In 1914, he founded in Geneva the association for facilitating communications between prisoners of war and the central Geneva agency, and succeeded in giving this enterprise great importance and a widespread extension.
1914年他在日内瓦建立协会以促进战俘与日内瓦中央机构间的沟通，并成功地使这份事业发挥重要作用、得到广泛拓展。