The Cook County herald., 1905-06-10

DR.. P. H. Ejkman and Paul Horrix
# Scheveningen, Holland, have come
20 this country to give a practical an
5wer 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 DR.. 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 decentralization of
nations. The government was ready
TO listen if the funds could be found.
Holland is obviously interested in well
coming all International movements
1t 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
a "zollverein" or Of a political alli-
ance.
When Mr.. Carnegie gave $1,500,0oo
For 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 dis
inguished Dutch architect, Mr.. K. P.
q. de BaZel, showing how an ideal in
3ernational city could be built devoted
10 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 a site on an eminence over
0oking both the old and the new
cities, with 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 monumental
group symbolic of the brotherhood of
batiOns. At three prominent points
buildings are to be erected devoted
10 the fine arts, pedagogy and an
shropology.
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
she 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
of humanity, is to be built and thor
oughly equipped for $20,000,000. The
promoters have prepared pamphlet
especially for Mr.. Carnegie's perusal.
showing to the minutest detail how
each dollar is to be spent.
This $20,0O0,0O0 is not asked as a
gift, but as non-interest bearing loan.
They estimate that most of the loan
would\ be repaid to the treasury
within twenty-five years by the sale
of land for residences on the magni-
ficent boulevards 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
IlclI SuppOIL SuOulu MI. N1lu0Sl0 give
! the necessary funds.
DR.. A. Kuyper, Minister of the In
| terror, and premier of Holland, in
dorses the site chosen for the Tenn
pie Of Peace and has expressed his ap-
proval 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 $40, 900, 900
loan.
So interested has the government of
Holland been in the plan, says DR..
Eijkman, that it has delayed the choice
of site for the Peace Temple until
it could be seen whether the world s
capital could become reality.
! Dr.. Eijkman wants to name the
enterprise the Carnegie Foundation
of Internationalism.' The international
peace conference furnished the in
spiration. "If the nations can meet
to solve problems of diplomacy, why
should they not unite in the solution
of other questions of humanity" he
asks. It is proposed to establish in
ternational academies of pedagogy,
hygiene and economy. The language
OF the Torld's capital is to be English.