Newark post., 1912-05-15
INTERNATIONAL PEACE DAY
GAINS SINCE THIS ANNIVERSARY LAST YEAR

w llli way i'lI. iiitNL 4i'iADsit'
Peace Day. only three days away
we may find it Of interest to pause
and review the advance made IL
the peace movement since this an
niversary one year ago.
During the past year the subject
has received more public attention
than in almost any similar period
largely fostered by the presence OF
the arbitration treaties among the
problems Of national political in
tereSt.
In 1912. for the first time within
the history Of the movement the
work was begun fully organized in
all it's parts. This great gain III
working power was due to the CHM
gift of 1909 and the Carnegie gift
of 1910, which enabled the limlta-
ton Of lack cooperation to be re-
moved Indeed. these gifts have en-
tirely changed the aspect Of the
work, now promising to be handled
as a scientific problem, for since the
Carnegie endowment for interna-
tional peace has been at the disposal
of the workers there has been map
ped out a pacifist program, which
scientifically covers the entire field
and co-relates the mass Of pacifist
work in the world.
Denys P. Myers, the librarian Of
the world peace foundation, in re-
viewing the movement, refers to
this progress toward coordination
as the outstanding fact Of the year.
The following information is gath
cred from an article by Mr. Myers,
published in the Chautauqua Mag
azine for May 1912:
by March 1911, the Carnegie
endowment was organized and in
action, as yet its influence has been
chiefly felt in Europe, where paci-
tism heretofore had performed the
miracle Of existing without visible
means of support.
An American development Of
the year was the removal of the
American Peace Society from it's
ancestral home in Boston to the ma
tiona! capital. It's succession in
Boston by the Massachusetts Peace
Society followed by organizations
in Maine, New Hampshire and Yer
mont--there was already a good so,
ciety III C0nnecticnt-haS been a
metallic instance Of activity. In
other respects also the American
Peace Society has taken on a char
acter more national and better de- .
signed to perform its proper SER
vice. The organization by states
has been further supplemented by
division into departments. covering
the central west, New England.
New York and the Pacific coast
portions Of the country. Most of
these changes were prepared for
previous to 1911. but were made
effective in that year.
The Carnegie endowment
"tllcA has given such impetus to the
work. is under the exclusive control
0f its board Of trustees. the eXecu-
tive conmjttee. Of which has set
down as its policy. 1) That the or
ganlZatiCn will not seek to supplant
associations now existing. but will
seek to strengthen and coordinate
them. encouraging new organiza-
tions III parts Of the field not ade-
covered (2) That the work
will be world wide; (3) That
work will be conducted by
assisting national organization; (4)
That special attention will be given
to the direction Of work 'along the
line where the sentiment for peace
comes into immediate contact with ,
the difficulties and exigencies of
practical international affairs. -
The work Of the endowment is 5
to be done in three divisions: Eco ,
noniics, international law and edu- ;
cation. Professor John B. Clark of |
Columbia. is director of the eco /,
no,nics department; James Brown
Scott, secretary Of the endowment, {
the division Of international law. t