PEACE WORK OF THE RED CROSS

Dominion, Volume 13, Issue 47, 19 November 1919, Page 4

PEACE WORK OF THE RED CROSS

WIDE RAXCtF, OF ACTIVITY- WITH OKDEII OP ST. JOHN. . An fcgrwmoiit has booh eiffiicd l>r the Brilish Red Cross Society and Hip. Order of St. John under which tlie joint workin" of the two corporations, which led to°Rood l-psiilts (lurifiß ilie wnr. will coiilinno in lime of nnaee 'stales the .lwil.y \civs" of Kcpleniber 2-t). A joint coiin'oil is pet. up to rnntrol the work of the two bodies, and v.ill include tin; member? of the existing Joint War Connmtlrpe, l-liiis prcson-iiiß. conlimiity between the wnr and VW oriranisatious JFennwhilP the charter ot the British Red Crn?s Pnciely is boins extern ed o cover tho objects nicnboned in Article 25 of the League of Nations Covenant. ''Hi* articlo runs ns follows:— | "The members of the league nCTeo to mconrnso """'■ promote tlie wtab isliment and co-operation of duly authored vol"intnrr national Bod Ctom orgnnis.how havin'c n<; purposes the improvement of hPnltb. the nrevention of disease, nnd * mitiwHon if suffering throughout the of the Joint Council nr m (".ire of sick and : wounded Rkrvice nil whether.on the active list or deof loners of war, as may reCTif) bAine wirl to soldiers and sailorfl. ' U\ riiild welfare. . , l>,) Work narties to- dtovh!" unTmentfl, 2 (lr lio.oit.lfl nnd health ,j«Htntion«. (fii ■NTuHntt ■ assistance auxiliary to "SU'cISW and Peace Ho^l L -W«m fi service ambulance work. Sir Arthur Stanley, carman of the B-iti=h UNI Cross. • in,a.letter. to coi'^tv iSSir&VSejAfrVnndl under the authority of tto_ War Office.