Belgium as
| sisted either in money or kind, often in both.
Switzerland. to her everlasting glory. gave
! food ard shelter TO French army Of
eighty thousand men, five thousand Of
whom were sick and wounded. the rest
| broken with hunger. cold and disease. Rus
sia and Switzerland placed their military
surgeons at the disposal of the bellige rents,
and medical aid was freely offered by Eng
land and other countries.
When Paris was famne-stricken tho
societies came to her aid. Mr.. Forbes. the
famous correspondent, relates how. upon
the entry Of the Germans into Paris, he
was mistaken for spy by the French
populace. He was mobbed and dragged
Through the gutter. He eventually suc-
ceeded in establishing his identity before q
magistrate. The mob outside waited for
him, and he would have had short shrift
but for the magistrates sister who guided
him by a hack street to his hotel. He did
not know how to thank her. and told her
so. "Oh," she broke in. that is not diff
fcult. will put my pride In my pocket"
She explained that her brother had re-
ceved no salary for six months! They
were gentlefok. they could not join In the
queue outside the bakers shops. Yet mon
Deu! they were actually starving. And
the poor woman burst into tears. II hur-
ried the lady into a room In which there
was no one to remark her emotion" said
Mr.. Forbes, "then I found John Furley.
Furley was man of energy. In five min
utes a hamper had been packed, She
came into the hall, looked down on the big
hamper. whose open mouth disclosed leg
of mutton, couple of fowls, a huge, honest
loaf, and sundry vegetables; then she gave
great gasp, and feared she was about to
faint"
The Mr.. John Furley Of the story is we'll
known. He was a delegate to the first
Geneva convention, he went through the
Franco-German war. was in Paris through
the struggle with the Commune, and in
Spain during the Carlist nsurrection. Mr..
Furley, during the Franco-German war,
fell into the hands of some franc-tireurs,
-
out the formality of a trial. He was led
before the maire, and an elderly and corpu-
lent bourgeois declared that he was willing
to burn off his right hand If the prisoner
was not Prussian spy. II pointed out the
fire to him." said Mr.. Furley, land told
him he had better try the effect at once"
The prisoner further represented the folly
of irritating the British lion, and wiser
councils prevailed. After a visit under eS-
cort to the prefect of an adjacent town Mr.
Furley was allowed TRANQUILITY to go hi1
way. m
The Red Cross takes no heed Of creed c8
country 1t serves and waits upon gQeS a
ernments, powers and authorities thaN W
may do Its work the better, but 1t is ab6V
and beyond all, as mercy ds superioH3
bloodshed and pity to the devious patlX
policy. The capacity OF sympathy III
suffering humanity, when ovewhelmaJ9
some great calamity will probably Ny
future be the only limit which the me
women of the Red Cross will set tf
efforts. The victims of plague fr%
inc and other forms Of civil disaster
as keenly as those who fall by thef
War is at present sometimes a nd
Yet, whilst to defend is a duty, I'd
in the interests of national or
aggrandizemnt, is as certainly "
'"rhe people begin to comprehen4H
Victor Hugo, "that IL to kill Is d
kill much cannot be an exten1
cumstance. That TIE Deums d&K
for much in this matter. II
homicide, bloodshed is bloodsA
nothing at all to call oneself CS
poleon; in the eyes Of the et%
murderer Is not changed bel
of a hangman's cap there Isl
his head an emperor's crown,