The patriot. [volume] (Indiana, Pa.) 1914-1955, 1919-04-05

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express their gratitude.
Supplies and Personnel to Near East
"The occasion for such concentra-
tion of effort in Italy, England, Bel
gium 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 Sufferings
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
AN 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.
"An 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 Will 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
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 a special function to perform.
"Nothing could be of greater impor-
tance to the American Red Cross than
the plans just set in motion by the five
great Red Cross societies Of the world
to develop a program Of extended ac-
tivities in the interest Of humanity
The conception involves not alone ef-
forts to relieve human suffering, but
to prevent it; not alone a movement
by the people Of an individual nation.
but an attempt TO arouse all people toI
a sense of their responsibility for the
welfare of their fellow beings through
out the world 1t is a program both
ideal and practical. Ideal in that it's
supreme aim is nothing less than YER
liable peace on earth good will toI
men," and practical in that it seeks tcI
take means and measures which are
actually available and make them ef-I
fective in meeting without delay the
crisis which is daily recurrent in the
lives Of all peoples.
Mr.. Dawson, as chairman Of the In
ternatiOnal Commission Of the Ameri-I
can Red Cross, has undertaken to rep
resent the American Red Cross in the
preparation Of the program for extend
ed Red Cross activities, and will spend
the next several months in Europe irl
consultation with other Red Cross sOci-I
eties for that purpose.
TIE WAR COUNCIL OF THE AMER
ICAN RED CROSS.
Henry p Dawson, Chairman.
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