Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1918-07-28 | Page 34 | Japanese Mission En Route to Front; Greeted by U. S. Red Cross Officials

JAPANESE JAPA ESE MISSION EN ROUTE TO FRONT GREETED BY U. U S. S RED CROSS OFFICIALS c 14 t 1 IJ 1 4 r i r Wi t I Left to right Prince l Miss Margaret Wilson Henry P. P Davison and Dr Arata c Washington ashin ton JuI July 27 Time The The special commission of or tho time Japanese Red ned Cross which is IRon on its WU tVa way to lo Europe to lo stud study American merican Red ned Cross relief work for fOl a n da day visit In this city Among those who helped to lo entertain them item were ivere Henry p P. P Davison Da chairman chair man of the war WUI council of or the time American American Ameri Ameri- chair I menI- menI can cam n Red fled Cross Cros and Miss H s Margaret Margarel Wilson Wil Vii son I In an address to lo time the Japanese ml maiM I I slon Mr Da lson Davison said Bald in partI part parl I r choose to interpret the visit ol 01 I this tills mission as an ami expression b by tho time people of or Japan of or their lr desire for tor a n. aclo clo closer jr fellowship and amid a n better understanding under under- standing of or tho time people of or the tho United S Stales ta t cit This war is teaching us mus man many les sons To me It Il its greatest lesson leRson Is that i without lovo hivo of or fellowman without heart henrt without charity without f r ith I In antI and understanding of or ono another society cannot be bo successful successfully carried on omi or life In Its nobler sense semite be lived 11 And nd these thelo In lii essence are arc the ideals of or the HIp Red lIed Cross ideals Cross Ideals which have J aroused aFo the enthusiasm and solidified the purpose of or civilized mankind ideale expressed so clearl clearly an and beautifully b by bythe the President of or the United States Slates hint him I I I I i self sele recognized as time the worlds world s I for or the thc cause of oC humanity Prior to this war var all nIl the other Red RedCross j i Cross societies In the world with on ono exception e like ourselves known olO n to their as potentialities rather than great reat activitIes That exception was time the Red Bed Cross society of ot Japan At the time beginning of oC the thc European war warI wartime time the American Red lIed Cross had hall about bouC members On the santo same date the Iho H Red d Cross society of or Japan had members anti and was wall the lending leading TIed Red Cross of or the world orld orld It Is Is to lo Japan that thai we wc must boIn bow bo bowIn bowin in recognition of or of her hei foresight and vision islon in first effecting a a. comprehensive sive agency In the interest of lr mankind As s we wc fI fight ht for liberty and amid Justice as we for 01 high principles orI ot or humanity let lei us remember that even before beCore this war came to lo plague time the peoples peo pies ples of or tho the world worl the thc Japanese had through their lal largo large o membership Ir It the Red lIeu Cross ClOS manifested adherence to HI these same principles They The had already rendered yeoman service lct not nol alone to their own people people- In time line of or crisis but hut to peoples o o. o other countries The degree of or llon tion of at t organization Is indicative j of or Japanese efficiency Their Red fled Cross society for fop example its hits du duel ol el eloped a department of science which i imade made It possible for tor them to forecast The They havo o been able ahle to j remove remo thousands of ot their people from rom danger who later Inter developments have I shown would have been killed If it the tho hall hail not been so removed remo I We therefore today toda welcome peculiar satisfaction tho the tho eminent eom- eom i mission headed b by his excellency Prince and Dr Di Arata Nina Nimma- ina- ina gawa gama awa I am mn confident that the American Amen Ameri can people will interpret time the l done ilone them b by this visit as a concrete expression of ot earnest desire on omi the tho j part art artof of or the Japanese people to co I cordially r l fully I I and in a most db I spirit with the time people of or the time l States I J am ant equally confident that thal the he American people will rC respond In I spirit and for Cor like 0 purpose to lo the people people peo pea I pie of Japan I