The Survey October 1917-March 1918 . drivjers seat, and thesiren sounding as they scattered dogs and children. The RedCross men caught the spirit of the new diplomacy when theysent the car back filled up with blankets from their stores atBologna—from the people of the United States to the peopleof Italy. Work of the American Consuls Moreover, the President of the United States is the headof the Red Cross; it is a semi-official organization, and it isquickly recognized in such international work as a naturalchannel for American resourcefulness and good-will. It ishailed not only as a piece of A
The Survey October 1917-March 1918 . drivjers seat, and thesiren sounding as they scattered dogs and children. The RedCross men caught the spirit of the new diplomacy when theysent the car back filled up with blankets from their stores atBologna—from the people of the United States to the peopleof Italy. Work of the American Consuls Moreover, the President of the United States is the headof the Red Cross; it is a semi-official organization, and it isquickly recognized in such international work as a naturalchannel for American resourcefulness and good-will. It ishailed not only as a piece of American enterprise but asAmerica expressing herself. It was in truth a cable from ambassador to Italy that brought the first RedCross men to Rome, and it was at the American embassy thatthey met with the committee of the American Relief ClearingHouse and mapped out together the first steps to be Thomas Nelson Page all the early operations swung,his penetrating judgment of men, of organizations and cities;. A HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN Some of the refugees from the north wete taken to thefar south. The picture above is of a new hospital for chil-dren opened under the authority of the prefect of Naples his swift strokes in portraying the main elements in the situa-tion and his southern talent for establishing cordial relationsfor the newcomers with the Roman community and the forcesof the national government, gave an unanticipated speed andprecision to the rapidly expanding work. And it was fromthe ambassadors office, at that first days conference, thatdespatches went off to American consuls throughout Italyfor information as to numbers and conditions of was sent that afternoon to consuls in cities known tohave pressing need; within a week the ten consular districtshad become, in a sense, the natural framework for the develop-ment of the civilian work outside Rome, and the consuls them-selves the pioneer American relief workers. Their efforts,
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