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Show ANOTHER 12.000,000 To Be Used Through the Churches for International Peace Promotion. VEW TORK, Fob. 10. Andrew Carnegie Car-negie today gave $2,000,000 to be used through tho churches for the promotion of international peace. The Income, a fund of about 5100,000 a year, will be expended by a board of twenty-six trustees, trus-tees, representing all the leading religious denominations in tho United States. Thin gift is in addition to the ?10,-000,000 ?10,-000,000 foundation established by Mr. Carnegie December 11, 1910, 'to hasten the abolition of International war." Tho announcement was made Rt the close of a luncheon at Mr. Carnegie's home, attended at-tended by the trustees of the new foundation. foun-dation. . Tho trustees organized "tho Church Peace union." which will bo Incorporated In-corporated under tlte laws of New York state. The income of the fund will be used to organize tho moral power of the churches on critical international questions, ques-tions, to circulate peace literature among the clergy and to bring about the annual observance of a. "peaco Sunday." Conferences Con-ferences in America and Europe will bo called to discuss tho promotion of peaco. When the leading nations abolish war and the fund has fulfilled its purposes, the trustees may devote the income to other philanthropic uses. Donor Makes Speech. In an address to the trustees Mr. Carnegie Car-negie said: Certain that the strongest appeal that can bo made is to members of the religiouH bodies, to which I hereby here-by appeal, hoping that you will feci it to be not only your duty, but your pleasure to undertako the administration adminis-tration of S2.000.000 5 per cent bonds, the Income to be so used as In your judgment will most successfully appeal ap-peal to tho people in the cauFe of peace through arbitration of International Interna-tional disputes; as man in civilized lands Is compelled by law to submit sub-mit personal disputes to courts of law, so nations shall appeal to tho court at The Haguo or to such tribunals as may bo mutually agreed on and bow to the verdict rendered, thus Insuring the reign of national peaco through international law. May Reach the Poor. After the arbitration of International Interna-tional disputes is established and war abolished, as It certainly will be somo dny, and that sooner than expected, probably by the Teutonic nations, Germany. Britain and the United States first deciding to act in unison, other powers joining later, tho trustees trus-tees wil divert the revenues of this fund to relieve the deserving poor and afflicted In their distress, especially those who have struggled long and earnestly against misfortune and have not themselves been altogether to blame for their povorty. Members of the various churches will naturally know such mombers well and can, therefore, the better Judge; but this does not debar them from going beyond be-yond membership when thought necessary nec-essary or dosirablc. As a general rule. It Is best to help those who help themselves, hut thero are unfortunates unfortu-nates from whom this cannot bo ex pected. After war is abolished by the leading lead-ing nations, the trustees, by a. vote of two-thirds, may decide that a better use for the fund than those named in the preceding paragraphs has been found, and arc free, according accord-ing to their own judgment, to devote the income to tho best advantage for the good of their fellow men. |