The citizen. [volume] (Berea, Ky.) 1899-1958, 1917-06-28


government on the earth, il is a fight
10 the death between Autocracy
government by the few, and Demo-,
racy, government by the naomi.
read the words of Bernhard stafr
ohcer and military advisor 10 Raj
ser william and the German gov
erhinent. In his book, "Germanv and
the Next War; he says 10. 10Y.
II we wish TO compete with them
we must not hold back in n bard
struggle for the sovereignty of the
world" (p. 100:
We must now decide wbetbor
we wish to develop and main,ain
world empire"
World power or downfall will, b.
our rallying cry 20. f5D
Are we Americans ready TO Weld
our freedom, bought on many n hard
lougft Held, at untold expense NJ
blood and treasure 20 German I'm
periaiism at the mouth of German
cannon? Shall the Stars and STRINGS
IAN before the eagle of the Hoben-
.o'lerns? We are plunged into war
ior our national existance and pre-
servation. p'0
What Needs Confront us,
The reports announce $1,000 Ooo
casualties in this war. OF these
death claims 100000. The tota,
population Of France il exceedod no
'he number of casualties. The seven
million graves dug by the hand of
war contain the population of n
principality, equaling that of manv
states. The suffering attendant up-
Oh TINS carnage is incalculabIe
Russia carried her wounded mon
IN crates, each containing a man AT
iuii length. Two crates SUSPENDED
one on each side of a camel or a
morse, each step of which
caused twinge, pang and a throb
o' agony. On the 1000 mile battIo
front OF Russia were only 6OOO am
balances, while $1,000 ambulances
were not too many for the four
hundred mile battle front of the al
lies in France.
Inc normal ratio is ten doctors
ior 1000 soldiers; in France there ia
Dut one doctor for each Thousand
Inc result is that exhaustion from
over work has put the doctors in
the first rank Of fatalities which
ranking at present is doctors in
fantry artillery, and air service. One
uhdermanned hospital in France
mas this meagre staff to care for
forty beds. One nurse, one nurses
and and one three fingered ORDERLY
Inc need is as great as tho ONE
thlrd OF our population was tram
pied under foot by war, and one
seventh. f4,OOO,OOO were TO be main
tanned by charity.
What the Red Cross Purposes
flrst to concentrate under one
ORGANIZATION the voluntary war re-
ilef agencies of our land. Fortv-
Tour base hospital units have already
been organized and some of these
are already abroad. These hospital
units are located anywhere from >,
TO 100 miles back of the firing line
"A base hospital with the regulation
buildings will occupy eleven acres
and VIII care for 10000 men. Each
hospital has a staff Of 25 surgeons.
TWO dentists, 65 nurses, $50 orderlies
and helpers, with n porfabIe
kitchen, an ex-ray outfit, laundry
refrlgerating plant, with ambu-
lances and trucks.
The Red Cross will aid in making
habitable regions laid waste by war
IN aiding to rebuild homes, supply
ing teams, tools, seed, and whatever
is needed TO bring the land back
INTO cultivation. This phase of be-
heVoient work has been pushed with
energy on the war trodden fields of
France by the members of the So
clety OF Friends in England and in
America.
A commission of the most promi-
nent men of our country recently
landed in France to establish Red
Cross agencies. One of the most
important of these is the provision
for our soldierss in France of home
, TO which he can come, exiled as be
, Is by the vast extent of sea from his
home in Kentucky, Kansas or Idaho
The French soldier and the English
convalescent on furlough can get
back home, not so the American boy,
The Government does not finance
the Red Cross. It's funds are
raised by subscriptions. Each per-
son in the United States is asked for
one dollar stna non 100 4: m ~,