The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1919-03-06

actually increased siBce tie aTiuist.ce
As for work among the French peo
the French themselves naturally pre-
FER as far as possible 10 provide for
their own Il has accordingly been de
termined thar the guiding principle oI
Red Cross policy in France heucvfurJh
shall be 20 have punctiliuus regard 10
its every responsibility. but to direct
its efforts primarily to assisting
French relief societies The liberated
and devastated regions OF France have
been divided by the government into
small districts. each officially assigned
10 designated French relief organi-
zatiOn.
The American Red Cross work in
France was initiated by commission
Of eighteen men who landed on French
shores June IL. 1917. Since then
some 9,000 persons have been upon the
rolls in France. OF whom 7.O00 We're
actively engaged when the armistlce
was signed An indication OF the pres
ent scale OF the work Will be- obtained
from the fact that the services of 6.0o0
persons are still required
Our American ENpeditionary Force
having largely evacuated England. the
activities Of the Red Cross Commits
sion there are naturally upon a dfmiH-
ishing scale period Active operations
are still in progress IN Archangel and
Siberia
The work In Italy has been almost
entirely on behalf ~ the civilian pop
ulation Of that country In the critical
hours of Italy'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 ceased to
express their gratitude
Supplies and Personnel to Near East
The occasion for such conceutra
tion of effort in Italy. England Bel
gium and even in France having natur-
ally and normally diminished, it has
been possible 10 divert supplies and
personnel In large measure To the aid
OF those people in the Near East who
have hitherto been inaccessible te out
side assistance. but whose Suticrngs
have been upon an appalling scale
The needs Of these peoples are So vast
that government alone can meet them
but the American Red Gross is making
an effort to relieve Immediately the
more acute distress.
An extensive group Of American
workers has been dispatched to carry
vltally needed supplies, and "a worL
this winter in the various Balkan eoun
tries In order TO coordinate their ne
tlvities, Balkan commission has beer
established, with headquarters a
Rome, Italy, from which point alon,
all the Balkan centers can be reached
promptly.
"A commission has lust reached po
land with doctors and nurses, medica
supplies, and food for sick children
and lnvalids An American Red cros
| Commission has also been appointed
TO aid in relieving the suffering of Rus
sian prisoners still confined IN German
! prison camps,
"An Important commission is still
working in Palestine Through til,
| war special cooperation has beer
given to the Armenian and Syrian Re
| lief Commission, which was the oul,
| agency able to carry relief in the In
terror Of Turkish dominions
Red Cross VIII Continue.
"Red Cross effort is thus far flung
1t will continue TO be so. But tn
movement represented by this worl
! has likewise assumed an intimate plac
in the daily life Of our people at home
The army Of workers which has bee
recruited aud trained during the wa
must not be demObiized All our ex
perienCe IN the war shows clearly tina
there is an unlimited field for servic
Of the kind which can be performe
with peculiar effectiveness by the Re
Cross What It's future tasks may b
it Is yet impossible to forecast W
know that SO long as there is an Amer
lean army in the field the Red CroS
will have u special function to perform
"Nothing could be of greater impoi
tance to the American Red Cross tina
the plans just set in motion by the fv
great Red Cross societies of the wOrl
to develop a program Of extended az
tivities in the interest Of humanit,
The conception involves not alone g
forts to relieve human suffering, bl
to prevent 1t; not alone a moyemeI
by the people Of an individual natiol
but an attempt to arouse all people
a sense of their responsibility for II
welfare of their fellow beings through
out the world 1t is a program bot
ideal and practical Ideal IN that i
supreme aim is nothing less than We
table Peace on earth good will
utll, uHu IIdtlltdi III lllui Ill seeks
take means and measures which al
actually available and make them @
fectiye In meeting without delay II
crisis which Is daily recurrent in Il
lives Of all peoples.
"For accomplishing Its mission
the years of peace which must |
ahead of us the Red Cross will reQuil
the ablest possible leadership, al
must enjoy the continued support, syr
pathy, and participation in its woi
Of the whole American people 1t
particularly fortuna e that such ms
as Or Livingston Farrand should ha,
been selected as tie permanent hes
Of the organization. The unstntt
fashion In which Sli our people ga,
OF themselves throughout the war
the best assurance that our Red Gro