The Meridian times. (Meridian, Idaho) 1909-1938, 1921-09-09
WORLD CAPITAL
. CITY PLANNED
n. G. ANDERsEN's SCHEME TO BE
PRESENTED TO THE COMING
DISARMAMENT MEET.
IDEA is THIRTY YEARS OLD
Headquarters for All the Nations May
. Be Founded Within Next Five
-ostend 10 at Present the
: Favored Site.
IN EpwARp 3. cLk-l.


Washington. Efforts to interest del
egates at President Harding's disarm-
ament conference In the founding of
b world capital city" will be made by
Hendrick Christian Andersen, Norwe-
gian-American sculptor, author and
scientist, who has spent S125,000 fos-
tering his international metropolis
among European governments.
Announcement of the revival of the
movement to establish world capital,
which was halted by the war, was
made by It. w. Fitzpatrick, con-
gulting architect, who is the United
States commissioner for the Andersen
organization pushing the idea. 1t Is
proposed tentatively to establish the
dream city" at 0stend, the Belgian
seaport. Advocates of the plan will
petition the disarmament conference
delegates to approve the creating of
b model city which will be the head
quarters of art, science, literature,
trades, commerce and world peace.
E Plan Wonder City.
SIN Europe the League of Nations
is always thought of In connection
with great peace city," said Mr..
Fitzpatrick. "At present some of the
best minds of the world are at work
devising means of financing, building
and governing this city. Ultimately
1t will be not only the official center
Of the world, the seat of the League
Of Nations, but 1t will develop vast
art galleries, colleges as clearing
houses for scientific Information, an
exchange for fixing world prices and
a gathering place for the medical pro-
Ression. An International weather bu-
feau will flash wireless reports and
warnings.
"Mr. Andersen, who has been ham,
mering away at the utopfan idea for
the last 80 years, is coming to the
United States for the Harding con-
ference. His plans are already sub
btantiaRy approved by the European
premiers- Il Is probable that his old
friend, Secretary of State Hughes, will
introduce him when the world capt.
tai plans are presented to the disarm-
ament conference.
Sees Start Tin Five Years.
Il wouldn't be surprised if we see
foundations laid for the world capital
within the next five years. There will
pc no poverty, no slums, no iIliteracy
10 this international metropolis An
educated public opinion will be the
prophylactic that will keep things
straight.
Mr.. Andersen's idea was so we'll
received at the very beginning that
plans were made not only for build
ing to house an international parlia-
nent, but whole world community.
ALI the great International bodies,
medical, jurisprudence and so on, are
interested and ready to subscribe.
ernest Hebard, architect of the French
government, devoted a good part of
pine years to drawing the city's plans.
he had the assistance of some of the
greatest engineers, sculptors and
painters.
surveys were made at different |
available points-near Cairo, near
antwerp, near Paris, in Switzerland |
and in New Jersey. General opinion |
Today favors ostend, compliment to I
Belgium, and, for practical consider
atoms, seaport.
The possibilities and potentialities
Df the project are Unreasonable. The
world is ready for closer organization |
and greater Capitalization for the d.
.recton of mass efforts. Nothing
would conduce more to real interna-
Sionalism, ideal democracy, than the
building of this CITY,"
MIR. Fitzpatrick for years was con-
sultfng architect with the government
at washington. He was one of the
heslgners of the Chicago post office
building, and several large business
structures there. He has just recently
moved to Chicago, where he will MAIN
tam the offices Of the world capital
society.
Country Club for congressman.
members of congress who have
TAKEN the initiative toward organ
lzlng country club for their use and
Tue use OF government officials are
encouraged to believe that they 4
WIZ De able to "put over" the PROPOSE
sion' Several weeks ago a circular
setter was sent out, signed by COM
lhlttee consisting Of Representatives
Luhring Of Indiana, Cole of Ohio, Fish '
Or New York and Bland of Indiana.
representative Luhring states that I
more than 200 replies have been re- c
retSed, indicating a strong interest In q
Lle undertaking among congressman, 3
government officials and army officers.
lie site selected is the old Campbell t
arm, beyond Cabin John Bridge, out
pa the Conduit road. There is an
'IeVen-room house with three baths,
'hd plenty OF land there for cottage 8
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