Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-07-30
PALACE OF PEACE
Foundation Stone of the Carne- qie Institution Was Laid al
 the Hague Today
DEDICATORY ADDRESS

The Hague, July 30.-The founda- tion stone of the Andrew Carnegie palace of peace was laid this after noon at Zorgyliet, in the midst of the wooded park stretching from The Hague to Scheveningen, by M. Nelidoff, president of the second peace conference, and the inaugura- tion of this monument which the American millionaire is raising to commemorate and carry on the work of the international peace confer ences, was marked by considerable ceremony. Practically all the dele gates attending the present peace conference, a number of high court officials, the members of the states general, and delegations from nu- merous bodies. were grouped around the stone, which, when the structure is completed, will form the corner of the grand hall of justice. Chiseled on this stone in Roman characters there appears the following Latin in scription: "Paci. Justitia Firman- dae. Hanc Aedem. Andreae Car negie. Munificentia. Dedivaeit."
 The ceremonies were opened with singing by number of choral soci- cities, after which M. A. P. c. Van Karnebeak, president of the Car negie foundation committee, deliv- cred an address in which he paid a tribute to the generous man whose name is engraved upon the first stone of the edifice due to his munif- eence."
 The thoughts and the thanks of everyone here went out, the speaker said. to Andrew Carnegie in his Scottish home. Then describing the plans of the peace palace, which it is proposed to ask the powers that have signed the Hague convention to fur nish, NJ. Van Karnebeak concluded his address with these words:
 This is to be palace of interna- tional justice founded as an outcome of the need of every civilized com munity to institute the rule of right for the rule of might. In this pal ace no one will be stronger or no one weaker than the other, and no other blade, except the sword of jus tice, will be placed in the scale. The tower of the palace will point to the stars. indicating the ideal of our ef- forts.'
 In speech that preceded the actual laying of the stone, M. Neli- doff expressed the gratitude of the peace delegates to the munificent donor of the palace and to the Meth erlands government for the gift of the land upon which the edifice is to be erected. The speaker referred to the antiquity of the worship of war, and said there have never been "cult" of peace fin the world. Of all the precepts preached by the Saviour 1900 years ago, the idea of peace has been the most neglected ITO make this idea triumph-and the honor therefore accrues to the emperor of Russia-the governments of the world must agree to study in common means of making univer- sal peace reality by seeking every possibility of assuring its main- tenance. venture to say" NJ. Neli- don continued, that this new cult has been established in the world, and 1t is Andrew Carnegie, inspired by the great humanitarian idea springing therefrom and the good it promises to the world, who con- ceiyed the idea of dedicating to this cult a special edifice which he is fully justified in calling temple of peace
 Let us wish that this cult spread more and more, both among govern ments and peoples, and that the mon- umental tower which will crown this edifice will, like a lighthouse, point out to the nations the road of right and justice"