Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1916-02-06

70 which they have sworn themselves
az the feet OF Christ the Dellverer"
Tells of Peace Palace,
The subjects OF the stained glass
re various phases % peace. a big
ststue above the main entrance shows
PessSe with her sword sheathed." The
was officially opened in 1918, but no
peace conference has been held since,
although one was 70 have been held last
that az the end OF tho great war the
official conference will meet in the peace
palace at The Hague.
down town to TIE SRaPd sSiS ana ~ tbe
old prison. The "Raaderhusf In an old
building, and built about 1880; we went
bell and were admitted up a dark clam
my flight OF stairs, up which we went
70 the assembly room where parliament,
the queens throne. where Queen WubeI.
nina sits on the opening day OF parlia.-
ment. The interior OF pure gothic archi-
bs ssyT ,N with high vaulted timber roof,
The peace conference met here in 1907
From the Raaderhus we went 10 the ola
pIlsson, Gevangenpoort-a small building
cuddled under an arched gateway We
went first into the torture room, where
..hhey had al sorts OF instruments used by
me me ln9uisition. Al around the room
nuns manacles, chains, axes and torture
instruments, In the center Of the room
was wooden bench, followed into the
form OF a human. body; fastened to the
slue were the racks to which they were
screwed, and the heavy iron hammer
with which the bones were crushed and
me death blow dealt. There was ma
chihc where the victim was chained to
the wall, and an iron band placed about
his waist, and gradually tightened crush
ing Ms life out As the English would
There was a death cell across the court
ana above II a cell where people wera
starved to death-so situated that the
doors from the kitchen went in through
inc barred window, 70 increase the suf-
fering Of the tortured victim. We went
up winding stone stairs, and saw the
cell where the famous Dewitt brothers
were kept prisoners In dark cells, where
were true dungeons, with double barred
windows and damp, black Interiors.
Visits Famous spot.
We left the prison and viewed what Is
consldered TO be the most beautiful spot
prison and the Riddarhus. where are the
old palaces Of the House of Orange. We
IN ana t ssw E sSns cafe the to
medish people we had yet seen in Eu-
We took a tram for scheveningen. the
seaside resort OF Holland, and viewed the
enormous hotels, cafes and amusement
places, although everything was closed.
with its winding streets and odd peasant
costume Of white high caps OF lace. with
od re ttuF se,ssS pins tb we on buried back
was being played which was very impress
sively rendered. The next morning we
with the delegates, at which Mrs. Feis'
DR.. Jones, Judge Lindsay and Mr.. Loeb
ner spoke. and babe us goodby and god
hurried away from the rather depressed
crowd and took the train to Leiden to
see the university. 1t is a university of
four departments, law. theology. .medi-
CINE. and philosophy. The University OF
Leiden was given by william, the Silent
against the attacks Of the Duke OF Alya:
he gave them their choice of exemption
sity; they Chose the latter which today
has the richest students of any univer-
slty on the continent. We came back TO
art saiiery the MS1Titzhuls where s 1--WE we
saw originals of such masters as Reb-
brandt, R9bens. Holbeln, Van Dyke.
We saw artists making copies. Just as
you read about in books. We also saw
Rembrandt's portrait Of himself and his
others.
Sees Delft Factory.
Trying to finish up the sights, at the
last minute, we caught a train TO Delft
famous Delft ware Is made made; that exo
quisite blue ware found nowhere else in
the world, and made by secret process,
get PERMISSION to visit the the factory, but
the magic name OF Ford" got us
through. We went, also. into the Nieuwe
about 1850 1t is the Westminster Abbey
OF Holland, and in its cold, gray interior
are buried the members of the royal FAM
times. Here Is the tomb of William the
silent-a magnificent and impressive
tomb Of black and. white marble, with a
hero. Here also Is the tomb OF Hugo de
Groot, better known as Grotius. During
the first Hague conference the United
his tomb. The whole floor OF the apse !
Is made up OF tombstones OF forgotten |
princes and princesses-most OF them
the inscription could not be read) The |
sexton showed us some very old Bibles |
snd little coke stov . used as foot warm,
no other heating. ! hurried back to a |
farewell dinner at The Hague and cut
e short 70 find time TO pack. And then.
America In few hours, / went into a |
book stall and almost missed my train |
for Rotterdam while l wandered through |
books.
Boards NOordam.
The whole peace crowd accompanied us |
70 Rotterdam, where we boarded the good |
snip anu DdOe our last KOOQDye |
to the delegates. I am afraid that in |
writing about all my Sightseeing you |
VIII think the students did nothing else |
but l only do this because the recurring |
repetition of receptions, teas and mass
meetings Is not very interesting, But we |
mad grown intensely interested in the re- |
SUIT OF the mission, and We all regretted |
exceedingly that we could not see the |
close OF the peace pilgrimage We babe |
the remaining members be of good cheer, |
and made them promise to wireless 10 |
US the delegates chosen for the perma- 1
nent committee which was to sit at either |
oyertures to the belligerent nations.
This about concludes the news as far |
as Europe is concerned, and have fin /
ished the last part OF II in time TO mail |
II at Falmouth, where the ship docks 10 /
take on passengers from England and !
France. We are due In New York on |
the twenty-third, and letters mailed 10 /
the Bntmore will reach me at that time" /
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