The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1907-01-10
ANOTHER GIFT FROM
Mr.. ANDREW CARNEGIE
Home For the Bureau Of American
Republics.
IT WILL Be A TEMPLE OF PEACE
The Philanthrop:c Scot Celebrated
New Years Day by Donating Three
quarters of a Million to Provide a
Home in Washington for the Pan
American Union.

Washington (SpeciaD 1t was an
nounced at the White House Friday
that Andrew Carnegie has given
$75O,O0O for the erection of build
ing in Washington for the Bureau of
American Republics. The United
States government and the various
South American republics have
agreed to purchase the site.
Mr.. Carnegie was at the State De-
| partment, and was in conference with
! Secretary Root, who is chairman of
the board of governors of the bureau.
Secretary Root informally thanked
| him for his gift, and indicated that
he would at once send him a formal
| letter of acceptance. President
Roosevelt already has written Mr..
| Carnegie expressing his appreciation
and acceptance of the donation.
The gift having been made to the
Bureau of American Republics, the
| permission of Congress to accept 1t
will not be necessary. Several years
| ago Congress appropriated 100000
! as the share of the United States to-
ward the site and building for the
| bureau, and between $4,000 and
| 5000 already has been contributed
by the South and Central American
countries belonging to the bureau.
MIR. Carnegie's Letter.
Mr.. Carnegies letter offering the
gift is addressed to Secretary Root,
as ex-Chairman OF the governing board
/ of the Bureau of South American
Republics and reads as follows:
Il am greatly pleased that you aud
your colleagues of the South Ameri-
can republics have done me the hon
or to suggest that ! might furnish
suitable home in Washington for the
Bureau of American Republics.
The approval of your application
by the governing board of the inter
national bureau and President Roose-
velt's hearty expression of satisfac-
tion are most gratifying
You very kindly mention my
membership of the first Pan-Ameri-
can Conference and advocacy of the
Pan-American Railway, the gaps of
which are being slowly filled. The
importance of this enterprise i'm
presses itself more and more upon
me, and hope to see it accomplished.
II am happy, therefore, In stating
that it will be one of the pleasures
of my life to furnish 10 the union of
all the republics of this hemisphere
the necessary funds (S750,000) from
time to time, as may be needed for
the construction of an international
home in Washington.
THE cooperation of our own re-
public is seen in the appropriation
of funds by Congress for the pur-
chase on the site, and in the agree
ment between the republics for the
maintenance of the bureau we have
additional evidences of cooperation
so that the forthcoming American
temple of peace will be the joint
work of all of the republics. Every
generation should see them drawing
closer.
"It is a cheering thought that all
these are for the first time to be
represented at the Forthcoming
Hague Conference. Henceforth they
are members of that body, whose aim
Is the settlement of international
disputes by that high court of ma
tions' or other similar tribunal.
His New Years Gift.
II beg to express to each and all
of them my heartfelt thanks for be-
| lub PEI Hllllcu W uldh6 huCu d new
Years gift as this. have never felt
more keenly than l do this New
Years morning how much more
blessed it is to give than to receive
and l consider myself highly honored
by being considered worthy to pro.
vide the forthcoming union home
where the accredited representatives
of all the republics are TO meet, and
trust, to bind together their re
spective nations in the bonds of un
broken peace"
The Presidents letter to Mr.. Car
negie was as follows:
II am so much pleased at learning
from Secretary Root what you are
going to do for the Bureau of Ameri
"an Republics. You have already
done substantially the same thinl
for the cause of peace at The Hague
/ This new gift of yours has an almos
or quite equal significance as far al
, the cause of peace in the Western
Hemisphere is concerned. for tn,
, Bureau of American Republics i
striving to accomplish for this hemis
phere what The Hague Peace Tribu
nal Is striving to accomplish for boil
, hemispheres. I thank you heartily.