The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1910-12-21
THE PEACE GIFT.

From the New York Hesald.
The sum Of Sl00l0O69 for the worlds pace is not
high figure when yoa consider The bombdrOpping
seT0planes.
From the Boston Post.
If the Carnegie millions came from species If
szIagery. they are surely dong much 70 purify
Themselves.
From the Springfield Republican.
Mr. Carnegie's beautiful endowment Of the vaI
against war with no les than SI0oD,oD p4aces the
pesce movement OF q permanent war footing
From the 81. Louis Post Dispatch.
Still, if Mr.. Carnegie were reaI lover Of peace
be would cut out the sentimentalim and present. the
nation with battle ships He has hobnobbed with
the colonel and the Kaiser IN vain
From the ST. johns N. B. Telegraph
Carnegie has struck a mighty blow against var.
Ten millions is an enormous sum-yet one short cam
paign would cost much more in money. not 70 speak
Of bloodshed and the cruel misery thrust upon the
innocent people Of both warning nations
From the Baltimore American.
Mr. Carnsgis's millions VII not Only provide sub
stantia funds for the promotion Of peace; the very
fact Of such a gigantic gift for such purpose viii
90 far toward imprssng the world with the strength
Of the sentiment Of mankind for the lessening q
strife.
From the Chicago Record Herald.
Official reports show that since the foundation Of
the government there has been paid out in pensions
the enormous sum Of s4G3.o5656s. Even though
peace should rule in The future there Is little reason
to believe that there VIII be an apprecable decrease
in the pension charges Of the government for many
years TO come.
Frum the Toronto Globe
In few years Great Britain and the United
States vii celebrate the lOOh anniversary Of the
termination Of the war Of isl2-lEL What more it,
ting celebration than the signing in London or
Washington Of A unlimited treaty Of arbitration on
that historic hIhd7edth anniversary, treaty By
which peace would remain unbrOken forever.
From he Detroit Free Press
Instead Of making an Effort To live within his in
come. skibo has Just given away the nice little sun
Of SI0O00OO 20 a board Of trustees to be used in
the work Of abolishing war. as the head writer
more elOquently and Correctly puts it. TO bring
peace to the universe" The solar system it seems
is not 10 have a monopoly Of it. at which all gen
uine refcnnes viii rejoice with great Joy
From the New York sun.
The difficulty Of the task which oonfronts the
trustees OF the Carnegie Peace Fund cannot weil be
exaggerated. Il is easy enough for a lot Of we'll
known public men to sit down at dinner and tel
themselves and the community that peace is great
and good thing; bat such talk true as it may be.
helps very little toward the solution Of the problem
how to spend $4,000 year in the actual promotion
Of peace throughout the world.
From the Ohio State Journal
CameEc's gift Of slo0OO0OO to be used in the
interest Of international peace will Of itself tend to
brighten the peace prospects It viii sstraet the
attention of the world to the fact that the reign Of
universal peace, all the time. is plain business
matter. In making the gift Mr. Carnegie refers to
the consideration that il has been thought would
break the dream Of peace and that IS the impOs-
sbi1ty of referring 10 an arbitral court question
Of honor. This point he strongly antagonizes
From the St. Louis Dispatch.
Pnising Mir. Carnegie for his gf Of SO 900 900 10
the cause OF peace Col Roosevelt in his Harvard
addTess displayed Characteristic disposition to tell
the trustees b the fund how to administer their
trust. The colonel's own view Of the best mode To
promote peace is summed up in the remark that
the surest way TO render our cOndnct in seeking
peace subject Of derisi0n and contempt among the
nations of mankind would be 10 abandon the work
Of upbuding the United States navy and 10 refrain
from fOrtifYng the Panama Canal.