Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-05-11
INTERNATIONAL
TEMPLE OF PEACE
President Roosevelt Laid the Cor
ner Stone of the First One to be
Erected in Any Country.
is TO AMERICAN REPUBLICS.
Congress Furnished the Site in Wash
ington and Mr.. Carnegie Gave
Three Quarters of Million,

Washington. D. c., May 11.-presi
dent Roosevelt today laid the corner
stone of the first international temple
of peace, friendship and commerce yet
20 be erected--the tangible evidence
of the desire of the 81 American repub-
lies that war shall be no more in the
western world, and that material pros
perity promoted by international trade
shall take its place Fitting the his
torical importance of the event, the
exercises We're made impressive by the
participation of the heads of each of
these republics. Following addre sses
by President Roosevelt, Secy. Root.
Ambassador Nabacu of Brazil and An
drew Carnegie. a cabled sentiment eX-
pressing the hearty approval Of each
president was read. Cardinal Gibbons
and Bishop Cranston pronounced an
invocation and benedicton on tho work
done and the United States marine
band rendered selections of pan-Ameri-
can music specially prepared for the
occasion.
property of all republics. The site,
| provided by the American congress,
| consists of the historic old Vanness
| home, the first pretentious mansion
| erected in Washington. II faces the
| Mall, is within "A few hundred yards
| of the white house and adjacent to the
| state. war and navy building and the
| Corcoran art gallery.
| Mr.. Carnegie contributed toward the
construction of the building to the
extent of s750,000.
| The building is to be the home Of
| international bureaus. maintained by
| the American republics, and is TO be
| made the center of continuous cam
! paign of education where one country
| may secure accurate and up-to-date
| information OF every other. A library
| on all subjects American is to be de-
veloped, and a propaganda maintained
intended to bring American govern
ments nearer intimate acquaintance.
PRESIDENTS ADDRESS.
This is a memorable occasion for all
| the people of the western hemisphere.
! The building. the cornerstone of which
| we lay today, emphasizes by its exist
ence the growing sense of solidarity OF
of interest and aspiration among all
the peoples of the new world. 1t marks
our recognition of the need to knit ever
closer together all the republics OF the
western hemisphere. through the kindly
bonds of mutual justice. good will and
| sympathetic comprehension.
4 IiiA~NAp thiNs '~FNhNANiS'iA@'
AT the outset. ON behalf Of all of us
wish to thank Mr.. Carnegie for his
generous gift--a gift TO all the nations
of the new world, and therefore pre-
emnently fitting as coming from one
who has so sincerely striven for the
cause of peace among nations; fol-
while we have yet a long path to treac
before we can speak with any certainty
Of the day when wars shall cease from
the earth, we of this western hemis
phere by movements such as that sym
bolized by this building. have taker
great strides toward securing perna'
nent peace among ourselves.
OUR SISTER REPUBLICS.
In the next place. as president o
this great republic | greet the repre-
sentatlves of all our sister republics L
! the south of US. In sense, you ar
our elder sisters and we the younge
people, for YOU represent II more an
cient civilization on this continent thai
wo do. Your fathers, the Spanish AM
Portuguese explorers, conquerors, law
givers, and commonwealth builders
had founded d nourishing civilization
In the tropics and the south temper
ate zone while all America north of IN
Rio Grande. was still unmapped vii
| derness. Your people had founded Am
erican universities. We're building beat
tiful cities, were laying deep the foun
dalton OF future national llfe'
many different points In the vast terri
tory stretching from the Colorado
the Plata. before the ships OF 4
Fren,hman and the Englshman. III
Swede and the Hollander. had four
nertnanent Ravens on the North Altar
lie aeacoast. For centuries our scr
eral civilizations grew each In It's oW
way. but each sundered from the oil
ers. Now we are growing together
OUR INDEPENDENCE.
More and more In the future we sha
each give 10 and get from the other
not merely things Of material Yalu
hut things that are of worth for the II
telectual and spiritual welfare OF u
of us. In the century that mas passf
the development of North America ma
on the whole proceeded faster tht
The developtnent OF South America; bl
I'm the century that has now open,
| believe that no other part OF q
world viii see such extraordinary u
velopment In wealth, In population,
ali that makes for progress, as VIII
seen from the northern boundary
Mexico through all Central ald sou
America; and ! can assure you "
the people OF thls nation look VIII u :,
most profound satisfaction upon "
great growth that has already taxi
Mace I'm the countries which you re
resant--a growth alike in polltlcal ~
bility and I'm the material well-peii
which can only come when there Is y
litlcal stability
OUR BATTLE FLEET
our battle fleet has just finished
trim around South America, and ] WI
TO thank the rulers and the peoples