The Caucasian., 1919-03-07

pie, now that hostiitieS ave ceased,
the French themselves naturally pre-
fee as fae ss possible to provide for
tfeis own. Vt mas accordingly been de-
sermine0 thai the guiding principle of
Red Gross Volics i0 France henCeforth
0hall De 10 have punctihoue regard to
its every responsibility. bue % direco
its efforts Ordinarily % assisting
trench 1olief societies. The liberated
an6 devastated regions Of S'rance have
NeeN divided by the government int"
small districts. zach officially assigned
% designated B'Ionch Sslief organi-
zatioN.
"Yle Nmerica0 Ned o'rose work in
4Trsnce was initiated by commission
OF eightseN snsn who landed on French
shores June 13, 1917 Since then
come 5000 persons have been upon the
coils is t'rance, of who0, 1000 were
activsls engaged when the arm&tice
~as signed An indication % the pres
ent scale OF the work will be obtained
from the Pact that the services of O 600
persons are still required.
Our american Expeditionary force
having largely evacuated England, the
activities of the Red Gross Commits
sion there are naturally upon a dimin-
ishing scale period. Active operations
ere still il progress in Archangel and
Siberia.
"The worn in stals has Aeen almosa
entirely on behalf of the civilian pop
ulation of thai country. On the criticas
| hours of Italy's struggle the American
people, through sheis Red Gross. sens
O practical message of sympathy an0
1elief for which che government an0
people of Italy Aave aeseS ceased 20
express their gratitude
suppIies and Psrsoens, % Near esse.
"Yhs occasion foS such concentra-
sioN Of effort in ttaly, England, GeS-
xium and even in france having natur-
ally ana normalls diminished, 1t has
/ been possible to divsrS supplies ana
personnel in large measure 90 the aiH
Of those people in the Rear East Who
/ have hitherto been inaccessible 10 out
side assistance, Aut whose sufferings
| 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.
"An extensive group of American
workers has been dispatched to carry
vitally needed supplies, and to work
this winter in the various Balkan coun-
tries. In order to coordinate their ac-
tivities, Balkan commission has been
established, with headquarters at
Rome, Italy from which point alone
all the Balkan centers can be reached
promptly.
"A commission has Just reached fo-
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.
IAN 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 viii Continue.
"Red Cross effort is thus far flung.
1t 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 demobiHzed. 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 it's 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 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, bu
| to prevent it: not alone movement
by the people Of an individual nation
but an attempt to arouse all people t6
sense Of their responsibility for the
welfare of their fellow beings through
out the world 1t is a program both
ideal and practical Ideal in that its
supreme aim is nothing less than yer
table "Peace on earth good will tC
men," and practical in that 1t seeks tC
take means and measures which are
actually available and make them eff
fective in meeting without delay tn,
, crisis which is daily recurrent in tn,
lives of all peoples.
For accomplishing it's mission IL
The years of peace which must liz
ahead Of us the Red Cross will require
the ablest possible leadership, anC
must enjoy the continued support, sym
. patty, and participation in Its worl
Of the whole American people. 1t |.
, particularly fortunate that such maj
as DIR. Livingston Farrand should hav,
been selected as tie permanent heat
, of the organizasiinl. The unstintet
, | fashion in whici. aii our people CAV,