Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1905-05-20

DIR. P. H. Eijkman and Paul Horrix
of Scheveningen, Holland, have come
to this country to give a practical an
swer to the question asked by Mr.. An
drew Carnegie in THE Gospel of
Wealth. What shall a rich man do
with his money!"
For years DIR. Eijkman has been in
communication with the Dutch govern
ment on the subject of founding, near
The Hague, a sort of worlds capital
which should stand for all time as the
monument of the Naturalization of
nations. The government was ready
to listen if the, funds could be found
Holland is obviously interested in well
coming all international movements
at her capital The more she becomes
the meeting ground of nations the less
hope Germany has of absorbing her
territory, whether under the guise of
'zollverein" or of a political ALI
ance.
When Mr.. Carnegie gave s1,5O0,00O
for a Temple of Peace at The Hague
DR.. Eijkman saw in the gift a pos
sible cornerstone of his cherished
plans. He had plans drawn by a dis
tinguished Dutch architect, Mr.. K. P.
c. de Bazel, showing how an ideal in
ternational city could be built devoted
to peace, humanity, truth, and the
arts on the sand dunes and woods of
Waalsdorp, just east of the old city
of The Hague. The Temple of Peace
is given site on an eminence over
looking both the old and the new
cities, with a sweeping view of the
North sea. The worlds capital is laid
out hexagonally, with it's main ave
nues meeting at a central square,
which is to contain a monumental
group symbolic of the brotherhood of
nations. At three prominent points
buildings are to be erected devoted
to the fine arts, pedagogy and an
thropo1ogy.
The avenues connecting these
buildings and the main thoroughfare
which, by the way, already has name
the Paradere-are to be the widest
and most beautiful highways ever de
signed. The Paradere ascends from
the central monument to the Car
| negie Temple of Peace, very much as
the Champs Elysees in Paris leads
| from the obelisk in the Place de la
| Concorde to the Arc de Triomphe.
This ideal city, which is to be the
| Mecca of all workers for the cause
| oughly equipped for $4,000, 900. The
promoters have prepared a pamphlet
| especially for Mr.. Carnegie's perusal
| showing to the minutest detail how
| each dollar is to be spent.
| This $50, 000, 900 is not asked as q
| gift, but as a non-interest bearing loan
| They estimate that most of the loar
| would be repaid to the treasury
| within twenty-five years by the sale
| of land for residences on the magni
| ficent bou1evards and connecting ave
| nues of the worlds capital. Much Of
the land upon which the proposed city
would be built belongs to the munich
| pality of The Hague or to the govern
ment. The government and the city
have both assured DR.. Eijkman Of
their support should Mr.. Carnegie give
/ the necessary funds
DIR. A. Kuyper, Minister of the In
terror, and premier of Holland, in
| dorses the site chosen for the TEN
pie of Peace and has expressed his ap
prevail of the whole plan for the new
city, though he cannot officially answer
Mr. Carnegie's donation for the Peace
Temple by asking him for $4,000 ,00(
loan.
So interested has the government o
| 1OllanQ Do0u III tHe pldH, says LII
Eijkman, that it has delayed the choics
of a site for the Peace Temple unit
it could be seen whether the world
capital could become a reality.
4 DIR. Eijkman wants to name tn
, enterprise the Carnegie Foundation
| Of Internationa1ism." The internationa
/, peace conference furnished the in
spiration. eff the nations can NEE
to solve problems of diplomacy, VIII.
a should they not unite in the solution
!: OF other questions of humanity" b.
G asks 1t is proposed to establish in
. ternationa1 academies Of pedagogy
hygiene and economy. The Language
Of the worlds capital is ia be English