The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1910-12-15
PEACE Fund Of
Ten MILLIONS.
Carnegie Donates On Big Sum i n
to Aid Movement.
ROOT HEAD OF TRUSTEES

Board Empowered to Use Income Of at
Least $500, 900 Annually in Further
ance Of Any Plan They May Deem
Advisable in Conformity With Gen.
erai Purposes of Gift-Scientifc
Study Of Causes. Of War Proposed
Washington, Dec. 15.-Andrew Car.
negie has announced a gift of $4,000,
600 for the promotion Of International
peace. The gift is worldwide in its
scope and, in the opinion of Washing
ton officials, is one of the most inn
portant steps ever taken in further
ance of the universal peace movement
This vast fund was turned over by
Mr.. Carnegie to board of trustees
headed by United States Senator Elihu
Root, who is Americas representative
on The Hague tribunal, and President
Nicholas Murray Butler Of Columbia
university. There are twenty other
distinguished trustees. (z%s III
The w. income Sof this $10,000,000,
which will amount to at leasts$500,000
a year under the terms of the gift, will
be devoted to the furtherance of peace
projects tie world over. The board of
trustees, it is understood, is endowed
| with wide discretion by the donor and
will be at liberty to use the funds in
the furtherance of any movement they
may deem advisable and in conform
I ing with the general purpose of the
gift. -
To Study Causes of War.
The Carnegie gift, according to the
plans of the donor, will open the way
for scientific study of the causes of
war and for an examination in a way
that never has been undertaken before
of other questions that may tend to
promote peace.
The trustees of the fund will be able,
if they so desire, to assist Secretary
Knox in the PRONUNCIATION of his plan
for an arbitral court of justice, the
acceptance of which by all the powers
will give to the world an international
judicial body to judge in cases arising
In peace as we'll as controversies Incl
dent to war. Several of the powers
have already sent encouraging replies
to Secretary Knox on this proposition.
Another pending proposition, is the
commission AUTHORIZED at the last SEES
sion of congress to consider the ques-
ton of limiting the ornaments of the
nations of The world by interpstional
Foul Blot on Civilization.
The informal trust deed presented
by Mr.. Carnegie to the trustees reads !
in part as follows: - AZ
"Gentlemen-I have transferred to
you as trustees of the Carnegie peace
fund 100000 of per cent first mort
gage bonds, valued at $11,500,O0O, the
revenue of which is to be administered
by you to hasten the abolition Of in
ternatiOna! war, the foulest blot upon
our civilization. Although we no.
longer eat our fellow men, nor tor
ture prisoners, nor sack cities, killing
their inhabitants, we still kill each
other in war like barbarians. Only
wild beasts are eXcusable Tor doing
that in this, the Twentieth century of
the Christian era, for the crime Of war
is inherent, since it decides not, in |
favor of right but always of the
strong. The nation is criminal which
refuses arbitration and drives it's adj |
versary to tribunal which knows |
nothing of righteous Judgment
/ Foundation Is Perpetual
: The. foundation is to be perpetual,
and when the establishment of univer-
sal peace is attained the donor pro
vides that the revenue shall be devot-
ed to the Punishment OF the next
most degrading evil or evils" the |
suppression of which would '<most adj |
vance the progress, elevation and hap.
piness of men," = * #.>.%$
Andrew Carnegie's gift of $lO,O0O,- |
900 for the furtherance of internation-
al peace brings the total Of his bene- |
factions to about $3.50, 100000, of which
$53,0O0,000 has been for libraries. His
other large gifts include SIG ,OOO, 900 to
the Pittsburg institute. and Sis, 900, 900
to his educational Foundation. Mr..
Carnegie's> latest endowment Widens
the gap between him and John D. |
Rockefeller, who alone, rivals the re-
tired steel master in his public bene-
faction. A conservative estimate
places Mr.. Rockefeller's gifts; to insti-
tutions at $120,000, 600. All but q