Bisbee daily review., 1913-08-24
ID DEDICATE
 PEACE PALACE

THE HAGUE, Aug. 22.-The lazy Dutch capital is all astir in anticlpa. ton Of the great ceremony here next week, when the Palace of Peace. the si500000 gift Of Andrew Carnegie to the nations Of the world, is to be for. mally dedicated as the permanent | home of the International court of ar. bitration- The event will bring to- gether representatives of all the civ- ilized nations. Ir addition to the spe- cial envcys the attendance win in. | ciude the delegates 10 the Worlds | Peace Congress, which has been hold Ting it's sessions here this week, and many of the delegates to the approach Ing meeting of the Interparliamentary i Union.
 The notable participants in the ded. ] ication ceremonies will include Queen Whilhelmina and the Prince Consort and Mir. and Mrs. Andrew Carnegie. | The many judges of the International arbitration court. the foreign diplo- mats resident in The Hague and all | the prominent officials of the govern ment of The Netherlands will take ] part
 | The president of the Carnegie Foun- | dation. NJ. von Karnebeck. will make | speech iE French formally transferring [ the palace to the international court, ard the Minister Of Foreign Affairs | will make a brief speech of accept ance. At the conclusion of the cere- monies the hundreds of guests will make tour of inspection of the build ing and it's grounds.
 Those who have already beer privi- | legged to inspect the palace pronounce | it an edifice of unusual beauty and magnifcerce. It occupies a command ing site on the broad avenue connect ing The Hague with the popular sea side resort of Scexeningsn. The grounds comprise sixteen acres, which once were the garden Of the palace belonging to the late Princess Anna Paulowna, the grandmother of Queen WilheImina.
 The plans for the palace were drawn by M l.. NJ. Cordonnier, a cele- hrated French architect The design the exterior is pure Dutch The building is 26O feet square and is con structed of brick and store. In front is a broad terrace and in the rear is a
 magnificent grove Of trees. The main
 entrance is approached by an inclined
 plane instead of a flight of steps. At
 one corner of the building is an inn
 poing clock tower 260 feet high.
 The main floor is to be given over
 entirely to courtrooms and consulta-
 tion rooms. The great court in which the meetings of the international per
 manent court of arbitration and simi-
 lar conferences are to be held, is a
 splendid apartment of monumental
 character. It is reached through a
 wide corridor lined with Green and [ Italian marble. On one side of the chamber is a platform and bench Tor
 the tribunal. For q space Of thirty feet in front of it, protected by bal ustTaGe of carved mahogany, are ta- bles for lawyers, and back of them the remainder of the room and the several galleries may be occupied by delegates
 or visitors
 IF the corner of the main floor, at
 the base of the tower. IS smaller
 courtroom which is to be used for or,
 diDary arbitrations, which are usually
 conducted without spectators. Con , nected with the small courtroom are
 reading rooms, consultation roOms, a reference library and other convent l euces The basement will contain
 the offices of the secretary and staff of the permanent organization. room for newspaper correspondents, tel
 egraph office. a large restaurant and
 the heating and lighting plants. The upper floor of the building, which IS reached by a monumental stairway, contains the rooms of the administra'
 tive council and other officials or the permanent court, and several rooms
 which may be used as offices of the
 counsel in arbitration cases.
 At the time Of the laying of the cor
 nerstoae of the Palace Of Peace. in 1907. a resolution was passed inviting
 the fortv-six nations which sigEed the treaty for the permanent court to con trjbute material and objects Of art
 for the decoration of the edifce. Many of them responded iG a generous man nar The government of the United
 States contributed large marble
 srnup of statuary representiEg in al- Negory the purpose of the buhdils.
 HraziI furnished the mahogany for fin
 isbiug the great court and Mexico con
 ,ribUted the onyx for the monumental
 stairway. Great Britain gave four mag
 riacept staiued-glass windows which arc to afford light to the great court
 room. gave the granite for the arcade Sweden the granite for the basement
 Germany the monumental gates at the
 entrance of the building. The gift O. France consists Of a set of priceless
 CohaIip tapestries with which the
 erosI1er courtroom and one or more
 of thc consultation rooms Will "6
 hung.