The Washington herald., 1921-01-02
REBUILD WAR
AREAS TO AID
WORLD PEACE

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tury cathedral. For a long period
Rheims was the ecclesiastical capt
tai of France. During more than
two years it suffered from frequent
bombardments eliminating in Easter
week 1917, when thousands of shells
forced the few who remained of the
civil population to abandon their
home on Easter morning.
To Erect New Library.
proval of the French government
authorities, has appropriated funds
to erect and equip a new library
building which will stshd near the
Cathedral.
Belgrade, the capital of Serbia
since 1889, where Serbian independ-
ence was proclaimed on August %,
1878. was twice captured by the
enemy during the war. After the
first occupation an eye witness, u.
D. Ferrinan. reported, Among the
public buildings the museum is a
shapeless heap OF debris, and the
university is so much knocked about
that the plainest and cheapest rem
edy viii be an entirely new edifice"
In comniemoration OF the peoples
heroic defense, the Carnegie En-
dowment, with the approval Of the
Serbian government authorities, has
undertaken to erect and equip a
library building on the grounds of
the University at Belgrade.
Z. s. Minister Is Chairman.
haH
and committee to supervise the
work is being organized. H. Perci-
val Dodge, the American Minister at
Belgrade, has consented to act as
honorary chairman of the commit
tee, 1t is announced.
The reconstruction of agricuI-
tural areas. of mines and of man
ufacturing communities, it was
pointed out, involves so stupen-
dous an expenditure that they are
beyond the reach of any but gov
ernmental agencies. The trustees
of the Carnegie Endowment, there
fore, in selecting channels through
which their aid might be offered
to Belgium, France and Serbia,
chose such as would assist in re-
storing the broken intellectual and
religious life of the people.
Libraries in many foreign cities
are receiving collections of books
from the Carnegie Endowment.
The last collection provided by tho
endowment was installed in the
Sorbonne recently with elaborate
ceremonies attended by the Ameri-
can Ambassador. Hugh c.. Wallace.
and distinguished figures in educa-
tion and public life.
Gifts to Many Universfties.
The sorbonne collection COM
prises about 1000 carefully select
ed volumes, including works in |
history. science art, government.
sociology and literature. Similar
collections, it was announced, have
been presented by the Carnegie En-
dowment for international Peace
through the Division of Intercourse
and Education. to these institu-
tions:
The University of London, Lon
don; zentralbibliothek, Zurich; Lii
brary for American Studies in
Italy, Rome; The Hibiya Library.
Tokyo; Library of the Sorbonne,
Paris; Chinese Social and Political
Science Association, Peking.
The Division of Intercourse and
Education of the endowment,
through the inter-American Dtvis-
ion, has also given collections of
books on American history and in
stitutions in South America as fol-
lows:
Museo Social Argentine, Buenos
Aires, Argentine Republic, 10000
volumes; Bibliotheca NacionaI de
Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro,
Brazil, 2,403 volumes; Bibliothecai
de Estado de Sac Paulo, Sac Paulo,
Brazil. 92s volumes; UniversidadI h
Mayor de San Marcos. Lima, Peru,
2,SS4 volumes; Bibliotheca Naciona al Il
de Chile Santiago. Chile, ASA vol
umes; Bibliotheca Nacional dell
Uruguay, 1887 volumes; Facultad II
de Derecho de la Universidad de
Montevideo, Montevideo, Uruguay,
302 volumes; Institute Paraguayo, II
1887 volumes, and Factiftad de Il
Derecho de la Universidad Nacional,
Paraguay, 3o2 volumes.
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