The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1919-01-15
WORLD CITY AS
MODEL FOR ALL
Third in Series Of Four Articles by
Hendrick Anderson, on Capital
of Proposed League Of
{ Nations.
PLATO HAD SAME PLAN
All Human Interests to Have Place In
National Buildings to Form
Great City Of tho
World.
Thy Hendrix G. Anderson, Written lo'
The United Press.l

Thy Hendrix G.. Anderson, Written ~
The United Press.l
This is the third of series OF iouf
articles by Hendrix G. Anderson
American architect and student OF IN
ternational affairs, whose plan Tor
world city as the capital of the league
or nations is to be presented 10 Lhe
peace conference.
In the fourth and last article 70
morrow Anderson will describe the
physical plan Of his city and admins
trative center, and will touch upon
plan for paying for the construction
and maintenance of the city.l
The thought OF city THAT should de.
yelop and perfect humanity IS as oiu
as civilization. But the conception mas
changed with the changing ages.
| Plato in his Republic" dreams OF
city OF perfect Justice In 1T the wise
men, the philosophers, would MAKE
and enforce the laws and, guided Dy
their wisdom, would SO govern as 10
facilitate the greatest possible happi-
ness for all. And yet Plato's perfect
CITY state contemplated freedom Oh
thinking and acting for the favored IN
tellectual few The great masses were
still to toll to make possible the lie
giving thoughts of the philosophers.
Almost from the date Of the publ
cation Of Hugo Grctius' great work on
'.War and Peace" in 1925, the minds OF
thinking men have been turned toward
the idea Of world unity. This unity
should not spring from a world doml
nation like that Of ancient Rome, moi
from purely ideal conceptions Ike
those of the poet philosophers. 1t should
be capable Of ultimate realizauon
through the development OF the idea OF
Justice among nations and arrange
ments made between the rulers 0!
different states. Influenced by these
ideas, the great philosopher lmman
uel Kant, even before the day OF moo
ern Inventions, had dreamed OF form
OF organization and communion De
tween states which should lead to per
petlial peace.
The world center Of administration
for league OF nations is to be cen
ter OF business, science and 1nteill
gence, housed in special buildings ant
located within the boundaries or
model city, as washington rs for thu
u. S. A. Works of art, scientific discov
cries and new inventions Will be shown
thus forming an 1utelu2eHC Soulci "
ideas, methods. exchange, relations
and propagandas, and a mater
lei center of collections and o
a material center of collections and o
persons devoted as much to the stud!
es to the management of affairs hay
ing a worldwide and universal char
acter. 1t will be the world clearing
house for all that is best in cfviliza
ton. to be safeguarded by the league
OF nations.
In the stately and beautiful building:
of this center for league of nations
all human interests will have theil
place. Art. religion, education. juris
prudence. philosophy, all the sciences
physical culture and business. will
have their halls and exhibitions
wherein may gather the best minds o
the world. The nations will have theil
national buildings in which to presen
their natural products, their commerce.
and Industry.
In the field of Jurisprudence we now
have established several internationa
organizations of Importance, such as
the Inter-Parliamentary Union and the