Vernon Parish Democrat. (Leesville, La.) 1917-193?, 1920-01-17

1 RED Cfosa from this time "a Un
be- chiefly done "a the United States
that organization Is not yet ready
to abandon the foreign heid. Its
foreign plans have just been made
public The scheme OF organization
Is briefly this; A central Office In
Paris to determine and direct the gem
eral policy for the whole territory
Serbia alone excepted-to approve the
budgets. assign the personnel and dis
tribute the supplies. Then the organ
lzatlOn is to have its commissioners
and their stats In European countries
where there is permanent work yet to
be done. In countries like Poland,
threatened with famine and pesti-
lence, this work, which the organlza-
ton hoped to give up as early as last
July. is growing rapidly. In Czecho-
Slovakia the work of the organization
is practically completed, as It Is In
Italy, with the exception Of the home
service for the families of the Italian
born soldiers, Of whom there are more
than 10000.
The organization has withdrawn
from England and from Switzerland.
It still has temporary missions scat
tered about, such as that for the Amer
lean troops IN Archangel and the one
to care for Russian prisoners In Ger
many, and more recently, at the re-
quest of the supreme economic coun-
Gil sitting in Paris, 1t took a trainIoad
Of supplies into Vienna and Budapest.
Still Busy in Europe.
So long as the Paris office is main-
tained the organization will send pre-
liminary inquiries here and there One
such inquiry into southern Russia.
made not long ago, was followed by
three shipments of supplies and an
other representative of the organiza-
ton has just returned from the
Ukraine. The American Red Cross is
not operating directly in Armenia.
This means that it does not have any
personal representatives there but 1t
is doing its share in relieving the con
ditions in that section.
The American Red Cross is taking a
leading share in building up the or
ganization of the International League
Of Red Cross Societies. which 1t be-
lieves will carry into all the world the
Red Cross spirit and the knack of
getting things done, despite all diff
culties. The organization is still in
close touch with an American relief
organization (Mr HOover's organlza-
tion) and with all peoples and govern
ments everywhere. It still has in the
foreign service, including Siberia. !
over 1900 American men and women,
and its budget for this year comes to
about eighteen millions. 1t was
brought out at the annual meeting of
the organization here the other day
that with all activity the organization
is really only touching the surface of
the needs throughout the world,
Little Hope for "Wets."
The public man who believes that
the United States will ever take
a backward step with respect to
prohibition Of the manufacture and
sale of intoxicating beverages is
hard to find. The decision of the
Supreme court the other day. up
holding the wartime prohibition Iegis-
latiOn, has done much to confirm the
view that prohibition is here
to stay. Men who know the history of
their country point with some pride
to the fact that the people of the Unit
ed States have never taken a back
ward step on any moral question. The
sO-called liquor question is generally
regarded as a moral question and for
this reason, If for no other, many pub-
Tic men say, the people may be count
ca on to hold all the ground that has
been gained.
Inc failure Of the senate to ratifv |
the treaty of peace with Germany and
lne decision Of the Supreme court on
wartime prohibition have made # ex-
slelneiy doubtful whether the wartime
pan VIII be lifted even for a limited +
period OF time. The amendment TO tba
FEDERAL constitution prohibiting fine
manufacture and sale of intovjcor+v
also the legislation recently ensc,ad
Oy congress for the enforcement of the
constitutional amendment will bacon,o
January II. Even If the treaty
OF peace with Germany should he rst;.
neu the first week In January, which
Is extremely improbable, there womb
SUN De question as to whether fine
president would have authority to de-
care wartime prohibition null and
void for the United States would stin
De at war with Austria and Bulgaria
Technically speaking. So it seems res.
9onaoiy certain that there is to be no
sap Oetween wartime prohibition and
prohibition through constitutional
Position Of the President.
1t is evident that up until the asv
The constitutional amendment shall he
come effective the president OF tbo +
United States win be importuned m
lift the ban. His desk Fo,. vool-s -