The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1919-03-07

srTnaily Increased siBes the srnusiics
As for work among rise FreHei pee
sle. u0w thar ha@tiistsex have ceased
tf9 FreHsh themselves Rafurpliy pre-
f+r as Tar A. possible - pr0yide Tor
ssesr own II has accordingly been De
irrmined that tbs guiding yribelpls ~ /
FED Cross policy Ia France heilerfSrsh \
shalt be 10 have plnctiliDsa regard 10
tla every responsibility, hnr 10 airesn
igs efforts primarily ~ n~sssfins
trsneh relief s0ctSgies Tie Iiberafsd
sia devastated rsgians ~ Franer have
D~sn iiviasd W. The government lnt0
smsli s1lstrb,tK eael oYscEally sssigIsa
~ designarsa Frrnei, relief sTgani
EatioH.
The American Red gir0ss work ID
fraRee was initlated bs commission
~ sigssfeen men wiso landed on Krensfl
shores June la 1917 since iileIi
s0iss 1900 persons hass bepn Hl,oll the
ROLLS III France. VI whom 1850 were
acflyeIy engaged when the armIarice
waA signed m Indication oY tue pres
snt scale III the work win b. obtalned
from the fact thar Tire services ef 5000
persons ars still required
~Our American Expeditioaarg Force
having largely evacuated Engiand, fhe
activities OF the Red Cross Comnis
sion there are naturally upon dImin
ishing scale period Active operations
are sftil in progress IN Arehangel and
Siberia
The work IN Itaiy las been almost
entirely on behalf " til% civilian pop
nlafiOn ~ thar country ln th+ critical
hours "a Italys struggle The American
people, through their Red Gross sent
practical message OF sympathy and
relief, for which the government and
people Vt Italy hnve never ceased To
express their gratitude
supplies and psrsonnsi 10 Near East,
s,rhe occasion for such eone~ntra,
| tion of effort III Italy, England. Bel
/ CLAM aud even Ia France having nafur
ally and normally diminished, 1t has
been possible 10 divert supplies and
i personnel III large measure TO the aid
or those people In fhe Near East who
heYe hitherto been inaccessible TO out
side asslstaace. but whose siirrrrings
have been upon M appalling scale.
4 The needs of these peoples are 40 vast
that government alone caR meet them,
but the American Red Cross is making
ali Effort 10 relieve Immediately the
mare acute distress
An extensive group of American
workers has been dispatched 70 carry
vitality needed supplies. and 10 work
tliiS winter IN the various Balkan c0nn,
tries Ia order TO coordinate their ae
tlyiiies, Eaikan commission has beer
established. with headquarters al
Rome. Italy. from which point alons
ali the Balkan centers can be reached
promptly
"A commission has just reached Pc
land with doctors and nurses, medIca
supplies, and food for sick childFet
aud inyalids An Americas Red Cros
Commission has also been appointed
70 aid In relieving the suffering OF Rus
alan prisoners Etill confined Ia Germal
prls0n eampx
AN important commission Ia stli
working in Palestine Through rh
war special cooperation has beel
! given IL the Armenian and Syrian He
! lief Commission, which was the oni
! ageney able to carry relief ia this IN
terror OF Turkish dominions
Red Cross viii Continue
sRed Cross EFFORT il thus far funs
ii will continue 10 be SO. But tn
movement represented by this wor
has likewise assumed an intlnate plsc
III the daily life OF our people at hom'
The army Of workers which has bee
recruited and trained during The wa
must not be demobiliAed. All cur e.
perience Ia the war shows clearly ths
? mere Il an unlimited field for seryiC
II the Kind which can be performs
with peculiar effectiveness by the Re
? Gross what It's future tasks may !
/ Il Is yet impossible 10 forecast W
know that SO long as there is an Anne
= lean army Ii the field the He'd Cro'
+ will have special function 20 perform
Nothing could he ot greater aupe
e lance Ia the American Red Cross this
+ the plans just set ili molten hy the fl'
great Red Cross societies If the wor
b ii develop program OF extended .
: tiyities ia the interest of humanit
Il Tie conception Involves not alone I
q forts 10 relieve human suffering, b
il 10 prevent II NOT alone q moVeme
Il by the people ~ an individual natlo
!. hut 40 attempt 10 arouse all people
+ a sense ef their responsibility for 6
n welfare ~ their fellow beings throng
aut yhe warld Ii Is a program DO
! ideal aud practical Ideal IN thar
\ supreme aim il nothing less than "
A. ltAhle Peace on earth good will
4 men. aud practical IN that it seeks
4 take means aud measures which q
q. actually available and make them I
4. fectiVe "a meeting without delay I
Ia crisis whieh Is daily reeurrent In {
Ii lives Ut an peoples
e "For accomplishing ITS mission
rs the wears of pesce which must