Evening journal., 1921-01-04
CARNEGIE FUND
HELPED PEACE
Latest Gift to Promote
Goodwill Goes to West
Minister Abbey
GREAT LIBRARIES
ARE GIVEN AID

NEW YORK. Jan. announcement
OF gift OF $4,000 made by the trus-
tees Of the Carnegie Endowment for
international Peace to the fund for
the restoration and protection Of the
fabric OF Westminster Abbey has
called attention to the important and
little known work which the Carnegie
Endowment is carrying on throughout
the world In laying the foundations
for international peace upon lnterna-
tional good feeling, International un-
derstanding and close international re-
lationships.
The gift TO the Westminster Abbey
fund, It is stated. was made in recogni-
tion OF the fact that Westminster AD-
hey is the most important and most
notable structure associated win the
history Of the English-speaking peo-
pies. il marks and typifles as does no
other building, il Is remarked, the es-
sential unity OF the English-speaklng
race, and is, in effect, the shrine OF
English-speaking people everywhere.
II was Rudyard kipling who referred
TO Westminster Abbey some years
ago as 1.-THE Abbey that makes us
We"
While the ravages Of the World War
were at their height, the trustees Of
the Carnegie Endowment set aside a
large sum Of money to be expended
in works Of reconstruction in the dew
astated regions so soon as conditions
might Justify undertaking the work.
The oversight and direction OF this
work was committed to the DIVISION
OF Intercourse and Education Of the
Endowment, Of which DR.. Nicholas
Murray Butler, president Of Columbia
University, is the director. The other
two divisions Of the endowment -
those Of international law and Of eco
Monies and history - are primarily
charged with duties OF Investigation
and research in the fields which their
titles indicate.
on the recommendation Of the Di-
rector OF the Division Of Intercourse
and Education. the trustees OF the en-
downent are now carrying forward
three notable pieces OF reconstruction
in Europe. These are aiding In the
reconstruction OF the famous library
Of the University Of Louvain in Bel
gium, destroyed by the Germans In
Aueust, 1914: the reconstruction Of the
municipal library at Rheims, France,
that was completely demolished by
the German bombardment, and the
erection OF a library for the public
bia to take the place OF the one that
was wrecked by the Austrian armies.
These three projects are now going
actively forward, although but por-
tion OF the sum needed to complete
the reconstruction Of the library at
LOuvain has as yet been provided
Doctor Butler said
Libraries in many foreign cities are
receiving collections Of books from
the Carnegie Endowment. The latest
collection provided by the endowment
was installed in the Sorbonne recently
with elaborate ceremonies, attended
by the American Ambassador, Hugh G.
Wallace, and distinguished figures In
education and public life. The Sor-
bonne collection comprises about 2OO(
carefully selected volumes, including
works in history, science, art, govern
ment, sociology and literature.
Similar collections, 1t was an
nounced, have been presented by th'
Carnegie Endowment for InternatiOna
Peace through the Division Of Inter
course and Education to these institu
tions: University OF London, Zentyn
BliOthek, Zurick; Library for Amer
lean Studies in Italy. Rome; Hibiyi
Library, Toxic; Library Of the Sor
bonne, Paris; Chinese Social and Po
litical Science Association, Peking.
Ine DIVISION OF intercourse ana tu
ucation Of the Endowment, through
the Interamerican Division, has alsi
given collections OF books on Amer
lean history and institutions In Soutl
America as follows: To Museo Socia
Argentine, Buenos Aires, Argentina
10000 volumes; BibliOtheca NaciOna
de Rio de Janeiro, 2i03 volumes; Bib
liotheca do Esttado de Sac Paula
Brazil, 92S volumes; Universidai
Mayor de San Marcos, Lima, Peru, $50
volumes; Biblioteca Nacional de Chile
Santiago, 1864 volumes; BiblOteca Ma
cional del Uruguay, 1887 volumes
Facultad de Dereche de Ia Universi
dad de Montevideo, Uruguay, 302 vol
umes; Institute ParaguayO, 1887 vol
umes; Facultad de Derecho de la Uni
versidad Nacional, Asuncion, Para
quay. 302 volumes.