Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-14

,snYng scare perou. active operations
are still In progress in Arehangel and
Siberia,
- he work in italy has been almost
entirely on behalf of the civilian pop
ulation of that country. In the critical
hours of Italy's struggle the American
people, through their Red Gross, sent
a 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.
The occasion for such concentra-
ton of effort in Italy, England, Bel
t-ium and even in France having natur-
lily and normally diminished, 1t has
been Qoss ;ie to divert supplies and
personnel IN large measure to the aid
th>Sr PEOPLE in fhe Near East who
'#re hi,horto been .naccessjhi" . out
assistance, bur whose sutferiDgs
hHlo been upon an appalling scale.
The needs OF these peoples are so vast
HAT government alone can meet them,
bur the American Red Cross is making
m effort 10 relieve Immediately the
more acute distress.
An extensive group If American
po!},ers has been dispatched to carry
yit&ily rvc!ei >-pN!irs, and to work
.his winter n he Y. lis Balkan coun-
tries. in orGrr "a co-ordiEate their ac-
tivi1;es. a r3'@.n commission has been
e: hlishad, Hi,h headquarters at
Rome Italy, from which point alone
all the Balkan centers can be reached
praHptIy.
a commission has Just reached Pc
land with doctors and nurses rne1.,rl
supplies and feed for SEX children
5Md inYalids. An American Red Cross
Commission has also been appointed
t. aid in relieving the suffering of Rus
sim Dris;.r.erS sCill confined in German
prison camps.
IN important commission is stfll
working il Palestine. Through the
VIZ special cooperation has been
giren 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 viii Continue.
Red Cross effort is thus far flung.
It 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
Tie 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
1t is vet impossible to forecast We
know that SO long as there is an Amer
lean army in the field the Red Cross
will have Il 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 CT@Ss societies Of the world
to develop a program Of extended &C.
t!vitieS in the interest of humanity.
The conception involves not alone eff.
forts TO relieve human suffering but
to prevent it not alone movement
by the people of an individual nation,
but an attempt to arouse all people to
a sense of their responsibility for the
welfare of their fellow beings through
out the world. 1t is 4 program both
Ideal and practical. Ideal in that its
supreme aim is nothing less than YER
liable Peace on earth good will to
men, and practical in that 1t seeks to
take means and measures which are
actually available and make them Of
fective in meeting without delay tha
crisis which is daily recurrent in the
lives Of all peoples.
For accomplishing its mission IN
the years Of peace which must lie
the ablest possibl" leadership. ana
must enjoy the con5inued support, syn.
patty, and participation i'll its work
of the whole American people. 1t Is
particularly fortunate that such a man
| as Dr. Livingston Farrand should have
bSCli -GiNNt1h ks b4iN " 4A41sl4''i-t 4IGtt'
of the organization. The Ii, ,,inteL
fashion III which al oar people gave
of themselves throughout the war is
the best ASSURANCE thar our Red Cross
| will r' nt:nHe 10 receive that co-opera
ton which will make its work a source
of }ir.tr and Inspiration TO every Amer
lean"
MI Iavfscn, rs chairman If he f..
! telAatioI.al C,nnissIon Of tile : 3eri
! can Red Cross, has undertaken t. rep
resent TIE American Red Cross in tht
| preparation Of the program for extend
| ed Red Cross activities. and will spent
| the next several M, athS in Europe II
| consultation with otter Red Cross scot
| etieS fer that purpose.
THE WAR COUNCIL. OF THE AMER
ICAN RED CROSS
Henry P. DIvi..na; Chairman.