p. 8 | For the Promotion of Peace

Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Mar 26, 1914

For the Promotion of Peace

SEVERAL years ago Mr. Andrew Carnegie endowed a peace foundation to the extent of ten million dollars "to hasten the abolition of international war." Recently Mr. Carnegie has decided to invest two million dollars more for this purpose. This last donation is placed at the disposal of the churches, and the organization handling it is called the Church Peace Union. The Washington Post of February 11 declares that—

the income of the fund will be used to organize the moral power of the churches on critical international questions, to circulate peace literature among the clergy, and to bring about the annual observance of a "peace Sunday." Conferences in America and Europe will be called to discuss the promotion of peace. When the leading nations abolish war, and the fund has fulfilled its purpose, the trustees may devote the income to other philanthropic uses.

The trustees adopted a resolution which appealed to the rulers and statesmen of all civilized lands to abolish war. It pointed out that the combined debt of the world, mostly borrowed and used for war purposes, was nearly $37,000,000,000; that the amount expended annually for standing armies and navies was $2,500,000,000, and that 6,244,600 men are kept idle in military service.