Charlevoix county herald. (East Jordan, Mich.) 189?-1953, 1918-12-20

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 a 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 conqueredW
Yes; but the very spirit that sent
America into the war forbids that we
disregard the suffering 'and dire dis.
tress of conquered enemy.
We have suffered yet but little, while
the rest of the world has hungered and
thirsted, 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:
/. While our men are In service
overseas II must stand In instant
readiness, as the emergency reserve
Of the army and navy.
III. AS our men come home, 1t must
be ready to cooperate in every way in
ministering to their necessity and
comfort.
Ill. Both overseas and at home IL
must be ready for hospital service to
the wounded and convalescent, and
must carry on its reconstruction work
among the permanently crippled and
manned.
~. 1t must face the ever widening
ministry to the families and friends Of
our soldiers and sailors, providing
them with counsel, encouragement,
protection and If need be, with mate
rial aid.
V. 1t must stand ever equipped for
the sudden emergencies of pestilence,
disaster, storm and calamity-and be
ready as always for instant and eff
CltuL Ttlltl.
vi. 1t must carry on with increas-
ing vigor and scientific determination
its fight against the ever-present
scourge of tuberculosis.
VII. Above all, ii must face the fact
that America Is the one of all the
great nations of the earth that Is prac-
ucally untouched and unexhausted by
the ravages of war. That with the
end of the fighting there remains the
vastest problem the world has ever
faced-that Of carrying humanity
through the coming winter and spring
and bringing 1t up to the relief of the
harvests Of 1919. There Is not enough
food In the world now to provide for
normal consumption. With the best
that can be accomplished by way of
organization and administration, there
will be widespread privation and suf-
ferlng.
The war has left behind II hideous
legacy Of want, suffering and distress.
There is work to be done that calls
for millions Of consecrated hands and
hearts
The Red Cross therefore calls you
to enlist for all this supreme service
to humanity. Answer the Christmas
roll call.
All that is needed Is a heart and
dollar!