5 APRIL 1919, Page 21

In the March number of the Reese Internationale de la

Croix. Rouge, the new official organ of the Red Cross movement at Geneva, the Japanese delegate, Dr. Ninagawa, urges that a new International Convention should be signed so as to facilitate the use of the Red Cross organization in time of peace for fighting epidemics. The suggestion might have useful results in Eastern Europe and in Asia, though it is hardly applicable to Western countries in normal times.