Free trader-journal. (Ottawa, Ill.) 1916-1920, 1918-12-31
RED CROSS TO AID.
STRICKEN WORLD
Public Is Asked to Enroll in
Work Made Necessary
by Peace.
70 CONTINUE 1O"sTAlO BY"
Answer to Christmas Roll tall! All
That Anybody Neds to jim Up
Now 10 Heart nd
Dollar.

Y The Christmas roll call ofhe Amer
lean Red Cross has mesSgc to car
ry to all the people. All the re-
spoEse to this message Shdld be uni
yersal; it should come fromvery man,
woman and child in the c,intry. al,
that is needed in a heart al a dollar.
The war has left worl' filled with
ruin. Peace must restorerebuild, re-
construct, recreate what ar has de-
stroyed. More than that. Or hundreds
of millions of human beigs, rescued
from social slavery and pitical bond.
age, there must be recalled new
ideals, efficient methods, efficient or
ganization.
AS the army and navy ere the will
OF the nation modified ir victory In
war. SO Is the Red Cros the soul OF
the nation modified Il service in
peace.
Even after the formal TINS OF peace
are signed it will take 1onthS, even
years, for our present w'k to be com
pleted. The sober task | withdrawal
Cannot keen pace with = tense strain
"a tbo oee.1nnlis ,lment hen first we
rushed GU. mighty arE across The
water to save TIL libcrt.of tie VOID
We have two and qtrter millions
Of men overseas, flung lere with I'm.
dreamed Of speed 1t vi take three
times AS long to bring tim back. So
loDg as one regiment rcnins, the Red
Cross, rs always. WITHSTAND BY.
All over our land therare soldiers
homes in need OF iuform,lon, of coun-
sci. OF sympathy and effort. Until
the boys come home, ,ril all these
families are reunited. III Red Cross
a. usual, WILL STANDBY.
On n hundred hard-,ught fields
there are heroes graves o be identi.
hEd. marked and honort-and here
at home are thousands { hearts to
be c0mfortcd by the kowled.e Of
So long as sorrow como into these
homes, the Red Cross, aeyer, WILL
STAND BY.
Bit now the world is tlln. us to
an even greater task.
Belgium, northern Frare. Serbia.
Noumanla, montenegro, Armenia,
Syria, and Palestine huvt been laid
waste-raylshed. robbed, populated.
The flaming tempest OF Wr has left
them in ruins. The natur3 resources
have been exhausted and destroyed,
Cities. villages and homes re rubbish
heaps. The very soil has been torn
Into sterility. The maChl,sry Of life
has been shattered aud diorganized
The people themselves havcheen herd
ed like cattle and driven int seryitude
or exile.
In Russia conditions are beyond de-
scription. To war and rs rayaecs
have been added the tcrroE OF reyo-
luton. anarchy and hriganiry. The
country Is a wallvw Of dishonesty and
licensed brutality. In spite Of any
thing and everything the allied nations
can do In the way Of reliG, millions
Of human beings will starye to desth
In Russia the coming winter.
Conditions are almost as bad In Ar.
menia. Syria and Serbia.
TO the need of the peoples and IN.
tions rescued from military bondage
by the allied victory must now be a,d.
ed the need Of the people of the cen
trail empires, impoverished by the tr.
rible demands Of war.
'sNoe to the conquered !"
Yes; but the very spirit that set
America into the war forbids that w
disregard the suffering ana dire dis.
tress of a conquered enemy.
We have suffered yet but little, viii e
the rest Of the world has hungered and
thirsted. has bled and died.
Shall We not 60 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 cal
the world, cropping for symbol. real
ize the true meaning Of democracy.
Here then are the things the Rec
Cross must do:
]. While our men are In servlc.
overseas 1t must stand In instant
readiness. as the emergency reserve
OF the army and navy.
II. As our men come home, II mus
Dc rendy to cooperate in every way In
slInlsterIng to their necessity and