The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1918-12-20
Public Is Asked to Enroll in
Work Made Necessary
by Peace
TO CONTINUE TO"sTAND BY"
Answer to Christmas Roll Call All
That Anybody Neds to Join Up
Now Is Heart and

versal 1t should come from every man.,
woman and child in the country. All
that is needed in heart and dollar.
The war has left world filed with
ruin. Peace must restore, rebuild re-
construct, recreate what war has de-
stroyed. More than that, for hundreds
of millions of human beings, rescued
from social slavery and political bond
age, there must be revealed new
ideals, efficient methods, sufficient or
ganization. #
AS the army and navy were the will
Of the nation modified for victory in
war, so is the Red Cross the soul of
the nation modified for service In
peace.
. Even after the formal terms of peace
are signed it will take months, even
years, for our present work to be COM
pleted. The sober task of withdrawal
cannot keep pace with the tense strain
Of the accomplishment when first we
rushed our mighty army across the
water to save the liberty of the. world
We have two and quarter millions
Of men overseas, flung there with I'M
dreamed of speed. 1t will take three
times as long to bring them back. So
long as one regiment remains, the Red
Cross, as always, WILL STAND BY.
All over our land there are soldiers
homes In need of information, of coun-
sci, of sympathy and comfort. Until
the boys come home, until all these
families are reunited, the Red Cross,
as usual, WILL STAND BY.
On a hundred hard-fought fields
there are heroes graves to be identi-
fed, marked and honored-and here
at home are thousands of hearts to
be comforted by the knowledge of
where their loved ones are sleeping.
So long as sorrow comes into these
homes, the Red Cross. as ever, WILL
STAND BY.
But now the world is calling us to
an even greater task.
Belgium, northern France, Serbia,
Roumania, Montenegro, Armenia.
Syria, and Palestine have been laid
waste-ravished, robbed, depopulated.
The flaming tempest of war has left
them In ruins. The natural resources
have been exhausted and destroyed.
Cities, villages and homes are rubbish
heaps. The very soil has been torn
into sterility. The machinery Of life
has been shattered and disorganized.
The people themselves have been herd
ed like cattle and driven into servitude
or exile.
In Russia conditions are beyond de-
scriptiOn. To war and Its ravages
have been added the terrors Of revo-
luton, anarchy and brigandry. The
country is wallow of dishonesty and
licensed brutality. In spite of any
thing and everything the allied nations
can do in the way of relief, millions
Of human beings will starve to death
In Russia the coming winter.
Conditions are almost as bad In Ar
menia, Syria and Serbia.
To the need Of the peoples and ma
tons rescued from military bondage
by the allied victory must now be add
ed the need of the people Of the CEN
trail empires, impoverished by the ter
rible demands of war.
"Woe to the conquered
Yes: but the very spirit that sent
America into the war forbids that we
disregard the suffering and dire dis.
tiess of conquered enemy.
We have suffered yet but little, while
the rest of the world has hungered and
thirstcd, has bled and died.
Shall we not go on to the full meas
ure of our great strength-shall we
not meet the full demand Of our moral
obligation? So only can we meet the
full measure Of our ideal. SO only can
the world. cropping for symbol, real
lie the true meaning Of democracy.
Here then are the things the Red
Cross must do:
1. While our men are In service
overseas 1t must stand In instant
readiness. as the emergency reserve
Of the army and navy. H
II. AS our men come home, 1t must
be ready to cooperate In every way in
minlstering to their necessity and
comfort. f 80.
III. Both overseas and at home It
must be ready for hospital service to
the wounded and convalescent, and
must carry on its reconstruction work
among the permanently crippled and
MANNED.
Nv. 1t must face the ever widening
ministry to the families and friends of
our soldiers and sailors, providing
them with counsel. encouragement.
protection and II need be, with mate
rial aid.
v. 1t must stand ever equipped for
the sudden emergencies Of pestllence.
disaster, storm and calamity--and be
ready as always for instant and eff
Client relief.
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