The Birmingham age-herald., 1906-12-11
NOBEL PEACE PRIZE GOES ID ROOSEVELT President Will Establish Indus trial Peace Commission NORWAY CONFERS HONOR Roosevelt Sends Message to Paria- ment Saying There Is No Gift
 Which He Could Appre-
 ciate More.
NORWAY CONFERS HONOR

Christana. Norway, December 1O.-The Norwegian parliament today conferred the Nobel peace prize on President Roose- welt.
 The American minister, MT. Peirce, in an eloquent speech thanked parliament in the Presidents name. He said that words were inadequate to express the deep emo ton which he experienced at receiving the distinguished testimonial in behalf of the President, who recently cabled that he regarded this prize as one of the greatest honors which any man in any position throughout the world could receive. The award, Mir Pierce added, would deeply appeal to the hearts of the American people. MT. Peirce then read a message from President Roosevelt expressing h' thanks, and saying there was no gift :, could appreciate more.
 The President also announced that had announced his intention to use the prize to establish a Washington per- manent industrial peace commission with view of maintaining righteous peace in the industrial world which was as impor- tant as the maintenance of peace in the world of nations.
 The following is the text of President Roosevelts dispatch:
 President Sends Dispatch.
 q am profoundly gratified and touched by the signal honor shown me through your body in conferring on me the Nobel peace prize. There is no gift l could ap- preciate more, and I wish it were in my power to fully express my gratitude. l thank you for it, and l thank you in be- half of the United States, for what did I was able to accomplish only as the result of the nation of which I have for the time being the honor of being Presi- dent. After much thought I have con- cluded that the best and most fitting way to apply the amount of the prize is by using it as a fund to establish at Wash ington a permanent industrial peace com mittee. The object will be to make for better and more equitable returns among my countrymen who are engaged. whether as capitalists or wage wrokers, in indus trial and agricultural pursuits. This will carry out the purpose of the founder or the prize, for in modern life it is as im- portant to work for the cause of just and righteous peace in the industrial world as in the world of nations.
 "I again express to you the assurance Of my deep and lasting gratitude and appre- citation. THEO ROOSEVELT"
 Received By Pierce.
 The members of the Nobel committee who were seated on chairs in front of the ministers were appointed by the pres ident of the parliament, the minister of foreign affairs and the president of the committee, who in reply to formal ques- tions received from the committee the in- formation that the peace prize had been conferred on Prsident Roosevelt. who had authorized the American minister, MT. Peirce. to receive it. The presednt of the parliament, Gunner Knodsen. made a short speech in which he said that the Norwegian parliament was the first ma tional assembly to adopt the cause of peace which was now no longer an utopia as 1t was twelve or fifteen years ago. What especially attracted the at tention of the world was the work of President Roosevelt in bringing about the end of the bloody war between Russia and Japan.
 Then handing the prize to the American minister the president of the parliament asked him to send MT. Roosevelt a greet | ing from the Norwegian people and ex- pressed the wish that Mir. Roosevelt might be able in the future to continue his work for peace