Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1913-08-28
PEACE PALACE
IS DEDICATED
TO-DAY
CARNEGIE'S MAGNIFICENT GIFT
A HOME FOR THE PERMANENT
COURT or ARBITRATION, AT The
HAGUE FORMALLY OPENED WITH
IMPRESSIVE CEREMONIES.
MANY NATIONS DONATE
FOR ITS Establishment

The Hague, Aug. 2S.-The capital
was gaily decorated today in honor of
the ceremonies incident to the dedica-
ton of the palace of peace, Andrew
Carnegie's magnificent gift as home
for the permanent court of arbitra-
ton. Many notable men, principally
diplomats, attended the ceremonies
The palace of peace which was dedi-
Gated with impressive ceremonies to-
day is the gift of Andrew Carnegie.
OF the Dutch government the sum of
$l,500,000 for the purpose, as ex-
pressed in his offer, "of erecting and
maintaining at The Hague a court
house and library for the Permanent
Court of Arbitration established by
the treaty of the 10Th of July, 1899"
| To provide site for this, the first
structure ever erected for such a pur-
pose, the Dutch government appro-
priated $275,O0O The site selected is
il a section of wooded and hilly park
stretching from The Hague to
Scheveningen, and the cornerstone
was laid July 80. 1907.
The palace of peace as completed
does not represent any precise style
of architecture, but 1t Is regarded by
architects as one OF the most impress
siye of modern buildings to be seen
in Europe Rectangular in shape, it
forms roughly square of S5 yards by
81 yards, and encloses beautiful
formal garden.
The great court is an imposing hall
about "A feet long by about 40 feet in
with and rising to the full height of
the palace. II will accommodate
about 300 persons.
Many nations have made gifts to the
palace one of the most interesting be-
Ing that of Greece. 1t is white mar
at Knossos, in Crete, which was sup
posed to have been the throne of King
Minos.
The building materials of the peace
palace came from many countries The
brick. which is the chief component,
came from the famous fields near Ley
den, while the hard white sandstone
used for trimming is from French
quarries, and the wood used for floor
ing and paneling is largely from Aus
tria. The granite constituting the
base of the walls was presented by
the governments of Norway and
Sweden. The Italian government pre-
sented the marble which decorates the
interior of the corridors, and the grand
marble staircase is a gift from the
city of The Hague. The stained-glass
windows are the gifts of the Dutch
government and Great Britain: while
France has sent not only the great
which is the most striking
decoration of the great hail. but many
of the tapestries and minor decOra-
tions. There are vases of precious
from Russia, Hungary and
Austria, and groups of statuary in
marble and bronze which ornament
the first landing of the great stair
case are the gifts of the United
States. The beautiful rosewood and
satinwood paneling of the administra-
tive council chamber came from
Brazil and there are gifts of silk car
toons and vases from China and
Japan Rare woods from San Saliva
dor are used to line many of the cham
bers.
Turkeys gift is wonderful carpet
which, as one writer has said, is "a
gift symbolic of his fate, to be trodden
under foot of man The clock in the
great tower is Switzerland's tribute,
and the beautiful wrought-iron grill
work of the main entrance was pre-
sented by Belgium. The gift of Ger
many, consisting of walls and hand
some WrOughtirOn gates.