Nov.
In 1864 the Geneva Convention established the neutrality of the sick and wounded in wartime under the protection of the Red Cross. In 1879 the first Confer-fence of the signatory nations was held at Paris. At the close of the Great War thirty-two countries adhered to the convention, Now there are sixty adherents. Until 1928 the International Red Cross Conferences, reflecting the work of the member societies, seldom dealt with anything but. the wartime emergencies for which the Red Cross banner was raised. But after the Great War it had been gradually dawning on the various societies that peacetime obligations in improving national health, pre= venting disease and relieving suffering were of vital moment. So, now the recently held Fifteenth International Red Cross Confer-fence at Tokyo, found more than half its agenda devoted to such topics as the promotion of nursing, maternity and child welfare and the organization of disaster relief. Tt was peculiarly gratifying to find
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