The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-03-07

nave peen upon an appalling scale.
The needs Of these peoples are SO vast
that government uione can meet them,
but the American Red Cross is making
an effort to relieve Immediately the
more acute distress
IAN 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 ac-
tivities, 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 still confined In German
prison camps.
IAN important commission Is 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 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 the
movement represented by this work
has likewise assumed an 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 is an unlimited field for service
Of the kind which can be performed
with peculiar effectiveness by the Red
, Cross. What its future tasks may be
1t is yet impossible to forecast. We
know that so long as there Is an Amer
lean army In the field the Red Cross
will have special function to perform.
Nothing could be of greater impor-
lance to the American Red Cross than
the plans just set in motion by the five
great Red Cross societies Of the world
to develop program of extended ac-
/ tivities in the interest Of humanity.
| The conception involves not. alone eff
| forts to relieve human suffering, bu
| to prevent 1T; not alone movement
by the people of an individual nation
but an attempt TO arouse all people t.
a sense of their responsibility for thu
out the world. 1t is program boil
| ideal and practical Ideal In that 1T
supreme aim is nothing less than yer
liable peace on earth good will t
men," and practical In that 1t seeks +
take means and measures which ar
actually available and make them Ell
fective In meeting without delay tn
crisis which is daily recurrent in tn
lives of all peoples.
For accomplishing its mission |
the years of peace which must II
ahead Of us the Red Cross will requir
the ablest possible leadership, an
must enjoy the continued support, syn
PATTY, and participation In Its wor
Of the whole American people. 1t
particularly fortunate that such ma
as DR.. Livingston Farrand should hav
|
of the organization. The unstinte
fashion in which all our people CAV
of themselves throughout the war
the best assurance that our Red eros
will continue to receive that co-operi
ton which will make its work SQUIRE
of pride and inspiration to every Anne
lean"
Mr. Dawson. as chairman OF the II
ternational Commission Of the Amer
. can Red Cross. has undertaken to rel
resent the American Red Cross In tn
preparation of the program for extend
ed Red Cross activities, and will spen
the next several months In Europe
consultation with other Red Cross soc
cites for that purpose
THE WAR COUNCIL. OF THE AMEI
2 ICAN RED CROSS.
Henry P. Dawson, Chairman.