Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-07-30
THE PALACE OF PEACE
Laying of Foundation Stone at
The Hague Today.
A VERY NOTABLE CEREMONY
Attended by Practically All the
Delegates.
COMPLIMENTS FOR CARNEGIE
Address by President Of Committee.
Gratitude Of Members Of Conference
Expressed by NJ. Nelidof.
VERY NOTABLE CEREMONY
COMPLIMENTS FOR CARNEGIE

THE HAGUE, July 8O.-The foundation
peace was laid this afternoon at Zorgvaliet,
in the midst Of the wooded stretch from
The Hague to Scheveningen, by NJ. Nell
doff, president Of the second peace con-
ference, and the Inauguration Of this monu-
ment, which the American millionaire Is
raising to commemorate and carry on the
work of the International peace confer
ences, was marked by considerable cere-
mony.
Practically all the delegates attending the
present peace conference. number high
court officials, the members of the stats
general and delegations from numerous
civic and municipal 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 bold Roman characters there APP
pears the following Latin inscription:
PACI
JUSTITIA FIRMANDAE
HANG AEDEM
ANDRAE CARNEGIE
MUNIFICENTIA
DEDICAVIT.
The ceremonies were opened with music
and singing by number of choral societies
after which NJ. A. P. c. Van Karnebeak
president of the Carnegie foundation COM
mittee, delivered an address. in which he
paid tribute to the generous man whose
name Is engraved upon the first stone OF
the edifice due to his munifcence."
Tribute to Carnegie.
The thoughts and thanks OF every one
here went out. the speaker said. to Andrew
Carnegie and his Scottish home. Then
rapidly sketching the history of the Carne-
gle donation, and describing the plans Of
the peace palace, which it is proposed to
ask the powers that have signed The
Hague convention to furnish, NJ. Van
Karnebeak concluded his address with
these words:
Justice, founded as an outcome of the need
of every civilized community to institute
the rule Of right for the rule Of might. In
this palace no one will be stronger or no
blade, except the sword Of justice, will be
placed in the scale The tower of the pal
ice will point to the stars, indicating the
ideal of our efforts"
laying of the stone M. Nelidoff expressed
the gratitude of the peace delegates to the
munif1cent donor Of the palace and to the
Netherlands government for the gilt OF the
land upon which the splendid edifice is to
be erected. The palace, he said. would be
q monument to the first efforts made by the
governments Of the world to preserve to the
nations the benefits of peaceful develop
speaker said he wished to emphasize the
almost sacred character of the proposed
building. 1t represented new principle
in the relations Of people
Represents New Principle.
1t represented a new principle in the re-
lations Of people, namely, peace by justice
and right NJ Nelidoff then referred to
the antiquity of the worship Of war. and
said there has never been cult of
peace in the world. OF all the precepts
preached by the Savior nineteen hundred
years ago, the idea of peace had been the
most neglected. ITO make this idea tri-
umph-and the honor therefor accrue to
the Emperor of Russia-the governments of
the world must agree to study in common
means Of making universal peace reality
by seeking every possibility of assuring Its
maintenance l venture to say M. Nell
doff 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
conceived the idea of dedicating to this
cult a special edifice which he Is fully JUS
tilted IN calling a Temple of Peace
LET us wish that this cult spread more
and more both among governments and
peoples, and that the monumental tower
which will crown this edifice will, like a
lighthouse. point out to the nations the
road of right and justice"