The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1917-06-14

ASKED 10 JOIN IN raising 1unCS 10 euaDle
our Red Cross to perform it's vast and
indispensable duties in this war.
Able Business Men Drafted.
1.-THE President has also commiss-
toned several of the ablest business
men of the country as War Council
Of the Red Cross, to administer this
service on behalf of a stricken world.
This War Council tells us that fund
of 500. O0O,O 900 must be raised at once
in order to meet even the most urgent
needs.
Here, indeed, is summons to every
American. 1t Is an enormous sum of
money; but what comfort can we take
in Withholding that or any other sum
of money If it is needed to relieve the
suffering of our sons or the sons of our
allies who are fighting for all that
makes life worth living.
Into our Red Cross without stint
should be poured a heartfelt offering of
thanksgiving that we are permitted to
join in this great service to all man.
kind. Our soldiers and sailors will do
their part without flinching; we may
rest assured of their courage and fidel.
ity. The Red Cross offers to US who
are not allowed to fight, the opportun-
ity for sacrifice and for help.
Sons and Brothers To Go.
1--WE little realize what is before u.s.
Our own sons and brothers will soon
be going into battle. They will be
three thousand miles from home, in a
land already wasted by war, a land
threatened by famine. land smitten
by disease. They tell us that in many
I'D M ~ ~,
France must be tied up with news
papers for want Of the necessary sur
gical bandages.
When our own men are wounded
as they surely will be in great num-
bers-are we are going to allow them
to suffer yet more because we fail
to provide those things which can at
least mitigate distress? Surely not!
But we must do it In advance. II we
wait it may be too late. Do it now!
"Our Red Cross must not only care
for the shattered bodies of our wound
ed men; it alone and become foster
parent to them in the trying conditions
they are sure to face when they are
convalescent from wounds or recover
ing from exhaustion. We shall soon
have an army of million soldiers.
When they go to France they must
have homes in which to rest and to
be cared for and to recover. The gen.
crosby of our whole people must make
it possible for our Red Cross to pro-
vide for them
s'In no previous war have the inno-
cent non-combatants had to bear SO
terrible share Of it's physical suffer
ing. And it is through our Red Cross
that we can show to the nations of
the world how the great heart of the
American people goes out to them in
their distress.
"France Needs Us Sorely.
"France-proud, brave. bleeding
from CHASTITY wounds needs us sorely
tuberculosis is raging throughout her
land. Fifteen hundred of her towns
and villages have been RACED to the
ground by the calculated barbarity of
the invaders. Millions Of her people
are homeless and starving, bereft of
the barest covering for their bodies.
of stoves. of utensils with which to
cook or eat, Of agricultural implements
of animals-indeed OF the simplest ele-
ments of civilization. And to us alone
can these people come for help: we
alone have the abundance with which
to supply their direst needs.
ITO Russia, too. we must reach our
her helping hand. We little know
what she has suffered and is suffer
ing. Russia, long obedient to autoc-
racy has not flfnched in this conflict
Her people have had to struggle not
only to free the world from autocracy