. The Red Cross in peace and war. fthe Red Cross, that our government and the people are bound, notonly by the solemn provisions of the treaty, but also by the resolutionsof the international conferences, composed of delegates authorized bytheir respective governments. Thus, the Secretary of State in hisletter says: The American National Red Cross constitutes the sole legitimate and recog-nized local branch, in this country, of the great International Association, of whichthe International Committee at Berne is the head. This government has uniformlyrecognized the American National Red Cross a
. The Red Cross in peace and war. fthe Red Cross, that our government and the people are bound, notonly by the solemn provisions of the treaty, but also by the resolutionsof the international conferences, composed of delegates authorized bytheir respective governments. Thus, the Secretary of State in hisletter says: The American National Red Cross constitutes the sole legitimate and recog-nized local branch, in this country, of the great International Association, of whichthe International Committee at Berne is the head. This government has uniformlyrecognized the American National Red Cross as the only civil body in the UnitedStates which is regularly affiliated with the International Committee of Berne, forthe purpose of carrying out the arrangements elaborated by the various conferencesheld at Geneva, and the representatives of the American National Red Cross atthose conferences have uniformly attended with the sanction of the United StatesGovernment. No additional recognition or sanction is needed in that
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