The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1919-03-10

their own Ill has accordingly been de-
terp,lned r,at tba gpidjng nf4ncinla of
Red cross policy IN France henceforth
shall 81 to haya punrtiIjons regard rs
its every resnonsibiIifv bun 70 dlrecr
its efforts primarlIv to insisting
French relief socieries The liberated
and devastated regions. of France have
been divided bv the government into
small districts. each officials assigned
10 a designated French relief oreani-
cation
The American Red Cross work IN
France was Initiated bv a commission
81 eighteen men VINO landed on French
shores June Is. 1917 since then
some 5000 persons have been mon the
rolls III France. of whom 1000 were
actively engaged when the arnistice
was signed. All Indication Of TIE pres
ent scale Of the work viii be obtained
from the fact that the services Of COCO
persons are stil required
our American Expediuonary Force
having largely evacuated England. the
activities 81 the Red Cross Commits
sion there are naturauv upon din7ln
ishing scale period Active operations
arc stgl iu progress tn Archareel and
S'horia
Grille work IN Italy las been almost
entirety on behalf Of the civilian Don
ulauon &c that country. In the critical
hours 81 Italy's struggle the American
people, through their Red Cross. sent
practicai message Of sympathy and
relief. for which he government ana
people of Ifalv have never ceased 10
express their gratitude
suoo.ies and pere,,,ai % Ma Es.+
.The occasion Far s9eb -orcantra-
don 81 effort n Italv England. Re.
eium and even IN France having natpr-
allv ard normally diminished n hes
been Boss.f.i9 " drver4 e,r,nlias and
personnel IN lorra meesi,re ~ the all
an those paopIe ~ the Near rast who
have hitherto been inaccessible 70 ON
side assistance hpt whose s,var,nee
nave been mon y, annolltng 600
The needs Of these neonIes are so vos.
that government alone can meet tber
but the American Red Cross Z making
an effort TO relieve Immediately the
more acute distress
"An extensive 9roup Of American
workers has been dispatched to carry
vitality needed supplies ana n vorlr
this winter 81 the various Balkan conn
tries. In order to coordinate their &C
tivities. q Balkan commission has been
established with headouarfers A.
Rome. italy. from witch poinf alone
All the Balkan centers can be reached
promptly
commission has lust reached Pc
land with doctors aud nurses. medical
supplies and food for sick children
and invalds. An American Red Cross
Commission has also been appointed
to aid fla relieving the suffering Of Rus
sian prisoners stiII connned Is German
prison camps.
"An imp0rtant commission ia stin
working In Palestine Through the
war special cooperation has been
given 70 the Armenian and syrian Re-
lief Commission. which was the oplv
agency able TO carry relief In the IN
terror ~ Turkish 6omlnions
Rcd Cross VIII Continue
4Rea Cross effort II INNS far fpng
r win continue 10 be 90 Ruf the
movement represented nv this v-orl,
has likewise assumed an intimate place
Ia the daily life of our people at home
The army of workers which has hean
recruited and trained during fhe war
must not be demobilized. An our er-
perience in the war shows clearly that
there Is an unlimited heid for service
OF the Kind which can be performed
with peculiar effectiveness by the Red
Cross what its future tasks may he
II il vet imn0ssible 10 forecast. We
know that % long Az there Il az Amer
lean army IN the field the Red Cross
Will have a special function TO perform.
Nothing could be Of greater impor-
lance TO the American Red Cross than
the plans just set Ia motion BY the aye
great Red Cross societies Of the world
to develop a program Of extended &C
tyltles IA tire interest or humanity.
The conception involves not alone Fl
forts 70 relieve human suffering. but
to prevent #. not alone q movement
by the people OF an Individual nation
bat an attempt 10 arouse all people to
sense 81 their responsibility for the
welfare Of their fellow beings through
out the world. il Is program both
ideal and practical. Ideal IN that its
supreme aim Is nothing less than yer