Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-12-15

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1A-Andrew Carne-
gle today trRnsGerrsd 10 a -hoRrd of trus-
tees S1O,O0o,OOo In five per cent first mort
gage bonds, the revenue of which will be
used to hasten the abolition OF lnterna-
tonal war" and establish lasting weld
peace. The formal transfer was made at
a meeting In the rooms OF the Carnegie
Research Foundation. The trustees or
ganzed by choosing a president, United
States Senator Ellhu Root, the permanent
representative OF the United States at The
Hague tribunal President Taft has con
sented to be a honorary president OF the
foundation.
The method by which the annual income
OF $500 900 shall be expended is left by Mr..
Carnegie entirely in the hands OF the
trustees. The foundation is TO be perpetual
and when the establishment OF universal
peace Is attained, the donor. provides that
the revenue shall be devoted to the bauish-
ment of the next most degrading evil or
evils" the suppression of which would
most advance the progress, elevation and
happiness OF men"
Trustees of the Fund.
The trustees of the fund are; United
States Senator Eihu Root, DIR. Nicholas
Murray Butler New York president OF
Columbia university; DR.. Henry s, Prit-
chett, president of the Carnegie Founda-
tnon for the Advancement OF Teaching;
Joseph H. shoate, lawyer, ex-ambassador to
Great Britain; Albert X. Smiley, Lake
Mohawk, educator and humanitarian; DR..
Charles w. Eliot, president Emeritus of
Harvard university; James Brown Scott,
solicitor OF the State department; John w.
Foster, lawyer. ex-secretary of state;
Andrew ]. Montague, lawyer. ex-governor
OF Virginia; William NJ. Howard. lawyer.
! congressman. Lexington, Ga: Judge
Thomas Burke. Seattle, Wash: James l..
slayden. congressman, San Antonio. Tex;
Andrew d. White, ex-ambassador to Ger
many; Robert s. Brookings. lawyer. ST.
Louis; Samuel Mather. tanker, steel manu-
facturer. Cleveland J. @. Schmaidlepp.
railroad man. Cincinnati; Arthur William
Foster. regent University Of California,
San Francisco; r. A. Franks banker.
Hoboken, n. j.; Charlemagne Tower, ex-
| ambassador 10 Germany and Russia;
Oscar Strauss ambassador TO Turkey;
Austin c. Fox, lawyer, New York; John
I /. Cadwalader, lawyer. New York; John
Sharp Williams Benator-elect from Mis-
sissppi; G. L. Taylor, Pittsburg, chairman
OF the Carnegie hero fund commission, and
George w. Perkins OF New York. financier
and phllanthropist
The Deed of Trust.
I Inc INFORMAL trust ueeu presented by MI
Carnegie 10 the trustee reads:
/ "Gentemen-I have transferred 10 you
as trustees OF the Carnegie peace fund
100000 OF per cent first mortgage bonds,
OF the value OF Sll 10000, the revenue OF
which is TO be administered by you To-
hasten the abolition OF international war.
the fouest blot upon our civilization. Al
! though we no longer eat our fellow men
nor torture prisoners, nor sack cities, kill-
ing their Inhabitants we stlll kin each
other IN war like barbariRns. Only wild
beasts are excusable for doing that IN this.
| the twentieth century OF the Christian era
for the crime Of war is Inherent since IL
decides not IN favor OF the right. but al
ways Of the strong. The nation Is criminal
! which refuses arbitration and drives It's
adversary TO a tribunal which knows moth
ing OF righteous judgment
Easiest Path 90 Peace.
! 81 believe the shortest and easiest path
70 peace lies in adopting President Tau.s
/ platform, which said In his address before
! the Peace and Arbitration society, New
| York, March p. 1910:
! "2J have noted exceptions In our arbitra.
ton treaties as 10 reference OF questions
! Of national honor to courts Of arbitration
Personally, l do not see any more reason