Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1899-07-04
Imposing Ceremonies in Which All
Nations Are Represented.
AMBASSADOR WHITES ADDRESS
Peace Conference Delegates Hear
Most Impressive Words.
INSCRIPTION ON WREATH

DELFT, Holland, July 4.-There was
picturesque and impressive ceremony at
the Nfeuve kirck this morning. The
church was filled with delegates, diplo-
mats, high officials and ladies. The cere--
mony began with a chorus singing Men
delssohns How Lovely Are the Messen-
gers that Bring Us Good Tidings of
Peace, after which A. P. c. Van Karne-
beck, the former foreign minister and head
Of the Dutch delegation at the peace con-
ference, who presided at today's ceremony,
briefly outlined its 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 in acknowledgment of the reception of
the conference by the Netherlands that the
American delegates, in the name of their
government desire to pay tribute to the
memory of Hugo Grotius. In order to give
this additional significance they have
chosen for its accomplishment their great
national feast day
Ambassador Whites Remarks.
After the national hymn of the Neither
lands 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 ad-
dress, paid an eloquent tribute to Grotius,
ito carry out whose ideas are now assem-
bed delegates from all nations
Mr. White added: Il feel that my own
country unites not only in her gratitude,
but in that of the civilized world
After tracing Grotius work and the ef-
feet of his ideas, Mr.. White said:
From this tomb of Grotus l seem to
near message to go on with the work of
Strengthening peace and humanizing war,
and above all, to give to the world at least
a beginning of an effective, practical scheme
of arbitration
Wreath and Inscription.
At the end of his address Mr.. White laid
on the tomb Of Grotius, in behalf of his col
leagues, a wreath of silver oak and laurel
leaves, bearing the inscription:
''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 diameter
and was in big beach case, ornamented
with silver. bearing the Inscription:
ITO the government of the Netherlands
from the United States, on the occasion of
the conference, 1899"
The names of the delegates to the peace
conference follow.
DIR. De Beaufort's Acceptance.
The address of acceptance was made by
DR.. w. H. De Beaufort, the minister of
foreign affairs and president of the minis
terial council of the Netherlands. He said:
'Today's ceremony will make a deep i'm
preston throughout the country. We Hol-
landers are proud of our country, its glo-
rious history and the memory of our great
men. We are pleased to see them appre-
ciated by foreigners and the citizens of i
country for which we have such respect
anr regard. We are closely connected with
the historical traditions of America The
first settlers on the banks of the Hudson
were Hollanders, and we shall always re-
member with certain pride that it was a
Dutch captain who first saluted the stars
and stripes. Today We salute your star
spangled banner in our own country. Your
country is one of the largest in the world
ours is one of the smallest, but we have
one thing in common, which is that we both
won our country and its independence by
our own valor''
Seth Lows Remarks.
In conclusion DIR. De Beaufort said he
hoped the days ceremony and wreath
would act as a stimulus to future genera
tfcns in their eXertions in behalf of still
further reforms in international law, and
that the wreath would be an everlasting
America and Holland.
President Seth Low Of Columbia Uni
versity, and a delegate to the conference,
in returning thanks, said:
eve do not make light of what we owe
to England, but we gladly believe we owe
IN a large measure to the Dutch many of
the things which we count as most pre-
cious in our heritage
The ceremony concluded with the singing
of The Star Spangled Banner