The Press., 1919-03-13

"rhe work in Italy has been almost entirely on behalf of the civilian p0n- ulation of that country. In the critical hours of Italy's struggle the American people, through their Red prpas, senI practical message of sympathy and relief, for which the government and people of Italy have never ceased to express their gratituaag Supplies and Personnel to Near East: 1.-The occasion for such concentra- tion of effort in Italy, England, bel- gium and eyen in France having natuFs 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 Wha have hithert9 been inaccessible to out: side assistance, but whose sufferlngs l 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.
 1 "An extensive group of American Workers has been dispatched to carry vltally needed supplies, and tp work this winter In the various Balkan couAs tries. In order to co-prdinate their az. tiyities, a Balkan commission has been established, with headquarters at Rome, Italy, from which naint alone all the Balkan centers can De reached promptly.
 IA commission has just reached Pc 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 GerInan p'.sap nAp iappss important commisslon k!ll working in Palestine. Thr
 war special c0-operatiopu oTsH eiyen to the. Anrnnianl he- , lief Comnda ion, - sH11 agency abievto carry feli in- terior of Turkish dominion
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 r "Red Cross effort is thus 1enR 1t will continue to be so. at the :. movement represented by this, worl has likewise assumed an intimate place | in the daily life of our people at nome :, ] The army of workers which has slbeet !. 1 recruited and trained during the. wal = must not be demobilized. All our ex 6 perience in the war shows clearly tha there Is an unlimited field for servic' o of the kind which can be performed with peculiar effectiveness by the Ret e Cross. What its future tasks may b' V. l it is yet impossible to forecast. W! | oo thoro iC Amer P. jean army in the field the Red Cros d will have special function to perform a "Nothing could be of greater impol . tanee to the American Red Cross tha ", the plans just set in motion by the nv s great Red Cross societies of the worl - to develop a program of extended ai tfyities in the interest of humanitl ,o The conception involves not alone e ;, forts to relieve human suffering, Dt VI to prevent it; not alone movemei 70 by the people of an individual natio
 but an attempt to arouse all people a sense of their responsibility for u
 welfare of their fellow beings throug
 out the world. It is a. program bot
 ideal and practical. Ideal in that I
 supreme aim is nothing less than Ye
 itable Peace on earth good will q
 men," and practical in that 1t seeks ]
 take means and measures which q
 actually available and make them {
 fectiye in meeting without delay t!
 crisis which is daily reeurrent ip Il
 lives of all peoples. {.
 "For accomplishing it's mission
 the years of peace which must ahead of us the Red Cross will reQui
 the ablest possible leadership, h
 must enjoy the continued support. syt
 pathy, and participation in its VI
 of the whole American people Y
 particularly fortunate that such |
 as Dr.. Livingston FaFrand should hff
 been selected as the permanent ha
 of the organization. The unst1ut
 fashion in which all our people ge
 of themselves throughout the war
 the best assurance that our Red Cfe
 will continue to receive that cooper
 tion which will make it's work sour
 of pride and inspiration to every Am
 ican."
 MT. Davison, as chairman of the
 ternational Commission of the Anne
 can Red Cross has undertaken to Ir'
 resent the American Red Cross ini |
 preparation of the program Tor exteI
 ed Red Cross activities, and will spe
 the next several months in Europe
 consultation with other Red Cross 70
 cities for that purpose.
 THE WAR COUNCIL OF THE AME
 ICAN RED CROSS.
 Henry P. Davison, Chairman
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