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Show inunLU It B0utline of the Work 1 1 Started by the Car-II Car-II negie Endowment J ,' Mohonk Lake. X. Y., May 24. At .J Wthe opening today of the 117th annual 'JUM1! meeting ot the Lake Mohonk confer-jMence confer-jMence on Jutercntfional arbitration. ,1 'President Nicholas Murray Butler of KColumhia university, presiding officer fcBof the conference, for the first time fMhnade public the plans of the Carne-UEio Carne-UEio endowment for international gig peace !"? His announcement, containing the iB sc'icmc of operationynnd the names of J K- appointees, together with an 6utline IB f tne work, was the first statement BH the trustees of the fund had made. It IB? nas been considered of international IK- importance. IB Dr. Butler predicted "with author-fEjfy" author-fEjfy" the establishment of the Interna-1K Interna-1K tlonal court of arbitral justice before iBMne l'mo 0I $'e tn'rJ Hague peace jBt; conference. Tit. Butler said: .!!. "Tiicjusls of the endowment have iMgtaken-Pbroader statesman view of 'fKailt pulses. While they do not ovor-Hw$ok ovor-Hw$ok the..yaIuc..or the work of the JHPpropaganda, and intend to aid in car-jK,'JnS car-jK,'JnS iton, theytboliove that the time IBVKhs come when the resources ot mod-IRHJi'n mod-IRHJi'n scientific methods and of modern IBFVscolarshliKahonld bo brought to bear aKSnfhe- problem ' ot'Iuternatlonal rela-fKons rela-fKons JThcjbclleve that the leading Kk-jurlsts and economists of the world jHjshculd be setat, work In the service Mrc; ; humanity to ascertain just what fml " Decn andire the legal and econ-ilft. econ-ilft. 'Omlc incidents ot war and just what Ufl ,are thelegal aud' economic advantages w to follow: on the organization of the M "woifld Into"- single group of frlondly SSL, aud co-operative nations bound togoth- J IK er-by the tie of a, judicial system rest-Rb,l)i rest-Rb,l)i on. the moral cousclences of man-BltJdml, man-BltJdml, from whose findings tacrecun be no successful appeal " K The plans of the trustees have ft been formulated with these ends in j M view. It has been determined by the It trustees of the Carnegie endowment jrf to orgauize the undertaking In three I rarts or divisions a division of in-g in-g I ' ternational law, a division of econ ,Y, 1 omlcs and history, and a division of j, : Intercourse and education. J . ' Tho division of intornational law j; , v,'ill be under the direction of Prof. ' j' ' James Brown Scott. This division i ; will aim constantly to inculcate the ; lellef that .ntercourse between 11a-51; 11a-51; tlons should be based on a correct I' , and definite idea of international Jus-I Jus-I k i tice The endowment will assoclato fc with Dr Scott a consultative board j ; composed of some of the most distln-C distln-C gnished international lawyers in the IS world. pT 'The secoud division will be the p division of economics and history it III will bo under the direction of ProL fitf John Bates Clark ot Columbia unlver-lj unlver-lj sitj . This division will aim at the IH education of public opinion and at Ul the formulation of conclusions that jjf may sene for the guidance of govern-Bjf govern-Bjf mental policy. iB "It will be tho business of this divl-t divl-t sion to study the economy and effect gflt of war, the effect on public opinion J -V of untlons and on international good IH- wiil of retaliatory, discriminatory and 1 , preferential tariffs, the economic as-1 1 pect of the present huge expenditures I H lor military purposeB and the relation ' -E between military expenditure and well Hg being and the world-wide program foi Hfj social improvement aud reform which B is held in waiting through lack of HE means for Its execution. ) "The division of iutercourse and Hh cdjcatlon, the director for which has H1 not yet been announced, will supple-(H: supple-(H: raent the work of the two divisions :M by carrying forward vigorously, and jfl in co-operation with existing agencies, jE the educational work of propaganda, JA the International hospitality and of B promoting International friendship. H Among the tasks of this division will jHbe to diffuso information and to cdu-H cdu-H catc public opinion, regarding U10 H causes, nature and effects of war and JH the means for its prevention and JmM avoidance" |
