Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1899-07-07
D. WHITE.

ANDREW u. WHITE.
Of the Dutch delegation ut the peace
conference, who presided at the cere-
monies, briefly outlined it's nature. He
said:
"Nowhere has the conference met
with heartier sympathy than in the
United States, and it is as token of this
feeling and acknowledgment of the re-
ception Of the confidence by the Neither
lands that the American delegates, in
the name of their government, desire to
pay tribute to the memery of Hugo
Grotius. In order to give this additional
significance they have chosen for it's &C
complishment their great national fete
day.
After the national hymn of the Meth
erlands had been sung, Andrew D.
White, the United States ambassador
to Germany, and head of the American
delegation to the peace conference, in a
long, scholarly address, paid an elo-
quent tribute to Grotius. to carry out
whose ideas are assembled delegates
from all nations"
Mr.. White added: II feel that nv
own country unites not only in her
gratitude, but in that of the civilized
world"
After tracing Grotius' work and the
effect of his ideas, MI. White said:
"From this tomb of Grotius I seem to
hear a message to go on with the work
of strengthening peace and humanizing
war and, above all, to give the world
at least a beginning of an effective,
practical scheme of arbitration"
YfAt the end of his address, Mr.. White
laid on the tomb of Grotius, in behalf
of his colleagues, a wreath of silver oak
and laurel leaves, bearing the inscrip-
ton:
"To the memory of Hugo Grotius, on
the occasion of the peace conference at
The Hague, in reverence and gratitude,
from the United States"
The wreath was three feet in diane
ter and was in a big beech case orna-
mented with silver, bearing the in
scription:
''To the government of the Neither.
lands from the United States, on the
occasion of the conference, 1885,"
The names of the delegates to the
peace conference followed.
Accepted by DR.. De Beaufort.
The address of acceptance was made
by DR.. w. H. De Beaufort, the mini
ster Of foreign affairs and president of
the ministerial council of the Neither
lands. He said:
"Today's ceremony will make a deep
impression throughout the country.
We Hollanders are proud Of our coun.
try, its glorious history and the memory
of our great men. We are pleased to
see them appreciated by foreigners and
the citizens of a country for which we
have much respect and regard. We
are closely connected with the histori-
cal traditions Of America. The first
settlers on the banks of the banks of
the Hudson were Hollanders, and we
shall always remember with a certain
pride that it was a Dutch captain who
first saluted the stars and stripes. To-
day we salute your star-spangled banner
in our own country. Your country is
one of the largest in the world; ours is
n of the smallest; but we have one
thing in common, which is that we
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our own valor."
In conclusion DR.. De Beaufort said
he hoped the days ana
wreath would act as a stimulus to
future generations in their exertions in
behalf of still further reforms in inter.
ternational law, and that the wreath
would be an everlasting emblem of the
historical friendship of America and
Holland.
President Seth Low of Columbia uni.
wersity, and a delegate to the confer
ence, in returning thanks, said:
"We do not make light of what we
owe to England, but we gladly admit
that we owe in q large measure to the
Dutch many of the things which we
count as most precious in our heritage
The ceremony concluded with the
singing of "The Star spangled Banner