Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-04-17
GREAT RED
HEALTH P
seofc Is Universal. And The Aim
Coordinate With E.eaae
OF Nations
TRY ELIMINATE DISEASE

9ant,rcfee nov In session at Can.
ro nce. headed ~ Henry r. Dav-
,s.,n n ae American Red Cross and
..,,resen ativeg of france, mgland,
,,sl. aid Japan. Is mapping out d
.,,,eral health program Ncls IL fiji
ssis viii he co-ordinatea with the
yofk 81 the League OF Nations. Press
,aent wilson. who Il President Or tie
..a,tfl I'M tied Cross, has agreed Ia
renreseni that organization III the
maseiaent 70 unity the efforts OE ali
HID ross societies
81 Tie first step IN this program
Is committee has prevailed apnn the
International committee Of the Red
ersss III Geneva To call convention
q flf lied cross organizations 0g the
xorI4 Is meet at Geneva thirty days
,,,,J lla declaration og peace. The
mans maj are being worked out at
5apnes viii be ready By the lime the
World tied Cross Congress at Cen
III ffrifs its Iabors.
Tile worlds leading experts III pub
IL health. tuberculosis. hygiene.
ami i5a and child welfare have
hFep summoned ID Cannes To assist
xtAe committee. While measures Tor
handling problems o. World relief Ia
emergencies, such as Ares, famine and
pestilence will have q large share ID
he program ways BY which the pub
lIc health may be improved Will be
included the unifcation Of effort be-
Ing directed not only toward reliey-
Inc human suffering and distress but
toward preventing II.
In d recent statement Mr.. DAWSON.
had thls to say Of the program being
shaped by his committee:
III III d program both Ideal and
practical ideal ia that It's supreme
ala. Is humanity; practical Ia that Il
seeks means and measures 10 meet
the tragic crises which are daily res
current in the lives Of all mankind.
Surely the operation Of such plan
would develop new fraternity and
sympathy among the pe0plas. BY 80
doing an important contribution viii
have been made toward the success og
Tie League of Nations, and this pres
emf plan should be viewed aB ! vital
iactor III the larger undertaking The
League of Nations aims To hold I'll
peoples together iii an effort to avoid
war and to Insure freedom: khis paF-
acuiar plan aims 1t devlsing u pro-
eedure whereby all peoples may Co
operate actively In promoting the
health and happiness Of one an
other
The governments OF the FIVE greet
powers represented on the committee
ii Cannes have been kept fully IN
formed uf tie progress of the plan
and are In entire sympathy with rs.
aims, AS d majority OF the other ne
tons of the world have Red Cross
organizations orreIief societies which
function along Red Cross lines. 1t isi
believed that their governments will
follow tie lead Og Great Britain,
France. italy, Japan and the United
States
The international COmmltfeC
The International committee 6g the
Red Cross At Geneva the parent Of
the Red cross societies Of the world
Is Tie organization through which
the various Red Cross bodies will be-
kent appraised OF important develop
ments aud discoveries. al permanent
organization. including d stan of the
worlds recognized health experts. is
& he maintained at Geneva following
the World Congress.
The International committee Of the
Red Cross ot Geneva was organized
N iS6s. being the realization oE the
ifea conceived by Harry Dunant &c
niaistering 10 wounded soldiers On
ihe battlefield. The fact that not .
single protest was made BY besligHr-
fnt 81 neutral testifies 10 the high
charaetcf Of the international COM
Iaittee's work. Gustav AdDr. Presi-
dent IL Switzerland, has been ct the
head 81 The committee and one Of its
mos enthusiastic workers Sor q great
many Years.
W the Red Cross societies Of TIE
taTioas countries that are expected
r. l'lfl abs great health alliance, none
San approach Ii strength Os numbers
aad tharoaghness OF organization TIE
American Red Cross Because Of It's
aeaesements, the Red Cross societies
ether countries have accorded
leaaefship III the world movement 70
Us American organization It nov
aas approximately 100000 aduls
aad about 100000 junior members,
aifiGed among 1864 chapters and
'aoasailfls II auxiliariea The part
'ae American Red Cross viii play tH
aae universal program viii be at-
teeiec hy Dr. Livingston FarraSs,
dialtfaan Of the Central commit tea
y the organization, Dr.. Faraand Is
aoS q eannes helping "a shape up
Ids nragramra.
Japan and Francs
South America, Central America
saa Mckee have many efacient Red
.ass 9eietfes In some Of ne.
saail'r Countries the Red CTOsa go
ssaalzations have had struggle t0
AeeM pN4,s1 3 Il So Is Z. - ,sasss<sa4ss.