Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1919-03-12

i actually Increased since the aTfnlasf Ice.
Aa for work among TIE French rec
pie now that hostilifies have ceased,
the French themselves naturally pre-
I Ter an far 50 possible I'd provide Cor.
1 their own. Il has accordingly been de-
kernIned that the guiding principle OF
4 BED CrOas policy iii France hencefOrtf
Rhall be 70 have puncttlI0us regard TO-
its every Responsibility, but to direct
lie efforts primarily I'd assisting
French relief sociefsea. The liberated
and devastated regions 0f France hare
been divided By the government into
annail distrlcts. each 0Efieialiy assigned
10 9 designated French relief Organi-
Emfi0n.
The American Red Cross work fm
France was initiated BY q commission
Of eighteen men who landed on French
shores june ia. 1917. Since then.
sosne 1900 persons have been upon the
rolls In France. OF whom 1000 were
actively engaged when the aaanIstica
was signed. An indication of the pres
enf scale Of the work will be obtained
from the fact that the services OF 6,O0O
persons are still required
a0ur Americas ExpeditIonary Force
having largely evacuated England, flle
activities OF the Red Cross Commits
zion there nre naturally upon q dinin-
ishing scale period. Active operations
are still II progress iii Archangel and
Siberia.
The work ii Italy has been aiTn0st
entirely on behalf o9 tile civilian pop
ulation of that country. II the critical
hours Of IfaIy's struggle the American
people, through their Red Cross, sent
q practical message of sympathy and
relief. for which the government and
people Of Italy have never ceased to
express their gratitude.
Supplies and Personnel 10 Near East
THE occasion for such concentra-
tion Of effort III Italy, England, Bel
GUM and even In France having ature
ally and normally diminished, 1t has
been possible to divert supplies and
personnel In large measure to the aid
Of those people ia 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 30 vast
that government alone can meet them,
but the American Red Cross Is making
an effort TO relieve Immediately the
more acute dlstresa
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. I'm order to coordinate their ac-
tlyitieg, b Balkan commission has been
established, with headquarters ut
Rome, Italy, from which point alone
all the Balkan eenters can be reached
promptly.
A commission has just reached Po-
land with doctors aud nurses, medical
supplies, and food for sick children
and invalids. An American Red Cross
Commission has also been appointed
to aid III relieving the suffering Of Rus
sian prisoners still confined In German
prison camps.
An important commission Ii still
working III 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 ii the In.
terror Of Turkish dominions
Red Cross viii Continue.
Red Cross effort Is thus far Nung.
II 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.
parience 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 It's 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 d special function to perform.
''Nothing could be Of greater lmpor-
lance to the American Red Cross than
the plans Just set in motion by the i've
great Red Cross societies Of the world
To develop d program Of extended ac-
tivities ii the interest Of humanity.
The conception involves not alone ef.
forts to relieve human suffering, but
10 prevent IT.; not alone movement
by the people az an individual nation.
but an attempt to arouse all people To
sense of their responsibility Tor the
welfare Of their fellow beings through.
ont the world It is q program both
ideal and practical Ideal In that its
supreme aim Is nothing less than veve
table Peace on earth good will 10
men, and practical Ia that II seeks to
take means and measures which are
actually available and make them eft.
tectiva In meeting without delay the
crisis which is daily recurrent ID the
lives Of all peoples.
Tor accomplishing its mission liz
the years of peace which rnnst lie
ahead OF Us the Red Gross win reQuira
the ablest possible leadership, and
must enjoy the continued suppore, sym.
pathy, and participation Ii It's work
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