The Green Forest tribune., 1916-05-05

1 only activities which savor of pre- paredness which have not met with opposition by any considerable part Of the people in any section of the coun- | try The reason is that the Red Cross prepares to save and not to destroy
 For long time the Red Cross has maintained classes in first aid to the | injured. Thousands of women through out the United States have taken the | first-aid course and after passing an examination by competent surgeon have been given certificates in nrst- aid work There have just been sent to all those graduates of the first-ald course circulars inviting them to un- dergo a further course which, II they pass successfully, will cause their names to be placed among those who are competent to take up certain klnds of nursing work in case the United States should become involved in hos- tilities.
 For Peace as We'll as War.
 The Red Cross is an absolutely neu- tral organization. Its object is to aid the injured whether the victim be | friend or foe The course which the women will take, while preparedness course, also includes instruction Wn1cn will be of great value to the students | because it will enable them to do tend | ing and healing work in the home and | elsewhere in times of peace. me course will include one in home nurs- | ing and in the simpler forms Of nos | pital tendence.
 Ernest P. Bicknell, who is the na- tional director of the Red Cross, slnce | the outbreak of the war has been III every one of the countries at present | engaged in hostilities. People do not understand probably the dangers that the Red Cross people undergo. It happens that personally l know some thing of MT. Bicknell's tour of Europe and know the perils he met and the courage he exhibited in the face not only of bullets but of things worse than bullets. The national director, al though perhaps he never thinks of the thing in this light, must set an ex- ample to all who are connected with the work of which he is the guiding head
 BickneII and Associates Heroic.
 England, France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Serbia, Russia, Poland proper and Turkey all were visited by the Washington Red Cross man. He was on the firing line and overlooked the work of the immediate care of tue wounded who were falling under bull let bayonet, or shrapnel. He studied all the questions concerning the feed- ing and the clothing of the destitute. On his report concerning conditions depended to a considerable extent the opening of the purses of American citi- zens in order that the money might be poured out to aid the suffering.
 The world knows comparatively lit tie as yet of the high heroism of the Americans sad of the people of other q 999fHtTs fHnt1 nt1TsnohseeiuTSre Te4e 4s went into sero.a at the time of the dreadful outbreaK- there of the fearful disease called tvphus. MT. Bicknell was ill Serbia when the disease was at it's height, and as there was no known preventive, as there is in case of typhoid fever and smallpox, the chances that he would take the disease CT tainly were nine in ten.
 It was while MT. Bicknell was in Serbia that the work of overcoming the typhus was undertaken, work that finally was successful. The dis ease spread through every hamlet in the country All the Americans in Serbia were in hourly danger of the disease. To be bitten by one of the insects which already had bitten a typhus patient meant almost certain death. Many Americans died, among them some of the finest young physi- clans that this country held. For days and days the head of the Red Cross was in the midst of this scene of dan- ger, but somehow he came through unscathed..
 Buest of Blue Books.
 
 The blue book of blue books in Washington is little pamphlet issued every month by the state department and which bears on it's cover the sim pie title Diplomatic List" It contains the names of the ambassadors, min isters, counselors, secretaries and mili- tary and naval attaches who represent foreign governments in the United States Included also in the list are the names of the wives of such of the foreign officials as are married, and of | their daughters who are old enough to | be in society.
 The diplomats of Washington are di- vided into two great classes, ambassa- dors and ministers. The ambassadors rank the ministers and therefore the most recently appointed ambassa- dor takes precedence over the rank ing minister The size of the country has nothing to do with the rank of it's representative in Washington. Spain for instance, is represented by an am bassador and while Spain is not one o1 the great powers of the world, it's am bassador in Washington would rant
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