Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-08-28

lecture, but 1t is regarded by architects
as one of the most impressive of modern
buildings to be seen in Europe. Rec
tangular in shape. it forms roughly a
square OF eighty-five yards by eighty six
yards. and incloses a beautiful formal
garden. On three sides the building
constitutes the courthouse, and on the
fourth or west side are the quarters OF
the library. The facade of the second
floor is adorned with statues. the figures
representing Science, Agriculture, Art,
Navigation. Commerce, Industry, Con-
science. Eloquence, Will Force. Study,
Authority Humanity, Consistency and
Wisdom.
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 a figure OF
Peace, her hands resting on the hilt of a
sheathed sword, around which are swath-
ed scrolls. Just below, over the corridor,
stand two lions.
The statuary, however, is not confined
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 VII,
Sir Randall Cremer and William I. Stead.
the English writer and peace leader who
persisted in the Titanic. The bust of
Cremer was the gift Of the International
Arbitration League.
Modern Art in Decorations.
Within all that modern art and skill
could do to symbolic the purpose of the
palace has been devoted to the dccora-
ton The grand marble staircase which
forms the main entrance is illuminated
from a group OF stained-glass windows
showing Peace shedding rays Of light on
Art and Science. Land and Sea. Commerce
and Industry; while to the left and right
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 accommo-
date about 800 persons At the rear.
facing the bench or presiding officers
stand is an enormous arched stained
glass window. To one side of 1t is q
draped figure Of Justice bearing a sword,
and to the other Truth surveying her
nakedness in a mirror. Over the throne
is huge oil painting, 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.
In addition to the great hall of justice
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
assipned TO the administrative council.
which is composed of all the foreign min
istars credentialed to The Hague. This
wonderful room is paneled With rosewood
and satinwood and hung with Japanese
cartoons and embroidered silks. There
80 tho rooms also for the president OF
the court, the secretary general and his
- s,stant and numerous handsome re-
aantion rooms all adorned with oil paint
;,,rs and ornamented with carvings in
rare woods
Rooms for Press Representatives.
APARTMENTS also have been set aside for
~. nrass and a complete system OF
dts and steel lockers for the preserva-
- tho records of the important con-
~. which will be held in the palace.
The library. which occupies the two
stories 70 the west Of the quadrangle. con-
,ists If q reading room. lecture room and
central office and many rooms TOT study.
while unstairs are the book compartments
n steel. ,,e.. :.
,aIace one of the most interesting being
NAT If Greece. 1t Is a white marble copy
II the famous throne found at knossos. In
~rete which was supposed TO nave been
he throne of King Minos
The building materials of the Peace Pal
nee came from many countries. The
prick which is the chief component, came
rom the famous fields near Leyden, while