The Penn's Grove record., 1910-04-29
PEACE PALACE NOW OPEN
Bureau Of Republics Home at
Washington Dedicated.
Carnegie, Root, Knox, With the Next
can Ambassador, All Make Happy
Prophecies For Amity.

Washington, D. C.-The new mar
BILE palace of the International Union
of American Republics - within a
stones throw of the White House
was dedicated in the name of uniyer-
sal peace. President Taft Joined
with Andrew Carnegie, with Secre-
tary of State Knox, with Senator
Root and with Senior de la Barra, the
Mexican Ambassador, as representa-
tive of the Latin-American republics,
in prophecies of peace among the
twenty-one American republics, and
pledged themselves always to strive
to bring about that happy state. MI.
Carnegie went SO far as to express
the hope that some day Canada, with
the consent of Great Britain, would
Join the family of peaceful American
republics.
President Taft called out general
laughter by referring to the contro-
versy which arose between Theodore
Roosevelt and Mr.. Carnegie two years
ago at the laying of the cornerstone
of the building.
"They differed as to the methods
by which peace should be obtained"
said the President, "but that both
were earnest and strenuous and de-
termined to have peace there was no
doubt"
Hear. hear!" shouted Mr.. Carne-
gle as the laughter died away.
With it's splendid location at the
edge of Potomac Park and the White
House grounds, its imposing marble
facade, its quaint Spanish patio and
deliberately furnished hall of the re-
public, the new building, the gift OF
Mr.. Carnegie, won the admiration OF
all the company that passed within
the bronzed grilled portals.
II esteem 1t a great honor to the
United States Of America" said h
President at the ~dedicatory exercises,
"that the other twenty American re-
publics should decide that this home
of international union should be here
on this soil. AS the older sister OF
the other republics we take great
pride in that fact. AS the older sister,
we also are anxious that each mem
Der of the family should know that
we believe in absolute equality in
every member of the family. There
is nothing in preference that we in
sist upon because of the fact that we
are the older Nation and for the time
being can count more noses"
President Taft referred to the work
that Secretaries Blaine and Root did
to bring about a greater bond OF
friendship among the American re-
publics. He congratulated the other
American republics upon the progress
they have made in the past two
decades not alone in the matter OF
commerce but toward a peaceful set
Element of all disputes.
"It gees without saying" he added,
chat in the foreign policy of the
United States, its greatest object is
peace among the American republics.
We twenty-one republics cannot af-
ford to have any two or three OF US
uuarreling. We must stop. The or
ganization and work of this bureau
of the republics is doing much in that
direction. But Mr.. Carnegie and L
will never be satisfied until nineteen
of us can intervene by proper meas
ures to suppress a quarrel between
any two of u.s."
The President paid a personal
tribute to John Barrett, Director of
the Bureau, saying that he was born
for the work, and that he hoped he
would live long to carry it forward.
The ceremonies were attended by
special and diplomatic representa-
tives of the various nations forming
the union.