HAGUE, THE

(Dutch’s Gravenhage), cap. of Netherlands (52° 3’ N., 4° 18’ E£.), 2 m. from North Sea; traversed by numerous canals; royal palace, castle of Counts of Holland (Dutch Parliament House), famous picture-gallery, museums, fine Bosch Park, etc.; originally a hunting lodge of Counts of Holland, 12th cent.; numerous treaties arranged here; Triple Alliance between England, Sweden, and Netherlands 1668; peace between Austria, Spain, and Savoy 1717; identified with peace movement; famous Peace Conferences 1899, 1907; Carnegie Palace of Peace completed in 1913; but for the World War a Peace Conference ‘would have been held in 1917. Ohief industries, copper and lead smelting, iron foundries, printing works, carriages, gold and silver lace. Pop. (including Scheveningen on the coast), i921, 353,286. '