In an_ interview with a ''North-China Daily News," representative last Friday, Sir Claude Hill, the organizer of the League of Red Cross Societies of the world, who arrived in Shanghai on the 9th instant gave some information of great. importance to the peoples of the Orient. Racing across the North American continent in 96 hours to be in time for the opening of the Conference of Red Cross Societies at Bangkok on November 29, Sir Claude has made almost a record for travel.
The organization of which he is the head has, within the scope of its members, representatives of 28 countries,\ the most of which are situated in Europe and North America. It is the hope of that body ultimately to gather to itself a union of all nations. With Mr. J. P. Davidson of the American Red Cross as the chief impetus to the formation of the worldwide body and a fund of $2,500,000 for the purpose of centralizing, they are now in a position to make a worthy contribution to civilization.
The purpose and aim of this society is primarily to teach people to fight disease, not by medicine or the aid of the medica) fraternity, but to prevent the inception of ills and woes, and to hinder the progress of communicable disease. Their method is. threefold (1) teaching of public health, (2) Junior Red Cross, (3) The Public health Nursing. Science has proved that at least 85 per cent. of is ease is preventible in civ countries, and thus it is easily realized how much good work there is to be accomplished. Family hygiene together with sanitation general is the remedy for the many plagues of the Orient.
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