The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1913-09-02

ture, art, navigation, commerce, in
dstry, conscience, eloquence, will
force, study, authority, humanity,
constancy and wisdom.
The main windows of the great
court are guarded by statues of JUS
tice and Law, and over the central
gable above the main entrance stands
a figure of Peace, her hands resting
on the hilt of a sheathed sword,
around which are swathed scrolls.
Just below, over the corridor, stand
two lions.
Four Men Included.
The statuary, however, is not con-
fined to the symbolic. Four men have
been hcrored by busts. These are
Hugo Grotius, who has been called
the pioneer of international law;
King Edward the seventh, Sir Ran
dali Cremer and William T. Stead
the English writer and peace leader
who perished in the Titanic. The bust
Of Cremer was the gift of the Inter
national Arbitration league.
Within all that modern art and
skill could do to symbolic the pur-
pose of the palace has been devoted
to the decoration. The grand marble
staircase which forms the main en-
trance is illuminated from a group
of stained-glass windows, showing
Peace shedding rays of light on Art
ard Science, Land and Sea, Com
nlerce and Industry, While to the left
and righe are other stained-glass win
dows depicting the ancient horrors of
war, md above them the companion
panels of terror and death,
The great court is an imposing hall
about "A feet long by about 40 feet in
width and rising to the full height of
the palace. 1t will accommodate
about 300 persons. At the rear, fac
ing the bench or presiding officers
stand, is an enormous arched stain
ed-glass window. To one side of it is
q draped figure of Justice bearing a
sword, and to the other Truth sur
veying her nakedness in a mirror.
Over the throne is huge oil painting
a gift of France. To the left of the
great nall are the arched galleries
for the use of the public. The walls
are paneled with oak a:,d the ceiling
is Of embossed oak in wonderful de-
signs.
In addition to the great hall of JUS
tice and the library are numerous
apartments for the judges, hung with
tapestries of the old Dutch style,
rooms for counsel and many parlors.
One of the most imposing of all the
chambers is that assigned to the ad-
ministrative council, which is COM
posed of all the foreign ministers
credentials to The Hague. This Won
derful room is paneled with Japanese
cartoons and embroidered silks.
There are the rooms also for the
president of the court, the secretary
general and his assistant, and numer-
Gus handsome reception rooms, all
adorned with oil paintings and orna-
mented with carvings in rare woods.
Apartments also have been set
aside for the press and a complete
system of vaults and steel lockers for
the preservation of the records OF the
important congresses which will be
held in the palace.
The Library.
The library, which occupies the two
stories to the west of the quadrangle,
consists of a reading room, lecture
room and central Office and many
rooms for study, while upstairs are
the book compartments in steel.
Many nations have made gifts to
the palace, one of the most interest
ing being that of Greece. 1t is white
marble copy of the famous throne
found at Knossos, in Crete, which
was supposed to nave been the throne
of King Minos.
The building materials of the peace
palace came from many countries.
The brick, which is the chief compo-
nent, came from the famous fields
near Leyden, while the hard white
sandstone used for trimming is from
French quarries, and the wood used
for flooring and paneling is largely
from Austria. The granite consti-
tuting the base of the walls was pre-
sented by the governments of Nor
way and Sweden. The Italian gov
ernment presented the marble which
dooorafoc the interior of the COrri-