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WORLD-WIDE RED CROSS WORK

HELP FOR CONSUMPTIVE SOLDIERS. Sir Arthur Stanley gave au address recently ou "Red Cross Work and Reconstruction in Relation to the Alleviation of Civil Distress." Sir Arthur said that a meeting of experts of all the Red Cross societies in the world would bo held at Geneva 30 days after peace was declared, tho object being to extend the scope and broaden the basis of Red Cross work, not only in this country, but throughout the world. Wherever there wero distress ■and suffering there tho symbol of the Red Cross ought to be. It was their boast that the Red Cross had ]>een pronjinently seen on every battlefield throughout the' world nnd _ they wanted to carry it into every desirable quarter in timo of peace. His conception of the work of the Red Cross was the same as that held by Americans, French, and Italians—namely, that in peace as in war it should act as the channel through which the generosity of the public flowed to relieve every kind of suffering and distress. How were the Red Cross to bring their schemes of r>eace work at home into operation? They , could help to clear away one of the great scourges of humauity—tuberculosis. It was said that 40,000 soldiers suffering from the disease had been discharged from the Army without much provision being made for them, and the Red Cross, havinr some 1300 hospitals demobilising should }» able to keep some for the treatment: of the disease But t*bny found themselves up nsainsta dozen departments of the Government in their proposals. Up to now ho had had great disappointment in the matter, but at last lie had hopes of some progress being made, nnd he believed there was a promising field for them in that particular branch of work. The provision of suitable homes for patients was a nlnn he confidently anticipated putting into operation very soon. He had aleo hopes they would form a Central Council ombracimr various societies interested in child welfare and co-ordinating all their efforts. He wanted lhe Red Cross Society nnd the Order of St. John to be at the buck of those great social movements. Thev did not wnnt to takeaway the work of anv one nf these societies, but they wanted to help them In d« it and to prevent over)aiming or friction an'l the consequent waste. • All kinds nf health work nnd district. visitiiiT should be lake" un by the Red Chiss in peace lime. The'r services had "lreadv l>n°n enlisted liv Hie Minislrv of Pennons fnr tlm nssist-niieo of its Local ■p Pll einns Cmnmitrnn. Fe wanted to see a scheme by which fhw .nnißiilancea were sprend nil ovor Enstlmul. The coi>fltihih'nn of the V.A.T). was li"in<> revised, nnd tliov wero whether thU fhould be a TVr'-it-nrW reserve or an Army reserve in the future.

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Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 196, 14 May 1919, Page 7

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WORLD-WIDE RED CROSS WORK Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 196, 14 May 1919, Page 7

WORLD-WIDE RED CROSS WORK Dominion, Volume 12, Issue 196, 14 May 1919, Page 7

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