New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-08-21

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As China may be guilty MIL
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and YOU must be fully Red Cross Nurses \Xk
prepared to hear of such "
treatment You must not however mind
such cruel conduct the part Of your
enemy n
You on the other hand must conduct your f'
selves according the customs of civilized "
countries. You take Of the wounded.
and mcrCifully treat CdptIvcs those who have
rendered themselves. Not only the soldiers but the
non-coubatants also be treated with equal ten
dcrness. We have many adnirabl where the
bodies OF fallen foes have been given TO the hands
of their friends with the treatment due To their
rank and dignity You must make the will OF
the Emperor your own, and show your spirit OF
valor and love the uttcrmost part of the world
To make the meaning OF this worthy work OF the
Red Cross Society PLAIN 70 the Chinese and Coreans.
the Field Marshal in command will give notice OF our
purpose to the commander OF the enemy and also the
accompanying proclamation shall be posted IN differ
cnt places
Tins proclamation was written the Chinese literary
language, in the mandarin colloquih and in the
torcan vcrnacuar
We herewith proclaim to the inhabitant, Of Corca
and China that imperial army has visited this place
partly for sake of self protection and partly
show friendship Butchcry and murder not
our object. Certainly innocent n-conhatants will
not be molested You need not fear nor away
from the battles but remain your posts continuing
70 pursue your accustomed calngs Our military
come and tell
\ non-combatant who has given any al vantage To
the enemy forfcts the privilege given to mn-hc viii
be treated enemy We know no mercy for such
persons Beware Of performing deeds which might
bring harm upon yourselves We shall give the sick
and wounded soldiers and those who incapable of
fighting. medical treatment rs far As possible. The
places where physicians stationed marked
with a banner upon which the sign of the Red
Cross i painted Those who are SICK and
wounded should these stations for treatment
Remember that dcccIycrs Will receive no mercy
These proclamations, and others OF the tenor
show the spirit with which Japan developed the Red
Cross idea. More than this they have a novel
historical interest They show how and when the
humanitarianism OF the Christian religion invaded
the Orient. and the obstacles which lay in its path.
The Chinese at first wholly irrcclaimabe. The
wounded would brandish their weapons and fight
vicously expecting and inviting death after a bat
tie they would away, leaving their dead upon the
field and not believing that they might amcably bury
them under flag OF truce In the hospital at first
they could not believe that the treatment we'll
effort for their cure but convinced that it
general plan of torture The lancet they invar-
ably resisted and fought best they could against
aneSthetic
In time, however they began to understand. The
first sign of this saying among the that the
yellow cap to be feared; but the green cap bc
respected" The yellow cap represented our fighting
and the green sanitary officers Finally the
idea made its way, and the Chinese wounded began
TO flock, of their accord, to physicians The
gift by Empress Of artificial legs all the