To borrow the phrase of a writer in the Manchester
Guardian, "It is to be regarded as a parable of internationalism in terms of visible art," and the mixture of effects, though it may offend the purist, is not unimpressive in its profuse magnificence. The greatest drawback about the building is the fact that the largest hall has only room for three hundred persons, and the necessary restriction of the audience at the opening ceremony has led to loud protests. On Friday Sir Alan Johnstone, the British Minister, unveiled a statue of King Edward, and Mr. Carnegie unveiled a bust of Sir .Randal Cremer. In the course of his speech Mr. Carnegie emphasized the economic factors that make for international peace, congratulated the German Emperor on having recently celebrated his twenty-fifth year of peaceful reign, "his hands unstained by human blood," and appealed to him to invite the chief civilized nations to confer upon the best means of ensuring world-peace which his own Empire had enjoyed so long.
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