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Show HOHKN. STftTEi Recovery Related by Red Cross Liquidation Committee Com-mittee Member. i ' j "Frar.ce will recover from, the effects of the war in a surprisir.Iy -.hort cinie." says Lieutenant Cliav'c-s AV. Kabislus, lC Fh-th avenu'j. -a ho has recently return.-d from Franco, -.here he served with the liquidation liquida-tion committee of the American Red Cross. Lieutenant Kabisius was attached to the Ninety-first dlvhskm during all its campaigns, arid was associated with the i engineering department of the peace commission com-mission before he joined the liquidation ' work of the Red Croys. In this latter work, where he says he ! gained an in sip lit Into the accomplishments accomplish-ments of the Red Cross, he ser eti under ! Lewis YV. Lily, comptroller of the Red j Cross and former prore.--.sor of accounting at the University of California. ! Lieutenant Kabisius slated that the j worth of the American Red Cross outlsde of the scope oi' 11 s military activities is stupendous and ;z actual significance is hard to grasp. The extent of its activities does no alone include Trance, but takes lu the Balkan states. Egypi. Russia, Poland Po-land and Germany, lie says. One of the great tasks of the Red Cross in France was the financing of the French relief societies, which was necessitated by the fact that the organization received so many pleas for food, clothing and medical aid from the French civilian population as individuals that it did not have the time or equipment to care for the?e cases. The work of the sanitary train in Paris ; and other cities was of great importance i and was carried on extensively. In regard to foreign commissions, which I conducted the work in the Balkans, Ger- 1 many and Poland, Lieutenant Kabisius stated that these tasks were so large they had to be operated as distinct organizations. organi-zations. As a part of this work, relief ships which were sent to the Kalkans in February gave the first outside aid these countries had received in years. These activities will be continued until they are needed no longer, he said. The work done for the army in France was just as important. Many conveniences were furnished soldiers at nominal cost that otherwise they would have been denied. de-nied. In Paris alone, six hotels and one large camp. Champ de Mars, accommodated accommo-dated about 2000 men. Here were baths, showers, rest rooms, reading rooms and first-aid rooms. Beds cost a franc for the night, and meals were served at a cost of fifty and seventy-five centimes, which corresponds to twenty, fifteen and ten cents in American money Canteens on the way to ports were maintained allowing allow-ing the -men to obtain refreshments that it was impossible for the army to provide While assisting with the liquidation of Red Cross properties, Lieutenant Kabisius gained a knowledge, of French finance from statements and documents prepared by the minister of war the minister of finance and tiie Bank of France, He helped prepare a document on the financial condition of France for a large corporation which plans to present it to the senate in order to receive the government's govern-ment's backing in financing that country's coun-try's credit. "From the contents of this report," Lieutenant Kabisius stated, "with but very little financial aidfrfrom the American Ameri-can people. France will recover from the effects of the war in a surprisingly short time. The French at this time would appreciate ap-preciate a sympathetic and intelligent cooperation co-operation from the American people'' |