Narrator: Remarkably enough it was from the ancient battlegrounds of bloody Europe that there sprang the symbol of hope: and international organization carrying a banner marked with a scarlet cross. Every nation solemnly swearing to respect it, save one, peace-loving United States. And this cry for help sent broken weary Clara Barton marching again into the halls of the United States Senate. There, of course, she knew they'd find lots of reasons for calling her new idea nonsense. America doesn't like to sign papers with foreign countries.