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

The Carnegie Endowment for international Peace enjoys
annual 100000 derived from Steel Trust bonds set
aside for that purpose by Andrew Carnegie.
Elihu Root Mr. Carnegie personal counsel is member of
the United States Senate and also member of the committee
charged with expenditure of the endowment fund.
As member of the perhaps Mr.. Carnegies
counsehe delivered speech srenuousy urging that the Con
gess of the United States repeal the law granting American
coastwise ships the free of the Panama Canal
the disburser Carnegie peace fund-sha call
it lobby fundhe had 75000 copies this speech printed and
distributed The distribution done public cost under Sen
aor Roots frank As this saved the Carnegie fund something
than $1,000 postage may infer that this action Sen
stor Root acting Carnegies personal counsel
ago German fatty charged the Senate
that Carnegie Endowment using its funds and its
promote alliance the United States and Great
Britain for the individual profit of persons concerned Senator
Root-actng of his dual capacities denied the
charge when made the Senate by his brother Senator from
New York personally offensive to himself
Where do the revelations of last weeks testimony before the
Senate Lobby Investigating Committee Root his
anger and his denial now?
was shown that only 900 copies pamphlet
circulated but than million copies of another
designed for the purpose The Carnegie En-
dowmen itself prodgouS lobby with all that OPP
probrious implies enforce Great Brains will upon
Congress.
This was done in the name Peace but the
RooCarnege idea of peace only educating
Americans to accept British ideas obey British commands
1t does include any effort to make inhabitants of Great
Britain the justice of the American position.
President Wilson Carnegie Endowment studiousy
refrains from stating the American position at all
The London Law Journal recently printed scholarly and
well article uphoding 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 international peace the
Carnegie Endowment the leadership Root did
dertake.
There speeches the Senate the equal Senator
Roots delivered by who personal attorneys for
anybody but taking the American side of this question Their
circulation in England might have created reasonable
public sentiment there that would lend itself getto
geher the part Of the governments But
work of this done by the Carnegie Root press agents
They working reasonable peace than for
American surrender.
quite apparent that the international peace sought by
this enormously wealthy corporation only peace
repeated continuing progressive submissions by the United
States to England until Mr. Carnegies idea of new union
between the countries shall be attained by disappear
ance Of the autonomy of the United States
To this end the ronmaster has established great lobby
and institution for the public sentiment in Washing
ton has endowed with Trust bonds pro-
vided with fund for the influencing of public sentmenco
oquialy called sush fund of $780, per annum and
keeps his personal attorney Senate give official authority
his procamaons Of national ubservenoe and serfdom
We think the Senate might go further investigation
Of the activities Of the Carnegie Endowment presents the
general appearance Of very rich highly organized and wholly
unpatrotc lobby for the undermining of national prestige