The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-11-29

t,v and laying the GROUNDWORK l''
s;,,,l,r organizations throughout inc
,.-t,od states. At the headquarters "t ,
retirement League Of New York /
ur. Van Sllngerland outlined inc p"r
,bis new cndeavor and expressed
p,,l,i,n that II was high time that /
.1ibropir Americans should rccoE-
"a, needs Of the destitute and SUI
.,rl-- Of their own country. Us sh' ,
,.rho Elack cross Society mournS Tor |
r,pl.ctcd destitute within the |
,,riors Of the United states. ana there |
.o have chosen the sombre badge |
mot stands for our organization |
,.,,t.5 to fasten upon an emblem that |
rould wildly mark us apart from otner
humanitarian endeavors'
.Tba Red Cross society is virtually !
,,i,- tho helligerents and to that |
,s,,ra promoting the prolongation o: |
.ho friphtful struggle. The Blue Cross ,
....ris for the salvation Army and has
rkcwise been appropriated by Mr.. !
po,kcfpllcr The White Cross IL tina
sadsc of some Of our people bent upon
ohtatrtng FOR themselves and their UNI
smrln,pd fellows the work they sorelN
-erd In way. that Is our own ann
,,,, ,nr object . a much broader one.
~.
IN tb,ir varied requirements.
"Nes our emblem is mournful and
,,ara * tho most serious of reasons for
ts being SO. The Black Cross is the
symbol of the burden that will be ours
- vo fail to heed the call of our own
woody To me this great sympathetic
outpnurins for the sufferers abroad Is
mite akin to rohbing Peter Ia pay Paul.
with the added gravity OF making Peter
,he worse OF for decades To come. l'y
Peter in this case / mean the physlcal
ard mental status Of the whole of our
people.
But before 7 elaborate my own
views let me read To YOU what Miss
Anne Morgan has recently said. There
: no question about the brnadness or
her generous giving, and therefore You
can see that she is If our ranks IN
spirit even. though she has not Yet
Ioued the society. Miss Morgan says
"I maintain that Americans must
look to the care OF their own first and
hen do what they can for the alienation
Of suffering abroad We are facing a
tremendous winter. We must not l."
blinded To the suffering near at hand.
Il Is going 10 need all Of our coopera-
ton ali our careful planning to cave
appalling numbers OF unemployed
women applying daily at vacation head
quarters has made clear the crying
need for ma jor efforts TO relieve the
distress
Il ask YOU frankly who has heard
~ any one Offering millions to meet
the urgent demands of the suffering
within our own country caused by the
European war? Have we not many
war victims within our borders? In
fact are we not all suffering in some
degree from this mad. murderous. hui
man slaughter field called Europe
Possibly you have not been brought
Immediately IN touch with the dire CON
sequences Of that awful conflict and
ya' they are here with us. Perhaps not
in the same agoniZing degree nor TO
II" same staggering measure as they
sxst abroad. but the conditions Will he
had enough AZ best and many times
worse II our generous people give too
'nv!shly for foreign aid without frsT
taking into account the calls upon oar
Srmpathies right here in our midst
- rms have been obliged 10 discon-
tim" business, To discharge long lis.s
If employees, both men and women.
Nus leaving whole families suddenly
stranded or menaCingly reduced. other
Households have been wrecked by re-
servlst>, their fathers. husbands. sons
and brothers. being called back 10 ju.a
TIE ever growing roll of dead and
manned. They also demand our AID
and should have IT, for they are win
Ms and Of us.
Please don't think that am lnd.f-
ferent to the cries rising from the
stricken cities of Europe. nor am IN
| me least blinded to the avalanche Of dl.-
tre-~ THAI has swept over the homes os
So many innocent peace loving people
on tho other side Of the Atlantic. W.
al" doing more than our share IN help
'0S th"s" victims.
'Thc United states is We'll represented
abroad 10y our many mIiliundircs living
nero These are dispensing fabulous
amounts Ia aid the destitute and the
money has It's fuuntainnrnd IN Ameri-
ca Incomes. This. together with the
Generous gifts already sent from orr
shores should leave Us free now to care
Tor our own multitude of distressed an 4
'S Il multitude. Indeed that calls for
our AID This is not the normal or
o''har| class that appeals "a orr
ne"'.S Tor vast number Of them were
reg ilhrly and prottably employed until
Ne r"ileN of the world war reached ms
h'r' and stillrI the wheels Of many %
orr industries cutting off the salaries
= 'h"Se worthy people.
my firm belief that To- lessen
mo burdens II warning nations i q
mistaken philanthropy. which only pro-
longs tn" devastating confic. ana the
p'r'I II de- tituton. This may sound
''' "r perhaps illogical 10 you, but
"a.i moment
y" lighting nation can keep up the
S'"I-." II its people clamor for peace
or rouse 10 make further seemingly
,"ns'."S' sacrifice Of blood and trea sure
'''u0N N" popuace TO bitter want and
10 '." Norg" of starvation and those
I''p.' VIII demand n halt In order that
."Nr own mouths may be fed and their
"'''F' covered. SO long as generous
'''h'' SEQ ~ 30 help The non-com-
''''L'9 ~ tn" nations in conflict, just
.'nS W.T. the treasures Of those
'..''I@ Covers nolG the means to lteep
1"H'r srn"s Ia the field and to supply
WON WIN ~" machinery Of combat.
.d" No rob the mouths Of our
u Starving to send food to help the