The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-12-14
CARNEGIE GIVES
PR|hCElY sum
Ten Millions of Dollars For
Promotion of the Worlds
Peace
EXPENDITURE TO BE
IN TRUSTEES HANDS
Former Governor Andrew J..
Montague Named as
Member OF board
OF trustees

W.ASHINGTDN, d c., Dee. IL
Ten m,fion dollars in i've pef cent.
bonus was to-eay formally turned
OYER hy Andrew Carnegie To a ne~
peace Foundation, the income from
when il 10 60 toward the establish
ment OF international peace.
Treslaeit Ialt Viii ne the honorary
president al the tounuaton, "niie
Senator Etinu itoot Was CHOSEN hy tne
trustees az the active prcsldcnt.
me teunuatlon l. IL ne perpetual
ana the ntesuou III atspostus III the
anticipated seVV,oe annual ineeine is
lett euurely to the trustees. should
the PURPOSE OF the fouhdan"h ever 9e
aeIiieN III in tuii the funas from III.
fpunaation are to go toward the aoo~
iition al the next most degrading
esii of evils.
In the trust deed Carnegie says.
Although wr na longer eat our
leliu@-nlen, nor sack cities. killing
their inhabitants, xe still kiii eaen
other iii war-iike barhariitnS, only
Wild beasts are eAcnsstsIe ir"B uQing
that in .ills, the twentieth century Il
the christian era, for thc crime OF
war iS inherent, since IL decides not
iii favor uf the right, bu, always Of
the strong. The nation Is criminal!
which refuses Arbitration and drives
It's adv ersary, and which knows notn-
ing Of righteous judgment. believe
the shortest and easiest path to peace
Iier in adopting President Tatts plat
form before the Peace and Arbitration
Society. March % 1910
The trustees are. senator EsIlHu
Root. Nicholas Murray Butler. presl-
dent of Columbia College; pr. Henry
i :. pritehett. president uf the Carnegie
Foundation for tbe Advancement Of
Teaching, Joseph Ii t'hoa,ef Albert
X smiley. educator. hr. Charles ".
Eliot. .S-presiaent Of Harvard, james
Brown Scott. solicitor OF the State
Department: john W. Foster. es Scr
rotary II state. Andrew j. Montague.
Ex-Governor of Virginia, Congressman
Wititam NJ. howard. Lexington tia,
Judge Thurnas Burke, seattle: Con
gresham James l., Slayden. san An
tonic. Andrew 4. White. eN-mmtsa ssss
dor IL G.rfnangs EoheE :. Breokins,
tawg.r. 81. Louis. Samuel Aather.
banker. Cleveland. j q. scbmtaispp.
railroad man. Cincinnati, Arthur Wl-
liam Foster, regent University ~ Calf
iornia, san Francisco, II. \. Franks.
banker. iTohoken. charlemngn. Tow
or, eN-ambassaaer 10 Germany 9s
ear Straus. ambassador To Turkey.
Austen q, Fox lawyer. New York.
John /. cadwaiiader lawyer. New
York; John Sharp Williams. senator
elect from Mississippi 6. l., Taylor
chairman ~ the Carnegie Hero Conn
mission. Pi,tsburg. and George w
Perkins. hnancier. New York.
Details Arranged To-Day.
finei details Of his gift of Siz ~.
coo for the promotion of the y. "a :
peace. which Andrew Carnegie is 10
anoune. tomorrow nj the first Sos
sion OF the American Society for the
judicial Settlement oi International
Disputes at the New Willard. were
arraigned here to-day.
While the phiianthropist refused 10
disclose his entire plan, ii is under
stood that he expects to see a world
wide organization. which VIII be ere
ated by this vast gift He has already
kaiwl cIcdF kNAY 2dRu apbfs5 ~
The distribution of the S5oH. 600 a
year, which the S1e.ao0. op0 endow-
nnent VIII yield. Is 10 hoe left entirely
in the hands OF the trustees. It was
considered possible to-day that the
trustees would cooperate With Sec
Rotary of State Knox To promote the
proposed peace court.
While Carnegiess gift was Inexpeet-
ed. II caused no great surprise among
the promoters OF the world peace
movement in Washington, as in re-
cent years he has shown an increas-
Ing interest in the work II il known
that he has been putting aside other
activity To devote himself almost
wholly to the cause