The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-12-04
ROOT PRAISES RED CROSS
MEANS LOVE OF HUMANITY
Cause for Great Satisfaction in the Work of the National
 Society.

Washington, Dec 3l.T-Secretary Root delivered brief address at the third annual meeting of the American Ma tional Red Cross society to-day In the absence of Secretary Taft General w. Davis presided. The present officers were reelected, viz: President, secre- tary Taft; treasurer, Beekman Win throp; counsellor A. w. Cooley; secre- tary, Charles l. Magee.
 Reports of the officers were read and accepted.
 Secretary Root pointed out that there
 was cause for great satisfaction in the
 work of the Red Cross. He spoke In revision of the Geneva convention of l1S64, by which it was extended and improved. Through the action of The l Hague conference the principles of tho
 Geneva convention have been by con I sent of all the great powers of the earth extended both to land and mari time warfare The provisions of The Hague conference regarding the treat- ment of prisoners especially appealed
 to him as being inspired by the Red Cross The principles the Red Cross professed and endeavored to apply were passing out of the field of theoretical discussion or philosophical belief into the field Of the practical application of l hard facts of warfare on the part of the nations of the earth. The secretary made special acknowledgement to the Red Cross for It's response to the pres 1 net tba fn Oli n O. stricken people of China. Its answer was most gratifying and the people had confidence that the money raised was applied with fidelity and success. It was important in view of the cer
 tain occurrence of great calamities to have some agency always in operation ready to meet them, and he testified to the universal desire of the American people always to suceor suffering hu- manity. The secretary closed as fol- lows;
 You are doing work indispensable toward educating mankind to the life that will exemplify the love of human ity and the spirit of Christ. rather than the life which is of the beast bestial, and which marks the cruelty of ancient | times, rather than the divine compass sion of the coming of our Lord"
 The meeting was also addressed by ] Col. William Cary Sanger, on the re- cent international red cross conference
 in London to which he was delegate ! from the United States Major Charles | Lynch, of the general staff of the ar-
 my, spoke of the relations of the red cross to the army medical service in | time of war w c. Braisted, assistant surgeon general of the navy, read an
 interesting paper on the Japanese Red l Cross nurse, and Ernest P Nicknell, l superintendent of the Chicago burs all
 of charities, spoke on the subject of
 the Red Cross in emergency relief. The
 president of the United States appoint | ed as members of the central commit
 tee the following: Robert Bacon, as-
 sistant secretary of state Representa- | tive of the state department Surgeon l General Robert M O'Reilly of the arr
 my, representative of the war depart | ment; Beekman Winthrop, representa- tive of the treasury department Medi- cal Director John c. Wise representa- tive of the navy department; Afford W Cooley, representative of the de- partment Of justice, and Major Gen, George w Davis, U. s. A, chairman of the central committee.