THE RED CROSS

Dominion, Volume 10, Issue 3050, 11 April 1917, Page 3

THE RED CROSS

The Bed Cross is one of the best-man-»ged ■ institutions of the. war. It is the most, effective' in every way,. the moet successful from the treatment ; of the iwounded to the diecovery of the fate of the missing; and it costs less for administration tnan anything .in .any service. ■JTor example, the Eed Cross expended in the second year of the war just over ' three millions of money, and the cost was below sevenpence in the pound. It was not always so. At. the battle of the Marne, : for instance, it did not possess a single motor ambulanoe. ■•. It actually moved its wounded in the anoient . manner of the Napoleonic wars. There was an outcry,- of course. The outcry brought help, in cash and in kind, ; of .which motor ambulances' and travelling Boup kitchens wore the outstanding glories. It. brought more; It brought perfection of system into the administration of this magnificent service. Lord Northcliffe .wae largely responsible for that. lie leaped into the lead, used hie power of criticism, his persuasive strength—his judgment of men—and established the most wonderful organisation in the /world. It. is to the help of this great organisation that the Taibape • art union is devoting its energies. An advertisement in thisissue explains how. AVe need, therefore, eay little, , exoept that the farmers of Taihape, who have, contributed : the prizes on which thia help is based, deserve the highest comi '. mendation; and, deserve the biggest and promptest support. The object is the worthiest: the alleviation of ' the sufferings of - the ■■< wounded, their ■ cure, and their comfort. They have made the .greatest sacrifice next .to'the.sacrifice of those gallant 6oldiers -who have given their, lives; The one thing needed now is the promptest possible forward- ■■ ing of the ntoneys required for carrying on the' work: ■. This is, secured-, by the determination'to'. , cable home the money. Thus we have-a .certainty of the maximum of help at the .minimum of cost. It is for the wounded who have fought for ~ freedom, for Empire,. for righteousness in the world, for ; the punishment'of barbarous savagery/and. the suppression of ; the most hideous aggression in: the history of mankind.: We. owe it to them that our response shall he immediate end substantial. -