Los Angeles herald., 1910-08-01
PALACE Of PEACE
RISING IN HAGUE
Headquarters of international
Court of Arbitration Is
Under Way

LONDON, July 31.-A correspon-
dent of the Times at The Hague says:
Probably not one visitor in 1000 of the
multitudes who pass along the shady
avenue between The Hague and
Scheveningen has the curiosity to in
quire into the meaning Of a great
forest of scaffolding which is to be
seen on the left, at little distance
from the road, just before you come
to the old tollgate which marks the
former boundary of The Hague. If
he does inquire, he will learn that
among the scaffold poles Is rising the
Palace of Peace, the future headquar-
ters of the international court of arbi-
tration, toward the erection and main
tenance of which Andrew Carnegie
handed over to the Netherlands gov
ernment the sum of $1,500,000, "believ-
ing" as the trust deed of October 7,
1903, has 1t, that 1.-The establishment
of a permanent court of arbitration by
the treaty of the 29th of July, 1899,
is the most important step forward Of
a worldwide humanitarian character
which has ever been taken by the joint
powers, as it must ultimately Danish
war, and further being of opinion that
the cause of the peace conference will
greatly benefit by the erection of a
court house and library for the perma-
nent court of arbitration"
ACCURACY BETRAYED
The usual accuracy of the current
"Baedeker' has been betrayed by the
abandonment of the site first pro-
posed, which lies a mile away on the
other side of The Hague. The present
site forms part of the grounds of tho
miniature palace which belonged to,
and in which died, Princess Anna
Paulowna, wife of King William II
and grandmother of the reigning queen
Passing, in course of time, into the
hands Of a company, the grounds, to
the extent at least of about sixteen
acres, were acquired by the govern
ment at a. cost of over $290,000. The
old palace still stands by the gate and,
with its lofty rooms and old-fashioned
decorations, forms charming quarters
for the architects and their drawing
staff. It will, however, be swept away
when the time comes for laying out
the grounds of the Palace OF Peace.
To make room for the great building
now in course Of construction large
space had first to be cleared in the
thick wood which covers the grounds.
The authors of the scheme have shown
equal wisdom and good taste in set
ting the building we'll back from the
road. The palace, built in brick and
stone. with roof of blue Welsh states,
of an architecture partly putch and
partly Flemish in character, has the
noble proportions of some of the old
town halls of Belgium. The architect
is M. L. M. Cordonnier of Lille, who
has associated with him as resident
architect ]. A. G. van der Steur of
Haarlem. His design was selected out
of six leading architects of Great Brit
ain. Holland, France, Germany and
the United States. and an inspection
of some of the "next best" designs
which hang in the work rooms of the
old palace leaves no doubt in the mind
Of the visitor that the jury chose right
lv. M. Cordonnier's original design
has, however. been very considerably
altered, thereby gaining greatly in
compactness Of internal arrangement
as we'll as in lightness of external ap-
pearance.
COMPLETION IN 1913
The palace, on which 200 men are at
- rnnf has inst