RED CROSS APPEAL.

Taranaki Daily News, 11 October 1918, Page 5

RED CROSS APPEAL.

■ 1 ■ 1 ■ SPEECH BY MR. D. McLAREN, 1 _ ■ ; ■ MS Au appeal on behalf of the Bid CtO(iH '"Our Bay" effort was made by -Mr. JtfcLaron, a member of the Wfilljnett)a|? executive of the Red Cross, and 811*4X4 ' Mayor of Wellington, from Ike toatoraytf of the White Hart Hotel while the crowd tut "ad gathered ib% hear the result of the electioii W&kiks| waiting for the returns to he posted' 1 ? up- The Mayor (Mr. C. H. Burgee® briefly introduced the speaker. Mr McLaren his n<?B9 to the local Red Cross Oomtoittej?-. for giving him the opportunity of mafov J ing an appeal and his appreciatlovraid the action of the candidates for llament in giving support to his-appeal,-' After prefacing his remarks with a t«i7" ference to the Kaiser's bo&stfulneaa, Si?' eulogised the glory and valor of jPrapciii.' and Belgium, who had barred the ser's way in Europe. He then went to say that amid all the darimesa aud', r devastation of war, theri l was one Jflde-'J: star which shone clear through 1 viivl; of tlie Ri'd <jToas, a work of Tfffciob::, everyone had reason to he infinitely and which stood as the greatest tfaiiyvi on earth. It knew no creeds, opinion*., or, religious distinctions, and fSistU j only to succor those who had bees Bmit» ' ten in the war He stated that lagt'.; year the British Red Cros* work cost' £3,600.000, and one-third of th^7 4 money had been spent in lands outJids.ij the Empire. Tlie amount however, WWf\> not sufficient to keep pace with tW! needs of the work, and an appeal New Zealand fo& £IOO,OOO Sta was sure the' people of New Zealand would say that, whatever comes, BfrjV thing would be too much to do for ttyf fj men who had risked their all for tlji 1 ? Empire. He paid a slowing tribute to., the work done by the women of country, but appealed to the men Afci* to leave it all to the women to do. work was as much men's as Nothing they could do could ever e<{)TiSfa the gift of the men who save up' thing to fight for those at bomei were not privileged to go ppt W»M!j fiprlit, but all should be the Bell CrosSvJ Armv. He stated he had been mforiji^fl, "<■ by the local secretary of the Red Cjrosii'J that New Plymouth had sent , £2OOO "tffjit,';, l wards the present appe >1 .ind there '■ a further £50(1 in ham! That was ngfcji a great contribution per head of tlufc.'f population, and be thoupht it easily be doubled. After dealing wit)l,jj the objections to the appeal by tho^ fii v who considered the Government shanty,.-/ take over all the Red Cross work, speaker referred to the German's, v.efl--;«, known phrase, "Der Tag.'' and said, they ** •fiiev might well take the crv nffjmb Dav" for the Bed Cross, for it wiflfffifi day tlWt was coming—ft day of glorious peace, justice, and tlie day for which our fathers bW ajjit.jjl died, and for which oi)£ °ons nr/V 1 ritilera were dying 10-dav. . , The conclusion <of iho speech V'at p greeted with prolonged applause {J cheers were given for tlie lioys attjfwa front. l ',J