Omaha daily bee., 1911-05-25
SCIENTIFIC METHODS DESIRED
Services of Leading Jurists and Econ
omists Of World to Be Had.
THREE DIVISIONS IN WORK
International Law, Economies and
History and Education.
FUND CoETR1BUTED BY CARNEGIE
Speaker Predicts the Creation of an
International Court Of ArbitraI
Justice within n short
Time.

MOHONK LAKE, N. Y, May A-The
first announcement of the plan and scope
OF the Carnegie endowment for interna-
uonal peace with the appointment of di-
rectors OF two of the divisions, was made
here today by DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler
In his address as presiding officer Of the
Lake Mohonk conference on international
arbitration.
DR.. Butler also predicted with au-
thority" the establishment Of the interna-
tional court OF arbitral justice before the
time OF the third Hague conference. DR..
Butler said:
The trustees of the endowment have
taken broad and statesmanlike view of
It's aims and purposes. While they do not
overlook the value OF the work of the
propaganda and intend to aid in carrying
It on, they believe that the time has come
when the resources of modern scientific
methods and OF modern scholarship should
be brought TO bear on the problem Of in
ternational relations. They believe that
! the leading jurists and economists of the
world should be set at work in the service
OF humanity to ascertain just what has
been done and what are the legal and
economic incidents of war and just what
are the legal and economic advantages TO
follow on the organization of the world
into single group OF friendly and CO.
operative nations bound together by the
tie OF a judicial system resting on the
moral CONSEQUENCES of mankind from
whose findings there can be no successful
appeal The plans OF the trustees have
been formulated with these ends In view.
scope of Organizations.
1T has been determined by the trustees
OF tho Carnegie endowment TO organize the
undertakings in three parts, or divisions
division OF international law. a division
of economies and history and a division OF
intercourse and education
The division OF International law Will bo
under the direction of Prof. James Brown
Scott. This division viii aim constantly
to inculcate tho belief that intercourse
between nations should be based on a
correct and definite idea of international
Justice The endowmens will associate with
DR.. Scott consultative board. composed
of some of the most distinguished interna-
tionai lawyers in the world.
'The second division will be the division
Of economics and history. 1t will be under
the direction of Prof. John Bates Clark of
Columbia university. This division win
aim at the education Of public opinion and
at the formulation Of conclusions that
may serve for the guidance of govern
mental policy
1T win be the business OF this division
to study tho economic causes and effects
OF war, the effect on the public opinion
OF nations and on international good will
Of retaliatory. discriminatory and preferen
tial tariffs and the economic aspects OF
the present huge expenditures for military
purposes and the relation between mill
tary expenditures and international well
being and the worldwide program for
social improvement and reform which is
held In waiting through lack OF means for
its execution.
Third Division Supplementary.
The division of intercourse and educa-
tion, the director for which has not yet
been announced, will supplement the work
OF the two divisions by carrying forward
vigorously and IN cooperation with exist
ing agencies the educational work OF
propaganda, the international hospitality
and OF promoting international friendship
Among the tasks OF this division will be
TO diffuse information and to educate pub
lie opinion regarding the causes, nature
and effects of war and the means for It's
prevention and avoidance"