The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-10-02

during the invasion Of 1914. Cardinal
Mercier has given his endorsement. to
the plan, particularly to that feature of
1t that provides for the raising Of the
money by popular subscription, and the
King and Queen of Belgium Will be
told of the movement at the earliest
opportunity after they land In New York
to-day.
The executive committee of the Ma
tiOnal Committee. which has direct
charge Of the campaign. is composed Of
DR.. Nicholas Murray Butler. president of
Columbia University; Thomas w. La
mont of J. L. Morgan & Co, Alexander
]. Hemphill of the Guaranty Trust Com
pany. K. II. Outerbridge. president of
the Chamber of Commerce of the State
OF New York, and Herbert Putnam, Ii
brarian OF Congress. j. Il. Morgan q
Co. will be the official depository OF the
fund, and banks in Chicago, st. Louis,
st. Paul, Los Angeles, Cincinnati and
Seattle also will receive contributions.
They may also be sent to Dr. Butler at
Columbia University.
An active campaign to raise the money
Is to be begun at once, and II is hoped
to raise the amount with contributions
from all classes, so that the gift will
be truly representative of the United
States. Sufficient money has been OBJ
tanned already to pay the expenses OF
the campaign for the fund, and every
cent collected will be applied to the
erection and equipment OF the library
building
Statement Issued.
In a statement issued last night after
the meeting the executive comittee said:
THE wanton destruction in 1914 of
the beautiful historic buildings of the
University of Louvain and of the rare
and costly books and documents OF the
library OF the university stirred pro-
fopndly the entire civilized world.
Twenty-nine countries were represented
In an international committee formed
almost Immediately at Paris for the
restoration of the University of Lou
vain.
National committees appointed by
the international committee have been
working in their respective countries
and the national committee OF the
United States is now ready to act for
the American people. Its share Of the
work will be the erection and equip
ment of new library building at an
estimated cost of 100000"
This resolution was adopted by the
men who attended the meeting in the
Morgan library:
RESOLVED, That the national commit
tee of the United States for the restora-
ton of the University of Louvain, in
recognition of the irreparable loss to the
University of Louvain by fire and pillage
of beautiful buildings and rare docu-
ments, shall undertake the collection of
the sum of $500, 900 for the purpose Of
erecting and equipping a library build
ing, to be presented as a free gift to the
University of Louvain from the people
of the United States of America as
contribution toward the reestablishment
of this illustrious and ancient university
and as a permanent memorial of the SER
vices of the Belgian people in defence of
human liberty"
Personnel of Committee.
Those enlisted in the enterprise as
members of the National Committee of
the United States for the Restoration of
the University of Louvain include Cardi-
nal Gibbons, ex-President Charles w.
Eliot of Harvard, President A. Lawrence
Lowell of Harvard. President Edwin A.
Alderman of the University of Virginia.
Larz Anderson, ex-Minister to Belgium :
Charles ]. Bonaparte, ex-Attorney-Gen-
eral of the United States; William
Crocker OF San Francisco President w
Fl. r. Faunce of Brown University.
President John Grier Hibben of Prince
ton. Myron T. Herrick. ex-Ambassador
to France; Charles Page Bryan, ex-
Minister to Belgium; Bishop Thomas F.
Gailor of Tennessee, James NJ. Beck,
Elihu Root. Thomas F. Ryan, ex-Presi-
dent William II. Taft, Melville L. Stone,
Edward d. White, Chief Justice of the
United States Supreme Court Owen
Wister, Henry Lane Wilson, Oscar S.