New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1910-12-15
Senate in promulgating the plan on be-


A resolution Of thanks presented by
Joseph H. Choate, ex-Ambassador to
Great Britain, was adopted. and John L.
of New York. proposed that
a committee Of seven be appointed to
consider the organization OF tho body OF
trustees, the form OF charter to be OBJ
tanned and other details Of Organization.
This was adopted. Senator Root was
elected permanent chair
man, and James Brown Scott. solicitor
of the State Department was chosen
permanent secretary OF tho board OF
trustees until more definite organiza--
ton can be effected.
Trustees Praise tho Gvsr.
Mr. Carnegie declined to be included
in the future organization Of the board,
but expressions Of gratitude were ut
tered by many OF the trustees. who look
forward to continued advice from the
Eiver, who, it was declared. perhaps
more than any other man has given con-
slant thought and study" to plans for tho
development of international peace. Tho
feeling of delight at the manifestations
Of appreciation by the trustees was WIS.,
ible in Mr.. Carnegie's speech and man
ner throughout the meeting.
Exactly what purposes will be served
by the gift and its income mono OF the
trustees could say. as the whole project
has been brought forward under the
most general terms. leaving wide dis
To in he f,,lA
of the purposes Of the gift. Coming only
a day before the opening session of the
American Society for tho Judicial Set
Element OF International Disputes, an
organization which is cooperating with
Secretary Knox in the movement for the
final esta blishment Of court Of arbitral
justice, there is ground for the assertion
that the commission will lend such aid
to the project as will be Incident to the
accomplishment of worldwide peace
through judicial channels.
No Definite Plans Made.
One Of the members of the board Of
trustees said tonight that, while no
definite plans for the use Of. the fund
had been made, it was certain that the
commission, which has yet to choose a
name. will consider the question of in
ternatonal harmony much more deeply
than mere glorifca ton throughout the
world of the benefits Of peace.
Specific causes he said. will be in
vestigated, and, so far as possible. scien-
tific research will be effected in promot-
ing the movement The 1aroe fund
makes it possible for the first time to
make thorough inquiry into the rami-
fications which usually bring on big
wars. But above all, it is not a diplO-
matio matter. 1t is private under
taking which eventually will receive the
support of states
Mr.. Carnegie will further explain the
purposes of his gift at the opening ses-
sion of the American Society for the
Judicial Settlement Of International Dis
putes tomorrow night. His subject will
be THE Moral Issue of War" Secretary
Knox was to have presided at the meet
ing and President Taft was to have at
tended, but a confusion as to the hour
has made it impossible for them to be
present because Mr.. Taft had arranged
to give Cabinet dinner on the same
evening. James Brown Scott. president
of the society, will preside and Joseph H.
Choate and Andrew j. Montague will
make addresses.
The Board of Trustees.
The trustees of the fund are United
States Senator Elihu Root, eXSecretary
Of State and ex-Secretary OF War: DR..
Nicholas Murray Butler, president of
Columbia University: DR.. Henry S.
Pritchett president of the Carnegie
Foundation for the Advancement OF
Teaching; Joseph H. Choate. lawyer, ex-
Ambassador to Great Britain; Albert K.
Smiley, Lake Mohonk. educator and hu-
manitarian: Or. Charles w Eliot. presi-
dent emeritus of Harvard University;
James Brown Scott, Solicitor of the
State Department; John W. Foster, law
yer, eX-Secretary of State; Andrew j.
Montague. lawyer. Ex-Governor Of Nir-
ginia; William NJ. Howard, lawyer, Con-
Burke. Seattle; James L. Slayden. Con-
gresham, san antonio, lex, AZURE"
D. White, eX-Ambassador to Germany;
Robert S. Brookings, lawyer, ST. Louis;
Samuel Mather. banker. steel manufact-
urer, Cleveland; J. q. Schmidlapp, rail-
road man. Cincinnati; Arthur William
Foster, regent of the University Of Cali
fornia, San Francisco; r. A. Franks,
banker, Hoboken; Charlemagne Tower,
ex-Ambassador to Germany and Russia !;
Oscar Straus, Ambassador to Turkey:
Austen G. Fox, lawyer, New YORK;
John L. Cadwalader. lawyer, New York;
John Sharp Williams Senator-elect from
Mississippi; c. L. Taylor, of Pittsburg,
chairman of the Carnegie Hero Commits
sion; George W. Perkins, of New York.
fnancer and philanthropist: Robert 8.
Woodward of Washington and CleVe-