Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1919-03-20

actually increased since the armIstics.
"As for work among the French peO-
Ole. now that hostilities have ceased,
the French themselves naturally pre-
fer 80 far as possible 20 provide for
their own. Il has accordingly heea do.
tsrmined that the guiding principle %
Red Cross policy In France henceforsA
ahall Be 60 have punctiliors regard 90
ifs every responsibility. but 70 direct
its efforts primarily to assisting
French relief societies. Ths liberatsd
and devastated regions Of France have
bean divided By the government into
small districts. each oficially assigned
to designated Preach relief organs-
xation.
The American RED Cross work IN
France was initiated By O commission
or eighteen men who landed on French
shores June u. 1917. Since then
some 1900 persons have been upon the
rolls In France. Of whom 1000 were
actively engaged when the armistics
was signed. An Indication Of the pres
ent scale OF the work viii be obtained
from the fact that the services OF aOOO
persons are still required.
"Our American Expeditionary Force
having largely evacuated England, the
activities Of the Red Cross Commis.
sion there are naturally upon q dimin-
ishing scale period. Active opera tIons
are stfil In progress In ArchangeI and
Siberia.
The work in Italy has been almost
entirely on behalf Of the civilian pop
uiation OF that country. In the critical
hours Of ltaly's struggle the American
people. through their Red Cross. sent
practical message Of sympathy and
relief. for which the government and
people OF Italy have never Ger sed N
express their gratitude
Supplies and Personnel to Ne, -sst
The occasion fcr sacr en-
ton Of effort in Italy. England. Bel
glum and even IN France having natur-
ally and normally diminished. II has
been possible 70 divert supplies and
personnel In large measure 10 the aid
OF those people In the Near East who
have hitherto been inaccessible 10 out.
side assistance. but whose sufferings
have been upon an appalling scale.
The needs Of these peoples are so vast
that government alone can meet them,
but the American Red Cross In making
an effort to relieve Immediately the
more acute distress.
An extensive group Of American
workers has been dispatched TO carry
vitality needed supplies, and to work
this winter In the various Balkan coun-
tries. In order to coordinate their &C
tfvities, q Balkan commission has been
established, with headquarters at
Rome. Italy. from which point alone
all the Balkan centers can be reached
promptly.
"A commission has Just reached Po-
land with doctors and nurses. medical
supplies, and food for sick children
and invalids. An American Red Cross
Commission has also been appointed
TO aid in relieving the suffering OF Rus
sian prisoners stiii confined IN German
prison camps.
IAN important commission 10 still
working In Palestine. Through the
war special cooperation has been
given to the Armenian and Syrian Re-
lief Commission, which was the only
agency able TO carry relief I'm the In
terror Of Turkish dominions.
Red cross Will Continue.
Red Cross effort is thus far flung.
n AA -
movement represented By this work
has likewise assumed IN intimate place
In the daily life Of our people at home.
The army Of workers which has been
recruited and trained during the war
must not be demobilized. All our ex-
perience In the war shows clearly that
there In an unlimited feId for service
Of the kind which can be performed
with peculiar effectiveness by the Red
Cross. What Its future tasks may he
Il 10 Jet impossible to forecast. We
know tina. 90 long M there 10 an Amer
lcan army In the field the Red Cross
viii have q special function to perform.
Nothing could be of greater impor-
tance to the American Red Cross than
the plans Just set In motion by the ave
great Red Cross societies Of the world
to develop q program Of extended ac-
tivities In the interest Of humanity.
The conception involves not alone ss.
forts TO relieve human suffering, but
to prevent Il; not alone O movement
by the people Of an individual nation,
but an attempt 20 arouse all people 10
sense Of their responsibility for the
welfare Of their fellow beings through.
out the world. II is q program both
ideal and practical Ideal in that its
supreme aim Is nothing less than yer.
liable Peace on earth good will 10
men" and practical In that II seeks 20
take means and measures which are
actually available and make them ef.
fective In meeting without delay the
crisis which is daily recurrent 10 the
lives Of all peoples
"For accomplishing It's mission In
the years OF peace which must lie
ahead OF us the He'd Cross will require
the ablest possible leadership. and
must enjoy the continued support. sym
p1hhys 011 paALclpdtiDu lU iEb WDrM
Of the whole American people. n In
particularly fortunate that surh man
as Or. Living Fsrrprf % ..r.~ -
been selected Ne - - -..-, -
Of the orgniI4za'irl =. z
fashion In which al O.!
Of themselves throughout The var ~
the best assurance that our Ped Cross
will continue 10 receive thar co-opera-
ton which will make !ts work a source
Of pride and inspiration TO every Amer
lean"
Mr.. Dawson, as chairman Of the In.
ternationsl Commission Of the Ameri-
can Red Cross, has undertaken to rep
resent the American Red Cross in the
preparation Of the program for extend
ed Red Cross activities, and will spend
the next several months In Europe In
consultation with other Red Cross soci-
eties for that purpose.
THE WAR COUNCIL OF THE AMER.
ICAN RED CROSS.
Hsnry p. Davisoa, Chairman.
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