Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-04-13
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W.T.. .Stead's Plea for Peace Rouses
Enthusiasm at the Carnegie
Institute Ceremonies.

Carnegie yesterday, congratulated the donor
Of the Carnegie Institute upon the rededica-
ton. He wrote:
Please accept my hearty congratulations
on your great and good speech on the dedi-
cation OF Carnegie Institute in your old
home city of Pittsburg. 1t has the right
ring. I am with you. You have my best
wishes for the success of all your grand
efforts to help your fellow-men. 1 hope
and trust that our prosperous men the
country over will be stimulated to emulate
your noble example. 1 believe that untold
good would result therefrom."
Mr.. Carnegie replied: Many thanks, fell
low-worker in the task Of distributing sur
plus wealth for the good of others. 1 clasp
your hand. Your congra tulations highly
valued"
In making his peace plea Mr. Stead said
Il have just made a journey through ten
countries for the purpose of finding out
what Is the next step toward international
peace. 1 have seen three kings. two queens,
one prince regent and all the prime minis
terS foreign ministers, amba ssadors and
public men that were worth seeing. And 1
found them all unanimous upon two things
The first was that they were quite sure,
whatever might be the case with the other
nine countries, that their government and
their nation were most absolutely devoted
to peace and were most resolutely deter
mined to prevent war. The second point
upon which they were all agreed was that
the greatest, If not the only danger to the
peace of the world lay in the existence
of large number of violent, INSCRIPTIONS
and irresponsible newspapers which were
constantly engaged in making mischief
The imperial chancellor of Germany Prince
Won Buelow, said to me:
Newspapers Threaten Peace.
'The emperor is for peace, the king is
for ba
peace, the parliaments are for peace and
the great industrial and commercial classes
are for peace. Only the journalists are for
war and diplomats have to spend all their
time in running about here and there with
pals Of water trying to put out the fires
which the newspapers kindle.
Eighteen years ago. he said, ''the Ger
man ambassador in Russia told him that
the peace of the world could be secured
by the hanging of twelve editors. At
Washington the other day an eminent
American said the newspapers here, as in
the old world rendered the task of the
government in maintaining peace very diff
fcult and suggested as the only remedy
the electric chair
Mr.. Stead said he did not hesitate to de-
clare that in the discussion of international
AFFAIRS the liberty of the press has in many
scandalous instances degenerated into
license, which is at this moment the grav-
est danger which threaten the peace Of
the world
Continuing. he said:
Standing here as 1t were upon the house
top of the world and knowing that my
voice will be heard throughout all the con-
tinents, l proclaim the truth which all re-
sponsible men recognize, but which none
dare to declare. that the irresponsible IL
cense of the press has increased, is in
creasing, and must be evaded not only in
the interest of International peace, but in
the interest Of the press ITSELF
The speaker said he did not recommend
either the sallows or the electric chair,
but 1t ought not to be beyond the re-
sources of civilization for laws to be passed
which would confine to prison every jour
nalist who could be convicted by twelve
jurors, good men and true, of having false
or misleading statements in scare heads
or in the body of his paper which were
calculated to inf1ame national ~animosity
against the neighboring nation, and so to
endanger the maintenance of peace.