The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1917-12-22
W0RLDlN BR0lL
UNTIL WILHELM
IS DISPOSED OF
Author of the Tragedy Must be
Banished Before Settled
Peace Can Come.
RED CROSS BEHIND The GUNS
Organization Furnishes the Me-
cessities of War as Import
ant as Munitions.

ant as Munitions.
There can be no peace on earth
until the great destroyer has been de-
stroyed," declared Rev. J. II. Bergen,
pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Minneapolis, in concluding
a rOusing address to fair-siZed
audience at the Auditorium on Friday
evening on the work of the Red Cross.
Dr. Bergen described the truthful
ness, the vandalism, the british, bes-
tial barbarity of the ravishing Hun;
he told OF the sacriligious rifling of
holy sancturaries in the Church of
the Nativity in Nazareth and the
Church Of the Holy Sepulchre in Jer-
usalem by "Christian Hun and Mos
lem Turk, leagued against humanity.
This may be true," said DR.. Der.
gen. "They say it is true We have no
reason to doubt it. Worse things have
been done. But these holy relics,
whether they be diamonds or gold or
precious stones, can not be compared
to the life of one little Belgian baby
nor to the honor Of one humble Ar
menian woman"
The Sinews of War.
The Red Cross, no less than the
munitions facOtry, is furnishing the
sinews of war in this last great strug-
gle with barbarism, said DR.. Bergen.
1t is sending men back to the fight
ing line healed; it is keeping them
there sound in mind, fit to fight, be.
cause they know that somewhere
back of the lines the Red Cross is
caring for their home and the wife
and little ones. The Red Cross knows
neither friend nor foe in it's mission
of mercy. 1t is the greatest benevo.
lent institution in the world; the most
efficiently organized and operated phil
anthropy in the world; the worlds
one great humanizing influence to-
day, when nations are at one anoth.
er's throats.
The speaker told of the great fin
ancial geniuses, the captains of in.
dustry and the giants of commerce
who have laid down princely salaries
to- serve the Red Cross with not one
penny's compensation. He told how
these men have forgotten everything
in their interest in this work, and
what a wonderful thing they have
made of the American Red Cross.
Everyone's War.
He told of the young surgeons and
nh ri in q
gate fifty million annually to serve
their country on lieWtenant's or cap.
tain's or majors pay. He told of big
men in every field OF endeavor who
have given over gain to the service
of their country, land yet," said DR..
bergen, there are some who will say
this Is a rich mans war;. My testi-
mony, is tonight, This is notua rich
mans war; there is no rich, no poor.
no high, no low--it is a, war for all
America and for all the world'", "
DR.. Bergen told of the solemnity of
the east, to which the war is brought
very near by the daily embarkation
of boys in khaki, "the finest body Of
troops the world has ever produced !;
going to France to consecrate their
lives to the cause of democracy; 60
ing there with the pledge that so long
as a single American soldier survives,
the Hun will not advance his foot one
step further on French SOIL"
He wondered whether we of the
west, with our prosperity and our
material comforts are not too indif
ferent; whether there is not need for
more thorough awakening. He urged
that every citizen who remains here
at home assume his share of the bur
den by placing his dollars and his
hands and his energies at work with
the Red Cross.
Marks Makes Report.
B. C. Marks, chairman of the Bur
leigh county chapter, preceded DR.
Bergen's address with a brief report
on what has been done since the or
ganization of the chapter. He told o.
the work of the civilian relief com
mittee, already called upon to bur!
the wife of one soldier in the grea
national army, and to furnish militar!
aid to one select service man, return
ed from an operation at Camp Dodg
with no immediate resources. He dc
scribed the work of the financial CON
mittee in staging two big drives TO
funds, which put Burleigh count
prominently on the map among pa
triotic communities of North Dakota
He told what the committee on iT
struction is doing and of the still
more important tasks 1t will have t
do, as the duties devolving on tn
Red Cross increase with the prog
ress of the war.
Very appropriately, Chairman Mark
devoted the major portion OF his &C
dress to eulogy Of the ladies' SUI
ply committee and its loyal legion Q
workers, embracing practically ever
woman In Bismarck, who already hav
completed and sent to the front 20
pairs of sox, 1872 wristlets. 1870 swea
ers, III munlers, As fracture pillow!
1s9 nightingaIes, 81 bath robes,
surgical caps, 50 bed-sox, 50 pajama
and equal numbers OF various othe
articles which enter into the hospits
service OF the Red Cro5s, all sine
October IS, in addition to which ther
is now large accumulation OF SUI
plies ready for shipment
Financial Report.
Reporting on the finances OF tt
chapter, Chairman Marks listed r
ceipts Of 81 ,45l,50 from the first mer