The evening times., 1898-04-19
Saks & Company
''SakS' Corner.
THE RED CROSS.
This Society Prepares for the Cam
paign in Cuba.


New York. April lg-AcLIyu indicating
that the Administration anticipates i'm
mediate hosuIties in Cuba was taken BY
the State Department yesterday. which
requested the Central Cuban Relief Com
nittee 70 send two shiDl0ads Of supplies
TO Cuba under the Red Cross flag The
supplies are 10 be sent 10 Key West,
there 10 await further orders from the
State Department. The Cuban Relief
Committee took immediate steps TO char
ter a ship. The committee has about lob
tons of supplies at the warehouses Prep
arations will be made to send out one
ship this week probably BY Thursday.
and another next week.
The significance Of the State Depart
ment's action is made clear by an eX-
PLANTATION of the Red Cross code under the
treaty OF Geneva, agreed to in lS64 Ali
of the Red Cross representatives left
Cuba al the same time as the United
States cOnsuls. IL is not likely there
fore. that the Administration would ask
them to return under the present status
of affairs. In the event of war most
stringent regulations govern the free Op-
Grafton OF the Red Cross. The Red cross
representative of any one nation are en-
titled TO proceed into an enemy.s terri
tory under a convoy. naval OF military
Stephen + Barton. second vice president
of the American National Red Cross, who
is in active charge Of the Cuban relief
work. explained the method of procedure
which would be adopted to place the sup
plies in the hands of the starving CUbduS.
THE Government of Cue United states
must provide "A naval convoy. he said.
for the ship carrying the supplies. The
sH. Trrrfrg rUF UFef-
and Red Cross flags. The Government
can provide whatever Number of naval
vessels il deems a sufficient convoy. The
Geneva treaty provides that 50 long as
the expedition is vised by the Red cross
the enemy cannot interfere without al
fronting all of the nations party % the
Geneva agreement. All Of the nations
except China. Mexico and Brazil have
signed the Geneva agreement Inere
are two codes-military and naval Spain
is a party 10 the military code only. but
I believe they would scarcely dare TO OF
fend against the recognized practices OF
[ the Red Cross. notwithstanding this fact.
Arrived at the port where the sup
plies are TO land. the United States. at
the request of the Red Cross. must fur
nish a military convoy. This. Of course.
will not be possible until the United
States Army has landed in Cuba
Then the supplies will not be landed
until the United States Army has invdd-
ed Cuba2" was asked.
THAT is not a necessary inference
replied Mr. Barton. but II is to be pre-
suned that in the event of hostilities
United States Army would land in Cuba
Under this military escort the Red
Cross would be entitled TO carry prOyis-
ions and medicines into any portion of
Cuba The naval convoy can pass
through any fleet and the military es-
| cOrt through the lines of the enemy
land forces without mOlestatiOn. The
Red Cross flag. Of course. is inviolate IN
/ times of peace. but the strictest reguld-
tions surround il in time OF war. and
il covers neutral ground wherever IL
goes The plain object Of the Admins
tratiOn is the humanitarian intention Of
preserving the lives Of the starving Gu
bans despite the rigOrs Of war The dis
tributiOn of the supple~ = the province
of the Red Cross and neither the United
States nor Spain can interfere with its
work The suffering of all belligeTents
are relieved without distinction. A Red
Cross flag covers all nations.