Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-13

Supplies and Personnel 10 Near East.
THE occasion fer such concenira.
ton Of effort in Italy, England. Bel
ginm and even In France having natur-
ally and normally diminished. Il has
been possible 10 divert supplies and
personnel in large measure to the aid
Of those people In the Near East who
nave hitherto been inaccessible 10 out
side assistance, but whose sufferlngs
have been upon an appalling scale.
The needs Of these peoples are so vast
that government alone can meet them.
BAT the American Red Cross is making
an effort 10 relieve Immediately the
mere aegte distress
IAN extensive group of American
workers has been dispatched % carry
vitality needed supplies, and 10 work
tits wiater Ia The various Balkan coun-
tries In order 70 coordinate their ae-
tyiticS a Balkan commission has been
established. with headquarters "a
ROME, Italy. from which point alone
all the Balkan cenfers can be reached
promptly.
land with doctors and nurses medical
supplies. and food for sick children
ard invalids An American Red Cross
Commission has also been appointed
to mid I'm relieving the suffering of Rus
slan 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 10 carry relief In the In
terror of Turkish dominions.
Red cross VIII Continue.
"Red Cross effort is thus far flung.
II viii continue to be 80 But the
movement represented by this work
has likewise assumed nm 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 demobillzed All our ex-
perienee 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
II 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 10 perform.
Nothing could be of greater impor-
lance 10 the American Red Cross than
the plans just set in motion by the five
great Red Cross societies of the world
10 develop a program Of extended ac-
tiylties in the interest Of humanity.
The conception involves not alone eff
forts TO relieve human suffering, but
TO prevent IT; not alone n movement
by the people of an individual nation,
but an attempt TO arouse all people To
sense OF their responsibility for the
welfare OF their fellow beings through
out the world. II Is a program both
ideal and practical. Ideal In that Its
supreme aim is nothing less than YER
table 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 eff
fective in meeting without delay the
cflSlS With - uaiIy TtNglEcLl III lbe
lives Of all peoples.
Fer accomplishing Its mission In
the years Of peace which must lie
ahead OF ms the Red Cross with require
the ahlest possible leadership. and
must enjoy the continued support, sym
PATTY, and participation in lis work
OF the whole American people. Ii is
particularly fortunate that such q man
as Dr. Livingston Farrand should have
been selected as the permanent head
Of the organization. The unstinted
fashion in which all our people gave
Of themselves throughout the war Is
the best assurance that our Red Cross
will continue 10 receive that co-opera-
ton which will make It's work n source
of pride and inspiration 10 every Amer
lean"
Mr. Dawson, ms chairman OF the In
ternational Commission OF the Ameri.
can Red Cross. has undertaken 10 rep
resent the American Red Cross In the
preparation Of the program for extend
ed Red Cross activities, and viii spend
the next several months In Europe In
consultation with other Red Cross soci-
les for that purpose
WAR COUNCIL OF THE AMER.
AN RED CROSS
HcRrg y. DAWSON, Chairman.