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primary business Of the Red Gross
during hostilIties The Army Canteen
service along the lines OF travel has
actually increased since the arm! ,,Ice
"As for work among the French peo-
pie, now that hostllities have ceased.
the French themselves naturally pre-
fer as far as possible to provide for
their own. II has accordingly been de-
termined thnt the guiding principle Of
ted Cross policy In France henceforth
snail De 10 have punctllIOus regard TO
It's every responsibility, but TO direct
its eHorts primarily to 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-
zatlon.
The American Red Cross work In
France was Initiated by commission
OF eighteen men who landed on French
shores June 13. 1917. Since then
some 1900 persons have been upon the
rolls In France, OF whom 1000 were
actively engaged when the nrmistIce
was signed. An indication Of the pres.
ent scale OF the work will be obtnIned
from the fact that the services of 6OOO
persons are still required.
our American Expedltlonary Force
having largely evacuated England, the
activities OF the Red Cross Commits
sion there are naturally upon a dlmln-
ishlng scale period. Active operations
are still In progress in Archangel and
Siberia.
The work in Italy has been almost
entirely on behalf Of the civilian nom
ulation Of that country. In the critical
hours Of ltaly'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.
The occasion for such concentra.
hon OF effort In Italy, England, Bel
gium and even In France having natur-
ally and normally diminished, IL 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
nave 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.
uvities, a Balkan commission has been
established, with headquarters al
Rome, Italy, from which point alone
all the BSlkan 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 win Continue.
"Red Cross effort is thus far flung
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.
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 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 &C.
tivities In the interest of humanity.
The conception involves not alone eff
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 tt
sense of their responsibility for the
welfare OF their fellow beings through
out the world. 1t Is program botf
ideal and practical. Ideal In that iu
supreme aim Is nothing less than yer
table Peace on earth good will t.
men," and practical In that 1t seeks tt
take means and measures which arr
actually available and make them ef
fective In meeting without delay tn,
crisis which is daily recurrent In tht
lives Of all peoples.
"For accomplishing its mission II
the years of peace which must liz
ahead Of US the Red Cross will requir,
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