Jackson County journal., 1919-03-07

pie, now that hOSt1lltleS AVE ceased.
the French themselves naturally pre-
fer as far as possible to provide fof
their own. 1t has accrrdiH sly been dc
termined that the guiding principle
Red Cross policy in l,,lnCi. hencefOrl
shall be to have punt lilo, $ regard
its every responsible. =, E:.t to dire
its efforts primarily 10 assistil
French relief societies. Tie liberaje
and devastated regiol.~ of france hay
been divided by the government ints,
small districts, each o.,iciulsy assigned
to a designated French rc.;ef organi-
zation
1.-The American Red Crcss work in
France was initiated by commiss on
of eighteen men who landed on French
shores June Ii, 1917. Since then
some 5000 persons have been upon the
rolls in France, Of whom 1000 were
actively engaged when TIE armistice
was signed. An indicH lion IF the pres
ent scale of the work will be obtained
from the fact that the services of 5000
persons are still required.
"Our American Expe6iticnary Force
having largely evacuated England, the
activities Of the Red Gro $ Commits
sion there are naturally upon q dinin-
lshlng scale period. Active operations
are still in progress in Arc.lungel and
Siberia.
1.-The work in Italy has been almost
entirely On behalf of the civilian nop-
ulation Of that country. In he critical
hours Of Italy's struggle the American
people, through their Red Cross sent
a 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 slch "oncentra-
ton af effort in italy, En- and, Bel
glum and even In France having natur-
ally and normally diminished, it has
been possible to divert supplies and
personnel in large mcs sure ~ the aid
Of those people in the Near East who
have hitherto been inaccessi' le to out
side assistance, but whose sufferinrs
nave been upon an appa'l ng scale.
The needs of these peoples are so vast
that government alone can ,.;eet them
nut the American Red Cross . making
an effort to relieve ialme ...tely the
more acute distress.
An extensive group Of American
workers has been dispatched to carry
vftally needed supplies. and to work
this winter in the various Balkan coun
tries. In order to coordinate their ac
t1vftles. 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 invalids. An American Red Cross
Commission has also been appointed
70 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 Will Continue.
RED Cross effort is thus far flung
1t will continue to be so. But the
movement represented, by this work
mas likewise assumed an intimate place
in the daily life of our people at home
fhe 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
ican 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 az extended ac-
tfvfties in the interest of humanity.
The conception involves not alone ef-
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 to
sense of their responsibility for the
welfare Of their fellow beings through
out the world. 1t is 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 ef.
fective in meeting without delay the
crisis which is daily recurrent in the
lives of all peoples.
For accomplishing it's mission in
the years Of peace which must lie
ahead of us the Red Cross will require
tho ok1nct