Hague Court

For the erection of a Temple of Peace to house a comprehensive library of international law and to include a courtroom that can be used as a meeting place for the Permanent Court of Arbitration, Andrew Carnegie on 25 April 1903 donated the sum of $1,500,000 to be administered by the government of the Nether lands as trustee for the other signatory powers of The Hague Convention of 29 July 1899.

The temple was designed by the French archi tect L. M. Cordonnier.

Decisions Rendered.— On 14 Oct. 1902 In the matter of the case of the Pious Fund of the Californias between the United States and Mexico.

On 22 Feb. 1904— Respecting the prefer ential claims of the creditor nations of Vene zuela under the protocols of 7 May 1903.

On 22 May 1905 — In the difference between France, Germany and Great Britain on the one hand, and Japan on the other, respecting leases held in perpetuity.

On 22 May 1909 —In the matter of the Casa blanca dispute between France and Germany.

On 8 Aug. 1909— In the matter of the dis pute between Great Britain and France, respect ing the right of certain Muscat Dhows to fly the French flag.

On 23 Oct. 1909— Respecting the maritime boundary between Norway and Sweden.

On 7 Sept. 1910— In the North Atlantic Fisheries case between the United States and Great Britain.

On 25 Oct. 1910— In the Orinoco steamship case between the United States and Venezuela.

On 24 Feb. 1911 —In the uSavarkar" case between Great Britain and France.

On 3 May 1912—Claim of the Canevaro Brothers.

When the war in Europe began there were two cases pending before The Hague Court; in 1915 three were pending.

The members of the Permanent Court rep resenting the United States, as shown by the list corrected to 1 Sept. 1915, were Judge George Gray, ex-Secretary Straus, ex-Secretary Elihu Root and Prof, John Bassett Moore.

Consult Foster, 'Arbitration and The Hague Court' (1904) ; Holls, 'The Peace Conference at The Hague' (1900) ; Hicks, 'Equality of States and Hague Conferences' (19(0k) ; Scott, 'Hague Peace Conferences' (1909) ; Higgins, 'Hague Peace Conferences' (1909) ; Lynch, 'Peace Problems' (1911) ; Gulick, S. L., 'The Fight for Peace) (New York 1915).