American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1918-05-21
TERRORIZING WOMEN IS
PRESENT GERMAN TACTICS
hartman National Red Cross. Home
From Long Trip in Europe. Tells
OF Methods Employed.

I
from Long Trip in Europe, Tells
of Methods Employed.
A German offensive of terror against
me civilian population Of France and
Italy was described Friday by Henry
7. Dawson, chairman Of the National
hed Cross, on his return from a u. 600
mile tour Of inspection Of Red Cross
work abroad
Ihe outstanding feature of Ger
man methods at the present time .,
ne said, is the effort to terrorize,
women, children and old men at home
Whlle the German troops are malsina,
their drive at the front. airplanes arc
bombing, nearly every night towns
behind the lines, with the deliberate
ana declared purpose of terrorizjne,
civilians and breaking down the NOR
aIe 70 such point that they will i'm
portune their governments for peace
IL Is the most dastardly. unrigbteous
cruel devilish plan which could he
conceived.
1T is based upon the theory thar
the killing of four children out of
i've will induce the mother m i'm
plore her government TO have the var
stopped that her fifth child NAV live
II IS carried on from the English chan
mel to the Swiss border. and from the
Swiss border to the Adriatic and bas
resulted in the manning of thousands
OF women and children. and the driv-
ing OF hundreds of thousands of ter
ror-stncken from their homes
All of this is accompanied bv the
most active possible propaganda. es-
pecially in Italy"
MI Dawson described the ATTEMPT
10 uphold civilian morale as "one of
the great missions of the Red Cross
adding:
You need have no concern for Ger
man propaganda where the Red Cross
4 Is working. We have workers all over
Italy and France"
He regards the bombing of Paris
oy Dig guns as part of the offensive
OF terror. and says that the damage
to buildings is SO slight that one might
drive about the city for week without
noticing it.
A summary of some of the Red
cross war relief described by Mr.. Da-
vison, follows:
In France relief is being extended
IN ~ cities and towns; in Italy in
20 cities and towns with branches
in 21S other places.
There are 5000 Americans abroad
working for the Red Cross. In France
the organization has 81 warehouses
containing more than seven million
worth of goods
In France the Red Cross operates
fifteen hospitals. in England five. in
Italy two. In addition supplies are
furnished to 1851 hospitals in 1903
cities and towns in France, and to 465
hospitals in Italy Ninety-nine ambu-
lances on the Italian front are oper-
ated by American boys
Fourteen rolling canteens at the
French front have supplied 3.240,OOO
hot drinks to French soldiers Can
teens in the Paris district have sup
piled millions of meals and drinks to
soldiers.
A factory has been established for
the manufacture of artificial limbs
and five splint factories are operat-
ing under Red Cross supervision.
II is such activities as these that
convince Mr. Dawson that America
is today a rainbow toward which
western Europe. from the north OF
Scotland to the south of Italy. looks
as the sign of comfort. hope and vic
tory Speaking of the Red Cross drive
he said:
We need to let it be known to our
own soldiers and the soldiers of our
allies and the peoples behind their
lines, that the American people are
with them heart and soul"
Mr.. Dawson left the United States
in February and has visited England.
France, Belgium. Switzerland and
Italy.