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The Ideals of the Red Cross
In view of the technical development of modern
warfare and the bounds which total war has
proved it can encompass, is it purely Utopian to
maintain that the Red Cross should try to humanize
war? For my part, I definitely refuse to answer
this question in the affirmative.
In peacetime the initiative can be taken for the
drafting and ratification of conventions by which
wounded, ill and imprisoned soldiers are assured
assistance, even if they belong to the enemy. Such
conventions have not yet lost their importance, and
it is exactly such initiatives which must be taken
by the Red Cross.
_ Furthermore, it is of great importance that we
try to bridge the feelings of hatred and bitterness
which are born of war, not only between the
belligerent nations but also between individuals
engaged in conflict. It is the task of the Red Cross
to try to promote recognition and respect for the
opinion that a wounded enemy must be treated
as if he were a comrade in arms. We must learn
to look upon even an enemy as a human being, one
who perhaps hates war and killing but who, in
spite of this, considers it his duty to fight for his
country.
This is not sufficient, however. The most
important task of the Red Cross in war and peace is to
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