PALACE OF PEACE
OFFICIAL OPENING. TRIBUTE TO MB CARNEGIE. Pimi Awociition—By vMesraph-Copyrisht THE HAGUE, August 28. The Peace Palace was opened by the Queen of Holland. A number of royalties attended. All the speakers paid a tribute to Mr Carnegie's generosity. The hall will contain the busts of King Edward VII, Sir Randall Cremer (the founder of the National Arbitration League), Hugo Grottos (the pioneer in international law),-and W. T. Stead. The last-mentioned was presented by Dutch journalists.
(Times-Sydney Sun Special Cables.) LONDON, August 28. (Received Aug. 29, at 7.40 p.m.) The Times welcomes the completion of the work on many grounds. It states that the British Government, with the entire approval of the nation, has shown its readiness before now both to refer its disputes with its'neighbours to the, judgment of arbitrators and to abide by the decision. The Delagoa Bay case is only one instance among a number. The Times adds : "We have every wish that this example shall be widely followed Even if the tribunal fails to avert armed conflicts it may still help to shorten their duration,
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 15856, 30 August 1913, Page 9
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