Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1919-03-06
actually increased since the armis,,ce

| pie, now that hostIlities have ceased.
| the French themselves naturally pre-
| fer as far as possible to provide for
their own. II has accordingly been de-
| termned that the guiding principle of
Red Cross policy in France henceforth
shall be to have punctilious regard to
Its every responsibility, but to direct
its efforts primarily to assisting
Freuch relief societies The liberated
and devastated regions of France have
been divided by the government into
small districts. each officially assigned
to a designated French relief orcani-
Zation
''rhe American Red Cross work In
France was initiated by commission
Of eighteen men who landed on French
shores June 10, 1917. Since then
some 5000 persons have been upon the
rolls in France, OF whom 1000 were
actively engaged when the armistice
was signed An indication Of the pres
ent scale OF the work will be obtained
from the fact that the services Of 6 600
persons are still required.
"Our American Expeditionary Force
having largely evacuated England. the
activities Of the Red Cross Commits.
sion there are naturally upon dimin-
ishng scale period Active operations
are still in progress In Archangel and
Siberia.
1.-THE work In Italy has been almost
entirely on behalf OF the civilian pop
uiation OF that country In the critical
hours Of Italy'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-
ton OF effort In Italy, England, Bel
GUM and even in France having natur-
ally and normally diminished, II has
been possible to divert supplies and
OF those people In the Near East who
have hitherto been inaccessible to out
side assistance, but whose sufferings
have been upon an appalling scale.
The needs Of these peoples are so vast
that government alone car meet them,
but the American Red Cross Is making
an effort TO relieve Immediately the
more acute distress.
IAN extensive group of American
workers has been dispatched to carry
vitality needed supplies. and to work
his winter In the various Balkan coun.
trieS. In order to coordinate their ac-
tivities, a 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 'Po-
land with doctors and nurses medical
supplies. and food for sick children
and iuvalids. 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 70 the Armenian and Syrian Re
lief Commission, which was the only
agency able to carry relief In the In.
terror OF Turkish dominions.
Red Gross viii Continue.
Red Cross effort Is thus Tar flung.
II will continue to be So But the
movement represented by this work
has likewise assumed nm intimate place
Ia The daily life OF our people nj home.
The army of workers which has been
recruited and trained during the war
mus, not be demobiized. AL, our ex
perience In the war shows clearly thu,
there Is nm unlimited field for service
Of the kind which can he performed
with peculiar effectiveness by the Red
Cross, What its future tasks may be
Il lis yet impossible to forecast We
know that SO long as there Is an Amer.
lean army In the field the Red Cross
will have u 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 Ave
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 1t: not alone 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 II 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 IL seeks to
take means and measures which are
actually available and make them es
fective In meeting without delay the
crisis which is daily recurrent In the
lives OF all peoples,
For accomplishing its mission In
the years Of peace which must he
ahead Of us the Red Cross will require
the ahlest possible leadership. and
must enjoy the continued support. sym
rathy, and participation in its work
Of the whole American people II Is
particularly fortunate that such man
as Br Livingston rarrand should have
u II ~.