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pie, now that hostilitfes have ceAnoA.
the French themselves naturally -
fer as far as possible to provide ~
their own. 1t has accordingly been e.
termined that the guiding principle II
Red Cross policy in France hencpfssth
shall be to have punctilious regard -
its every responsibility. but to direct
its eneetsb primarily to assisUng
French rel8f societies. The liberated
and dej4kStats4 Sasfons Of France have
been d&fded BY the government ints
small districts. each officially assigned
to a designated French relief organN
xation.
THE American Red Cross wovk n
France was initiated by q commiastea
OF eighteen men who landed on Trsaeh
shores June Is, 1917. Since thsA
some 1900 persons have been upon -
rolls In France. Of whom 1000 wsss
actively engaged when the armiGties
was signed. An Indication Of the prss-
ent scale of the work win b. sbtaiusd
from the fact that the services e Aco0
persons are still required.
"our American Expeditionary Esees
having largely evacuated England, -
activities OF the Red Gross Commiu-
sion there are naturally upon q dimip-
ishing scale period. Active operadens
are stil In progress In Archanged AM
Siberia.
"The work in Italy has bsen simsst
entirely on behalf Of the civilian pop
ulation OF that country. In the critical
hours OF Italy's struggle the Americas
people, through their Red Gross, 500
a practical message of sympathy ana
relief, for which the government and
people Of Italy have never ceased 10
express their gratitude.
Supplies md Personnel . Nsar fsse
THE occasion for such c~oncsntra-
ton of effort in Italy, England, Dst
GUM and wen In France having nstvy.
ally and normally diminished, IL has
been possible to divert supplies snA
personnel In large measure 10 the aid
Of those people In the Near East whs
have hitherto been inaccessible 10 sut.
side assistance, but whose sufferfnn
have been upon On appalling scale.
The needs of these peoples are 20 vasa
that government alone can meet them,
but the American BED C:es: Z: =skiAs
an effort to relieve Immediately the
more acute distress.
IAN extensive group Of A-.-vican
workers has been d~ispatchei ,o carry
vitality needed supplies, end 10 work
his winter in the various Bslkas ccun-
tries. In order to coordinate their 20
t~ivities, a Balkan commission has bsen
established, with headquarters At
Rome, Italy, from which point alsao
Ill the Balkan centers can DO reaches
promptly.
"A commission has just reached Pc
land with doctors and nurses. medical
supplies, and food for sick children
and invalids. An American Red Gross
Commission has also been appeintsl
to aid In relieving the suffering Of Rus
sian prisoners still confined In GeYman
prison camps.
IAN important commission - 80
working In Palestine. Through ~
war special cooperation has been
riven to the Armenian and Syrian Re-
lief Commission, which m the ealy
agency able to carry relief IN the In.
terror Of Turkish dominioni.
Red Cross VIII cent,nus.
Red Cross effort is thus far fuAG
II will continue to be 30. But thu.
movement represented BY this wsfA
has likewise assumed an intimats place
In the daily life Of our people ut homA
The army of workers which has bse9
recruited and trained during the wav
must not be demobnixed. All 0ur sx-
~perience In the war shows clearly thaf
there is an unlimited feld for service
of the kind which can be perfermsl
with peculiar effectiveness By the Rel
Cross. What its future tasks may ~
It is yet impossible to forecast. vi
know that so long n there y sa Amer.
lean army In the field the Red CreSs
will have a special function 70 psrfsrss
Nothing could be Of greater impef-
lance to the American Red Cross thaA
the plans just set In motion by the fvs
great Red Cross societies Of the wsssl
t. develop q program Of extended &C.
'~tivities In the interest Of humanity.
The conception involves not alone 81
forts to relieve human suffering. but
TO prevent IL; not alone a movement
by the people Of an individual DatteA
but an attempt to arouse all people b
a sense of their responsibility for ths
welfare Of their fellow beings through
out the world. 1t, IL q program both
Ideal and practical. Ideal In that its
supreme aim Is nothing less than YER
liable Peace on earth good viii 10
men," and practical in thatiit seeks 10
take means and measures which are
Actually available and make them 81
fectiye IN meeting without delay the
crisis which Is daily recurrent in the
lives Of all peoples.
"g0r accomplishing IT. mission IN
the years Of peace which must ifs
ahead of us the Red Cross will require
the ablest possible leadership. and
uust enjoy the continued support, sym
patty, and participation In ;ts. work
of the whole American people. IL 10
particularly fortunate that such q map
"a DIR. Livingston Farrand should have
been selected as the permanent head
Of the organization. The uAstinted
fashion in which all our people gave