The menace. [volume] (Aurora, Mo.) 1911-1920, 1918-10-12

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"0ur Polish soldiers are now fight
ing in France as an independent
army" she said. "They carry their
own banner-the White Eagle Of Po-
land-and they are Offering their
lives for the cause that is theirs and
yours.
"They need all that any soldiers
must have to make them efficient
fighters.
"They need all that wounded and
sick soldiers deserve - hospitals
equipped with the things that all
good hospitals have.
"The work of the Polish White
Cross is to provide those things. We
have undertaken to provide Polish
physicians and Polish nurses.
NURSES ALREADY SENT
zone unit of Polish nurses has
gone across and others are in train
ing.
1--WE want the support not only of
Americans Of Polish birth, but Of all
Americans. Our cause is one."
Nine. Paderewska's appeal is for
funds, but It is also for supplies
ambulances, hospital supplies, dental
apparatus, X-ray instruments, BIZ
cycles, motorcycles, kitchen utensils,
soap, tobacco and cigarettes, phono-
graphs, movie machines, candy
canned goods, indoor and outdoor
games, and Polish and American
newspapers and magazines.
The French Red Cross and the
| American Red Cross are cooperating
with the Polish White Cross.
The first Of Nine. Pakerewska'f
addresses Tuesday was at lunch.
con Of Polish workers at Hote
Statler at 100 p. m.
TWO ADDRESSES TONIGHT
At Z o'clock tonight she will speal
at a mass meeting at st. Stanislaul
church. L. 65th street and FormaI
avenue, and at 900 p. m. before tn,
National Convention of Polish Womer
of America, in the Church Of the Sa
cred Heart Of Jesus, 1855 W. 14tl
street.
Her husband came with Nine. Pa
derewska from Chicago Monda,
night, but he left later for Wash
ington. He is honorary president o
the White Cross in America.
Now there is probably q Whit
Cross society in Poland. AS such
and as q unit of relief, helping t,
'eeen the horrors Of war among tn
Polish fighters from their hom
land, all patriotic Americans desir
to aid it. But some way it appear
that this White Cross movement il
this country is to become boun,
hand and foot by the chains Of tha
clericalism that is trying to domi
7ate the Polish army movement.
If Rome can control the Polls
army movement why should sh
not control the activities Of tn
White Cross so far as they relate t
the Polish soldiers sent from thi
country? And If she so dominate
it, is it far cry to the day whe
she will demand O joint drive wit
the Red Cross?
A Catholic army, a Cathol
White Cross, a Catholic campaig
for funds-all this is probabl
what will some day appear on IL
surface Of Rome's demand that 7
one interfere with her effort
gain control Of the Polish arm
movement. What the various hic
den advantages to the ultra-secta
ians Of the world will be is a matt,
that will not lend itself to III
bridled guessing, but it will be
fine thing if the papacy that ho
within it 50 much that was pr
German in the days when the Ge
man cause seemed successful, ca
swing about and put an army ar
relief society in the field on Il
winning side in the last months
the warl OH, YES! If the po,
can got his army in he may yet
considered a belligerent and giv'
seat at the peace conference, B
let us put all conjecture aside,
Il There Is only one issue. Is the
an clement in this country exertil
sufficient influence in Washingt,
that It can send an army from the
shores, made up Of what should
American citizens, but who pref
or are forced to fght under t
pope's aegis instead Of Old Glor
Are Americans going TO fght und
different Aags9 Why isn't the q
} that ahieldS them In peaoe go