The Cook County news-herald. [volume] (Grand Marais, Cook County, Minn.) 1909-current, 1919-03-12

actually increased since the armistice.,
s:z s. As for work among the french peo-
pie, now that hostili tiles have ceased,
the French themselves naturally pre-
IS: fer as far as possible to provide for
their own. It has accordingly been de-
termined that the guiding principle Sof
Red Cross policy in France henc eforth
shall be to have. punctilious regard to
Its every responsibility, but to direct
Its efforts primarily to 4 assisting
French relief societies. The liberated
and devastated regions OF France have
been divided by the government into
small districts, each officially assigned
to q designated French relief organi.
cation. s TT SE:3.z7 " -
''The American Red Cross work In
France was initiated by a commission
OF eighteen men who landed on French
shores June ID, 1917. Since then
some 5000 persons have been upon the
rolls In France, Of whom 1000 were
actively engaged when the armistice
was signed. An indication of the pres
ent scale Of the work will be obtained
from the fact that the services Of 6,O01
persons are still required. -. r..
Our American Expeditfonary Force
having largely evacuated England, the
activities Of the Red Cross Commits.
sion there are naturally upon q dimin-
lshlng scale period. Active operations
are still In progress in Archangel and
Siberia.
1.-THE work in Italy has been almost
entirely on behalf of the civilian pop
ulation OF that country. In the critical
hours OF 1taly'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,
1.-THE occasion for such concentra.
ton of effort in Italy, England, Bel.
Eium and even in France having natur.
ally and normally diminished, it has
been possible to divert supplies and
personnel In large measure to the aid
OF those people in the Near East who
have hitherto been inaccessible to out.
side assistance, but whose sufferlngs
have been upon an appalling scale
The needs of these peoples are so vast
that government alone 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 &C
tivities, Balkan commission has beer
established, with headquarters Al
Rome, Italy, from which point alone
all the Balkan centers can be reached
promptly.
"A commission has just reached Pc
land with doctors and nurses, medica
supplies, and food for sick children
and invalids. An American Red Cros.
Commission has also been appointed
to aid in relieving the suffering of Rus
sian prisoners still conflned. in German
prison camps. -. ! :
IAN important commission 10 still
working in Palestine Through the
war special cooperation has beer
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 Will Continue.
"Red Cross effort is thus far flung
It will continue to be so. But the
movement represented by this worl
has likewise assumed an intimate place
in the daily life Of our people at home
The army Of workers which has beer
recruited and trained during the wal
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
it 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 q program Of extended &C
tivities in the interest Of humanity
The conception involves not alone eff
forts to relieve human suffering, bu
to prevent it; not alone a movement
by the people of an individual nation
but an attempt to arouse all people *
a sense Of their responsibility for tn,
welfare of their fellow beings through
out the world. It is a program boil
ideal and practical. Ideal in that it,
supreme aim is nothing less than yer
table "Peace on earth good will t,
men," and practical in that it seeks t.
take means and measures which ar,
actually available and make them eff
fective in meeting without delay tn,
crisis which is daily recurrent in tn,
lives Of all peoples.
"For accomplishing its mission II
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, sym