Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1908-05-12
Of the First International
Temple Of Peace
Is Laid Monday by President
Roosevelt at Washington.
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pices of high patronage and beautiful
spring weather, the corner stone of the
proposed home for the International
Union of American Republics, or as
Secretary Root aptly called it, "A
temple dedicated to international
friendship" was laid today Three
thousand persons, including represen-
tatives of political, official and social
life in Washington who had seats on
the stands composing a great quad
rangle, were interested spectators Of
the ceremony. The decorations were
in keeping with the occasion.
During the ceremonies the flag of
each of the score and one countries
represented was hauled aloft by blue
Jacket from the Washington navy yard
and attached to a wire, and when the
last one had been placed in a position
the group made line of emblems
which stretched from one end of the
court to the other. AS they were be-
ing hauled up the Marine Band played
strains from the national airs from
the particular country the flag repre-
scented. On the Presidents stand were
seated the cabinet, the supreme court,
the diplomatic corps and members of
the Senate and the House. John Bar
rett, the director of the bureau, intro
duced Secretary Root as the presiding
officer Cardinal Gibbons made the
invocation and there were addresses by
the President, Secretary Root and An
drew Carnegie, Senior Nabuco, Brazil
ian ambassador, and the reading Of
cabled messages of congratulations
re thn ot in
American republics. Bishop Cranston
pronounced the benediction.
President Roosevelt told his hearers
when the portion of his speech relat-
ing to that subject was reached that
| he was glad to hear them applaud
| mention of the battleship fleet. He be-
| lieved in peace and arbitration, he
| said but he also believed in the nation
| keeping in such trim that it would be
temptation to no other nation to
wrong us. Further on in his remarks
| Mr. Roosevelt declared that we had
known no greater secretary of state
| than Elihu Root.
yet" he added, 1.-The greatest
achievement of his success. which has
| come is the result of his devoted la
| bor to bring closer together all the
republics of the New World and to
unite them in the effort to work val
| iantly for cur common betterment and
for the material and moral welfare OF
all of us who dwell in the Western
hemisphere"
| When Mr.. Barrett read cablegrams
of ngra.ulations from the Presidents
of the American republics it was no
ticed there was no response to the in
| yi.ation to contribute to the sympo-
stun from either President Castro o1
Venezuela or the President of Para.
quay. There were no public explana.
tons of President CastrOs failure tt
send dispatch. while Paraguay Il
not represented in the governing board
OF the bureau.
After the speech making and the
reading of the congratulatory cable
grams, the President and the other:
who had participated. marched to the
center Of the court, where the corner
stone was ready to be placed in posi-
ton After shaking the hand of the
head mason, President Roosevelt was
| given a trowel decorated with the col
ors of the American republics. Taking
several troWel fulls of mortar he
| Elaced the mortar on the stone where
the corner stone was to rest. The par
Elephants then returned to the stand:
where the exercises were to take place