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...Souvenir de Solferino, lamenting the carnage of Italy's war against Austria, urging the formation of volunteer societies to remove wounded men from battlefields, hoping all military leaders would "agree upon some sacred international principle." First to respond was President Gustave Moynier of Societe Genevoise d'UtilitéPublique, who organ- ized an international meeting at Geneva in 1863 where international Red Cross principles were formulated. Next year was held a diplomatic conference with 26 Governments represented. Here was drafted the Geneva Convention, here adopted the red-crossed white flag. It was in 1877 that the International Committee...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jul. 6, 1931 | 7/6/1931 | See Source »

...signalized by the formation of British & International Utilities, Ltd., a corporation designed to acquire stocks in leading utilities of the British Isles and the British Empire. Control of this company was shared by the Volpi-formed Compagnie Italo Belge pour Enterprises d'Electricité et d'Utilité Publique, commonly known as Cibe, and by Dawnay, Day & Co., Ltd., London merchant bankers. Count Volpi is chairman; Lord Barnby of Lloyds and the Earl of Westmoreland are among the great British names on the directorate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Again, Cibe | 6/16/1930 | See Source »

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