The Fargo forum and daily republican., 1913-08-29
Beautiful
Palace of Peace Was
Dedicated Yesterday

authority, humanity, constancy and
WISDOM. 81. %s*.' -.
The main windows of the great
court are guarded by statues Of justice
and law, and over the central gable
above the main entrance stands
figure of Peace, her hands resting on
the hilt of a sheathed sword, around.
which are swathed scrolls. Just be-
low, over the corridor, stand two
lions. .f-...r
The statuary, however, is not con-
fined to the symbolic. Four men have
been honored by busts. These are
Hugo Grotius, who has been called the
pioneer of international law; King
Edward the Seventh, Sir Randall Gre
mer, and William T. Stead, the Eng
lish writer and peace leader who
perished in the Titanic" The bust
of Cremer was the gift Of the Inter-
national Arbitration league. IL
Within all that modern art and skill
could do to- symbolic the purpose of
the palace has been devoted to the
decoration. The grand marble stair
case which forms the main entrance
is Illuminated from a group of stain
ed glass windows, showing peace
shedding rays of light on art and
science, land and sea, commerce and
industry; while to the left and right
are other stained glass windows de-
picting the ancient horrors of war, and
above them are companion panels of
| terror and death.
The great court is an imposing hall
about seventy -four feet long by about
| forty feet in width and rising to the
| full height of the palace. 1t will ac-
com-lodate about 800 persons. At the
rear, facing the bench or presiding
| officers stand, is an enormous arched
! stained glass window To one side Of
| it is draped figure of Justice bearing
| a sword, and to the other Truth sur
/ veying her nakedness in a mirror
4 Over the throne is huge oil painting,
/ q gift of France. To the left of the
great hall are. the .arched galleries for
! the use of the public The walls are
/ paneled with oak and the ceiling is
| Of embossed oak in wonderful designs
I In addition to the great hall of JUS
i 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-
lministrative council, which is compos-
led of all the foreign ministers creden-
tailed to The Hague. This wonderful
room Is paneled with rosewood and
4 SatinWood and hung with Japanese
cartoons and embroidered silks. There
are the rooms also for the president
tof the court, the secretary general
and his assistant, and numerous hand
some reception rooms, all adorned
with OIL paintings and ornamented
4 with carvings In rare woods.
i Apartments also have been; set aside
L for the press, and a complete system
Of vaults and steel lockers for the
preservation- Of the records of the inl-
4 portant congresses which will be held
lin the palace.
The library, which occupies the two
Istories to the west of the quadrangle
lconsists Of a reading room. lecture
|room and central office and many
A rooms for study. while upstairs arr
II the book compartments In steel.
n Many nations. have made gifts Il
Il the palace. one Of the most interesting
II sIheing that of Greece. It is a Wlliti
II marble copy OF the famous thron,
IL found ait Knossos, ia Crete, which wa: