Metropolis weekly gazette. (Metropolis, Ill.) 1???-19??, 1919-06-06
Supplies and Personnel 10 Near East.

Supplies and Personnel 20 Near East.
'"fbe occasion for such eonceDira-
tion OF effort In Italy, England, Bel
GUM and even In France having natnr-
ally and normally diminished II has
been possible to divert supplies and
personnel In large measure TO the aid
of those people In the Near East who
nave hitherto been Inaccessible TO out
side assistance, but whose sufferings
have been upon an appalling scale.
The needs of these peoples are No vast
that government alone can meet them,
but the American Red Cross is making
an effort 10 relieve Immediately the
more acute distress
AN extensive group Of American
workers hns been dispatched 10 carry
vitality needed supplies. md to work
this wiater In the various Balkan eoun-
tries. In order TO coordinate their ac-
iiviiies, Balkan commission has been
established. with headquarters nj
Rome, Italy. from which point alone
oil the Balkan centers can be reached
promptly.
~ commission has just reached Po-
land with doctors and nurses. medical
supplies. and food for sick children
sna invaIids. An American Red Cross
Commission has also b~usi appointed
to aid In relieving the suffering OF Rus
sian prisoners still confined In German
prison camps.
IAN Important commission IL still
working IN Palestine. Through the
war special cooperation has been
given 20 the Armenian and Syrian Re
lief Commission, which war the only
agency able 20 carry relief In the In
terror OF Turkish doninions.
Red Gross VIII Continue.
"Red Cross effort Is thus far flung.
II VIII continue to be SO. But the
movement represented by this work
has likewise assumed an Intimate place
IN the dnly life of our people nj home.
The army III workers WHICH has been
recruited and trained during the war
must not be demolilized. Al 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
Gross What its future tasks may be
1t Is Yet impossible % forecast We
KNOW that SO long as there is an Amer.
lean army IN tie field the Red Gross
will have special function ia perform.
Nothing could be OF greater impor-
lance 10 the American Red Cross than
fbe plans just set IN motion by the five
great Rec Cross societies of the world
TO develop program of extended ne
fiyities IN the Interest OF humanity.
The conception Involves not alone eff
forts 10 relieve human suffering, but
10 preyeDi IL ; moi alone movement
by the people OF IN Individual nation.
but an attempt to arouse all people to
q sense OF their responsibility for the
welfare OF their fellow beings through
out The world III rs a program both
ideal and practical Ideal lD that us
supreme aim is nothing less than YER
table Peace Oh enrth good viii to
men" and practical IN that II seeks TO
take means and measures which are
actually available and make them eff.
ytfINt VI ubtttuE WtthOut uctAy tIe
crisis which Is daily recurrent 10 the
lives OF ali peoples
"isor accomplishing It's mission In
the years Of peace which must lie
ahead OF Us the Red Cross will require
tDe nblest possible leadership, mo
must enjoy the confirmed support, syrs
patty, and participation in It's WORK
OF the whole American people IL lie
particularly fortunate TINT such man
as DR. Livingston FarraDd should have
been selected as the permanent head
of The organization. The uDstinted
fashion in which all our people gave
OF themselves throughout the war is
the best assurance that our Red Cross
VII continue TO receive that co-opera-
ton which will make its work source
OF pride and inspiration TO every Amer
lean"
Mr.. Dawson. us chairman Of the In.
ternatioDal 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, sand VIII spend
the next several months In Europe IN
consultation with other Red Cross soci.
cites. for tlat purpose.
THE WAX COUNCIL OF THE AMER.
ICAN RED CROSS