Atlanta Georgian. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1912-1939, 1914-03-18
The Carnegie Lobby and
the Carnegie Attorney

The Carnegie Endowment for international Peace enjoys an
annual of 100000 derived from Steel Trust bonds set
aside for that purpose by Andrew Carnegie
Elhu Root Carnegies personal counsel is member of
the United States Senate and also member of the committee
charged with the expenditure of the endowment fund
AS member of the Senator perhaps as MIR Carnegie
counsehe delivered speech srenuousy urging that the Con
res of the United States repeal the law granting American
coaswise ships the free use of the Panama Canal
AS the dsburser of Mr. Carneges peace fundSha we call
lobby und?h had $4,000 copies of this speech printed and
distributed The distribution done public cost under Sen
AS this saved the Carnegie fund something
$1,000 postage may infer that in this action Sen
ator Root acting Carnegies personal counsel
month ago Senator German fatty charged the Senate
that the Carnegie Endowment using its funds and its power
to promote an alliance United States and Great
Britain the individual profit persons concerned Senator
Rooactng one of his dual capacitiesangry denied the
charge the Senate by his brother Senator from
New York personally offensive to himself"
revelations last testimony before the
Senate Lobby Investigating Committee leave Senator Root his
anger and his denial now7
shown that not only $4,000 copies of Root pamphlet
were circulated but million copies of another
designed for the purpose The Carnegie En-
dowment constituted itself prodgous lobby with all that OPP
probrous implies enforce Great Brtains will upon
Congress
This was of international Peace, but the
tCarnegie of peace involve only educating
accept British ideas and obey British commands
does include any effort to make inhabitants of Great
Britain see the justice of the American position.
Like President Wilson the Carnegie Endowment studiousy
rerains from stating the american position at all
The London Law Journal recently printed scholarly and
well reasoned article uphodng the American contention in the
Panama matter It's wide circulation in England would have
corrected the idea that great part of people indifferent
to treaty obligations But this service international peace the
Carnegie Endowment leadership Root did
dertake.
There were speeches the Senate the equal Senator
Roots delivered by who not personal attorneys for
anybody but taking the American side of this question Their
circulation England might have created reasonable
public sentiment there that would lend itself to getto
gether the part the governments
Of this done by the Carnegie Root press agents
They seemed working less for reasonable peace than for
American surrender
1t quite apparent that the international peace sought by
this enormously wealthy corporation only peace involves
repeated continuing progressive submissions by the United
States England until Mr.. Carnegies idea of union
the countries shall be attained by the disappear
ance of the autonomy of the United States
this the established this great lobby
and institution the public sentiment in Washing
ton has with S1OOOOOOOO bonds pro
vded with for the influencing public sentmen-co
oqualy called sush fund of 100000 per annum and
keeps personal attorney the Senate give official authority
to procamaons of national ubservence and erfdom
We think the might go further investigation
of the activities the Carnegie Endowment presents the
general appearance very rich highly organized wholly
unparOc lobby for the undermining of national prestige
and