Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-31
ANDREW CARNEGIE
PALACE OF PEACE
Foundation Stone Laid at Zorg-
vlet, by N. NeIidoff, President
OF Peace Conference.
CEREMONIES WERE SIMPLE.
Queen Wilhelmina Not Present, Ow-
ing. IL is I;umorcd to Dis
pate Over the Site.

The Hague July 3O.-The foundation
of peace was laid this afternoon at
Zorgvliet in the midst of the wooded
park stretching from The Hague to
Schevenlngea, by NJ Nelidoff, presi-
dent OF the second peace conference.
Practically all the delegates attending
the present peace conference, num-
Der of high court officials. the members
Of the states-general and delegations
from numerous civic and municipal
bodies We're grouped around the stone
which. when the structure Is complet-
ed, will form the corner OF the grand
hall of justice Chiseled on the stone in
bold Roman characters Is the follow
ing Latin inscription:
"Paci justitia firmaldae hancaedem
Andrae Carnegie munificentia dedi-
cavit"
The cerem onles were opened with
music and singing by number of Choir
al societies, after which NJ. A. p. c. Van
Kernebeak, president of the Carnegie
foundation committee, delivered an adj
dress, In which he paid tribute to the
generous man whose name Is engrav-
ed upon the first stone of the edifice
due to his munificence."
The thoughts and the thanks OF ev-
eryone went out. the speaker said, TO
Andrew Carnegie. Then rapidly sketch
Ing the history of the Carnegie dona-
ton and describing the plans of the
peace palace. which 1t is proposed to
ask the powers that have signed The
Hague convention TO furnish, NJ Van
Karnebeak concluded With these words:
''Ths is to be a palace of interna-
tional justice. founded as the outcome
OF the need of every civilized country
TO institute the rule of right for the
rule of might. In this palace no one
will be stronger. or no one weaker than
the other. and no other blade. except
the sword of Justice. will be placed In
the scale. The tower of the palace
VIII point to the stars, indicating the
ideal of our efforts"
NJ. Nelidoff expressed the gratitude or
the peace delegates to the munificent
donor of the palace and to the Meth
land for the edifice The palace, he
said, would be a monument to the first
efforts made by the governments OF
the world to preserve to the nations the
benefits Of peaceful development by
seekinE to prevent wars. The speaker
said he wished to emphasize the al
most sacred character of the proposed
building. 1t represented a new princi-
pie in the relations of people, namely,
peace of justice and right of the wor-
ship of war. and said there has new
er been n cult of peace of the world.
or all the precepts preached by the
Savior 1900 years ago, the idea 81
peace had been the most neglected;
ITO make this idea triuinphant-and
the honor therefor accrues to Inc efr-
peror % Russia the yYve'nmrn's If
the world must agree to study in coin-
rnsn means OF making universal peace
n duty by seelSing every possibility Ct
assuring its maintenance" said M.
Neldoff.
Some disappointment is felt that
Queen whilhelmina, who Is at The
Hague, was not present at the cere..
monies. and it IL reported that the real
reason for her absence is to be found
in dispute which arose regarding the
choice of site for the palace. Real
estate spectators are openly accused
of having Influenced the selection cf
the site at Zorgvliet.