| Show The Red Cross Service In the Russo Japanese War mm Is la ono one universal t 1 inner recognized tl by hy dl II the tho nations of tho uth it consists ot oC oti i crimson oll cross crall upon Old ot snow IInO It j D ts side by II lIdo lIh flag Is re roo b of ot every emd s UK r of ot way Into every 11 wry ip Ul receives from every eer 5 r Ii i only to that 11 I I under which ho nihil Yo II 1 hl without t N or r no oC T u lil of at peace If iI till r I It l r soldiers of oC I they como come not nol noti l i hut but to 10 help to toIV TI a IV r irm currieD i P 1111 or orr or r ilK t own n bloodthirsty H Te PHI cHY 1 y II e I agen a j oc Will o rol neo I en I r e 1 1 1 ot all men than Art A eroIn I It n K tho o oil il i too Mian Ji In r f l mil t rl I Ik hns cen IV In tho iM I f 11 Wr ili p tar Tho I Ih p t It In if I U Is ItH in III the n ht III 01 Ih ned Cross In HI V I In eI not II thing it was tit Nu 1 1 jhn f e with Turkey tIlt but t that ho e s 0 tho I Turk la J tl L 1 tho th nU worn 19 In ot the D tho u 0 II hI Y lIat ot Iho nr with Ir had III birth that tho llen In CREO It rr th Cors oC the groot bear of Ir ot tho Ih to caro tr nc I JIe naked 1 II I n oh II t I to lit and tl tho I t aM her III whIch u out tho at S not only the ot of ot I soldiers In III the tho Crimea but bill made tho I namo of ot Florence orenco Immor Immortal I tal 1111 The fhe funeral and organic plan lInn did not take tuko till some years later lalor I however A citizen ot ot I tho Iho jimno of ot Henry travel traveling ing In Italy In and witnessed tho battle of oC He helped to care for tor tho wounded RIll was deeply Im Impressed pressed by the Uia lack Inck of ot hospital ties lles Ho no had read of ot tho work of ot Flor elleo and decided lo to pub lish a 1 book describing tho horrors of ot and to advocate a It plan for tho core care of ot tho Iho victims of ot future wars This ho did shortly after and the book boole created a sensation being translated Into several languages M 1 sue suc In Interesting r president of tho Iho Society of ot Public Dill UtI Ity II ot and several eminent physicians In his hili plan and tho was all the tho coiling calling of or tho famous Geneva convention of oC August Au gUilt ISO I which pro Iro provided vided for tor the tho Red ned Cross na nil signed tho Geneva articles of oC agreement which number has hOIl In Increased 1 creased tn Including elI civilized power I Ion on earth In honor to 10 Switzerland the tho I I badge adopted modeled on all her nn no ting which U III a cross ot white on onn n II OeM field of or crimson Tho Jho reverse a II cross of ot red rell on a 11 Itch Held of at white was made tho emblem the tho MillO ot the tho Red ned Cross Crolls As a 1 further recognition of at tho Swiss republic Its It tribunal has al always ways been boen considered the tho central body bolly through which nil all appeals pISS pass tho head ot of thai body boll tho sumo before loCore mentioned IB Is by cour courtesy tesy leR considered the tho International head of ot the tho service Hussla was not ono of ot the nations to 5 ir tm ft fr r TT V K t S ti 5 ff RUSSIAN RED CROSS HOSPITAL AT HARDIN A GROUP OF JAPANESE RED CROSS NURSES 1 In the Ihl convention and did not nol sign tho till some sOllie years later Inter It can bo said lo to her however Dial a I few yearn carll all ago her hel dowager bestowed be a 1 pen lIen pension sion 1011 on un M t then thell old oM In poverty It can also be said for Cor Husain thai It at The Hague penco con COli culled called by h the tho present that necessary amendments were nudo to the agreement and the work ot of tho Cross ross was extended to tho navies of ot tho world It may mo bo re remarked marked in passing that America wile was nol ono of the original signatory pow powers ers cither but ll It was through Clara Barton the tho head of ot the American so society clet In oCter year carll that tho victims ot natural calamities such ns as earthquakes and Hoods were added as liS subjects of at atHell Hell Hed Cross work Incidentally 1 Russia Russin was also concerned In III this thill but hul as all a 0 At l tho time lime of ot tho great famine Miss under this very VOl provision organized a lIlon of mere mercy that gained the undying gral I IllicIt In do of ot Iho tho Slav Sla empire In the Iho present war lIr the HusMan plans for Hell Hed Cross Cro H oro very ry extensive At a n recent rt cent meeting In fit Rt Petersburg It Willi that beds worth of ot bread und and worth of ot meU had been prepared for Cor shipment available for fOl the work nl ot time und ami It was WUK planned to during the six HI months of ot the war Count Or 01 Orloff loff lort l hUH Klen for COI hospital and use UHe at al the Hie front of nt this Ihl mount amount a Is 18 to 10 bu ht lo 10 the establishment of a 1 school for tor children made orphans by 11 tho war lIr lied Cross Crus society U I mild lo 10 he h tho richest hi III tho worM world The fh Is III giving every OIt encouragement to thu work I Hie czars sister has hns volun volunteered tu to go to the front and In III actual ot tho sick Hick and wounded In humanitarian Japan Ii not one whit behind her bigger adver adversary sary Tho rho Hell Hed Cross society In the theLand i Land ot oC tho Sun was founded In III 1877 to caie for tOl the Iho of ot the tho rebellion In III the tho provinces III It was wa then called the tho tho society of benevolence At the tho end I nd of ot tho Iho rebellion the organization was 1111 made to provide for other wars In future In III the became signatory to tho article of ot agreement tho association adopted tho ot of tho lied Itell Cross Society ot 1 Its It II scope of ot work orle was enlarged and lint rules ruleR were for or Us III perma nent government gO In III the lieso lIese war tho was WUK still further developed and ond the tho department I of ot the army received from alt 1111 witnesses ot of that ny D order ot Count the th minister ot i war the Iho usages of ot civilized warfare followed with the tho one notable ex exception of oC the Iho massacre at nt Port Arthur which was waR deeply deplored by the To Tok 1 k ko o government Since 1895 the growth ot or the tho nell Ked Crow CroM In Japan has kept pace wIth her wonderful military and 1111 naval evolution In other lines There lIro are now over members In the empire the annual conventions nrc oro patriotic events of great national importance the at lit attendance reaching The Thc Imperial family takes an 1111 active In Interest terest In III the organization ono of ot tho royal 1011 princes being Its lt president Nurses lire are trained In an nn Imperial ho founded for Cor tho purpose The rhe two leading men of oC the Ihl I Unions and Hashimoto are arc active spirits National headquarters me In III Tokyo oko where n II num number ber of model n and commodious build buildIngs Ings 1118 mo t aside for Co I the tho purpose A largo ennUI corps ot of surgeons has been espe espo especially trained for rOl the UI venire In addi addition tion to the of ot nurses All tho 1110 up UI to date mod leal appliances luva hao been provided In liberal quantities anti and andIn In addition each elleh private soldier Is re IC required to carry It of oC to tho and U I as liS to Its lis i ute u e The rho Hed rug service Is III under military discipline and Is l thoroughly I drilled each being given n 1 years before going Into tha neld Krom I this It II Is III thai the little Island kingdom Is III fully prepared to cate fur tur tho Iho victims of oC Ihn Hent Notwithstanding this however gladly tho lendur of ot ten sen Ices of oC a 1 noble American Hod Cross Dr Anita New comb of Philadelphia of ot the Iho Society of 01 War Nurses vrho Tho recently started for Tollo with n 11 largo 1110 corps of oC ti allied n l tanti This iu lion on the wit of oC Dr serves to Ii call lall attention to 10 the character and 1111 th lit spirit of ot the thi not Hed Cross CrollA work urk JA mS Ii I |
