New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-07-05
HOW PEACE IS DECLARED
MORE COMPLICATED THAN A DECLARA-
TON OF WAR.
WHAT MAY BE DONE TO STOP THE PRESENT con-
FLICT-PREAMBLEs AND PROVISIONS
OF FORMER TREATIES

WHAT MAY BE DONE TO STOP THE PRESENT con-
FLIcT-PREAMBLEs AND PROVISIONS
OF FORMER TREATIES
From The Detroit Free Press.
AS Will be realized when the occasion arrives.
declaration Of peace will be a matter much more
complicated and ceremonious than was the declaTa,
/ ton OF war. Spains movements will be guided
| with a view OF making the best possible showing
IN the formal treaty which is to PING hos nos ra.
WINGED Of her sincerity in counting peace at me
price set by him and that she Is not seeKins ie
| 70 revolve the wheels OF the peacemakns ma"
The etiquette OF peace making is as strict as that
OF war-nakng Pending negoiiations Tor permIs
tce-that is to say d temporary peace. Neither
side may take advantage of such truce by max
others guns II Havana any other Spanish city
Is under siege. however, II Will be permissible tor
neither Snoin nor o the nted States nav do any
thing during the armisticc which the other might
have prevented It from doing at the exact moment
ha e iruGe began to taKe cree to ih
Continental possessions ~ either belIigerent. we
cruit new men. and otherwise act here on TN
mainland as though the war were going on, and
sions hostiites have not Just been In progress;
Finding that her cities blockaded under Siege
were on the verge OF starvation. i would be a
with the hone OF entering with supplies during rs
we would probably agree that sufficient food he
admitted during the arm!stice to last the starving
people only few days at a tiine-thus preventing
an rh ady van .:',, Of long standing
treaty OF peace with Spain has been signed ratified
ana proclaimed by both Countries II has happened
a warfare between them. not through a formal
treaty Of peace but through utter exhaustion
closed without a formal treaty Of peace. because
Confederacy' and ,horr remained no power Win
Whlch 10 treat II is not probable that Spain VII
Il mas LOST her political Identity.
The treaty Of peace wiz. Of course. excite the
matters in dispute between us and Spain or II may
not. Sometimes nations find themselves so thor
possible 20 .enumerate what they agree to be wrong
co you NV VII w. turn 80 ne tGn OF hfn @
cult problems unsolved.
sech cases agree TO e
that IT is right. But without doubt We will not
IS Guaranteed in black and white. The documen.
WILL probably contain the agreement in detail OF
10 give US Porto Rico and the Philippines and 10
We may ask for all Of tho islands preferring 10
hold on TO Cuba for while before handing il over
enormous indemntv for The Ph,jinolnes Nrranro-
viii bc made FOR the resumption OF com
both sides OF prisoners Of war. The latter will he
kept only so long es is absolutely necessary after
the establishment OF neace-to arrang" Tor their
return. They will be returned man for man. Of
more than Spain can thus exchange. we may charge
sum OF money or agree 20 some other allowance
War will not actually come 10 a close untl after
both governments have ratified the peace treaty.
through ignorance OF tho Tine liked in the treaty
must be released. and all other acts Of warliks
nature undoae as far As possihl"
When il was announced that Spain would send
per TWO meets 10 me in ippines IL was SUSPECTED
lay foundation for protest by some Of the Powers
known rs '',he title ~ completed conquest" ~
course VIII insist IN ~" treaty that cities terri
tories. islands or any other Spanish possessions
the document is signed shall IAN 70 bee disposed
ye, CONDEMNED by prize court. viii h~ held hy rs
land But II We do not wish 70 hold any posses
sion thus l"gtima''ly fallng 90 us-as cuba. FOR
treaty IL The treaty howcscr. docs not provide
FOR the disposai Of any Of these Islands. It wi. re-
navy holds It at the time Of ratin-aton
Some publicisis 10 whom the writer If Indebted
TO itemize an Of me necessary agreomenis a pre-
lim.nary treaty establishing an end to th' war
separate articles may hnerwhrd be added until
every POM Is settled cuba though aiding us
not being recognized a. governfncni by Spain
However. 20 avoid complication We may insist upon
clause ir favor Of cuba ne eject = with Hi
BE- That the peace shall surely extend over that
Tho first practical stop toward . treaty o, peace
viii be the appointment rs both governments =
pIenipotenuari"s authorized - meet ami draw up
such document our picnipoten'ares must he
T m 20 ny how me az II no s-,aehsd
either $40. Three were appointed In IA to draw
Great Britain while mat Government was rcprc-
sented by but one. The treaty OF peace ending the
American plenipotontiarie-. that ending the Mcxi-
can War by three Donr ana one American The
point FOR this important duty although. Of course
Il would be premature for THOR names to be men
Adams. then Minister to the Nethcrlands: Ron'a-
min Franklin. Minister to the Court Of vcr.nii!es.
and John Jay. Minister to Madrid acting 10 us
end by Dayid Ear,Iey. NJ p: actng FOR Great
isi2 was signed at GHent in IsiI by John Saincy
Adams. Minister 10 Russia; j. A Bayard.
House Of Representatives; Albcr7 Gailatin. Sec
rotary OF the Treasury and Jonathan Russell.
Guadalupe fiidalgo with Mexico. in 1870 was Nlco-
las Trist exAssistant Secretary Of state Prosi-
dent Mckinley VIII. Therefore. De permitted by
precedent 10 appoint as plcnipoientaries 10 form
public life who may I've acceptable to al parties
conccrned-Bcnjamin Harrison. FOR instance.
We're the treaty signed In Washington the Score
tary Of State might be appointed. bat # "a contrary
pressure on either side would be avoided in nen.
raj comfy The SHINING 81 the treaty Of Qua
dalupe rdnlpo In Mexico. however. was mn cs-
signed In l7s3 between Great Britain on one side
and Frarce Spain and tho United States the
other. was also nm exception. Paris being within
the territory Of ono Of The governments involved.
The treaty having been drawn by the Spanish
and American plenipoien,iarrs. instructed by the
Ministry OF FOREIGN Affairs AT Madrid and the State
Department nj Wellington. II must ncyt be sub
Initted 10 he respective governments FOR rathca-
ton II VIII therefore he printed upon parchment
IN two EDITIONS. one English ana IN" other Spanish
The ratification on our part must b" done by tho
Senate. The treaty having AT last been ratihet
by both governments peace Will be formally an
nounced In hoth-in America by a Presidential
proclamation.
Judging from precedents. tho Spanish American
treaty OF peace will be an Interesting document
from n purely literary point OF view. Makers Of
treaties Of al kinds fond OF inserting many
hourishes possible. The preambes Of treaties
Of peace are especially rich with high -fown
phrases. The treaty OF Paris begins thus:
In the Name OF the Most Holy and Undivided
Trinity:
1T having pleased the Divine Providence to dis
pose the hearts Of the most and most potent
Prince George the third. by the grace OF God King
Of Great Britain. France and ireland. Defender Of
the Faith. Duke Of Brunswick and I.uncburg.
Arch Treasurer and Prince EeCtOr Of the Holy
Roman Empire Sea, and OF the United States OF
America, 10 forget all past MISUNDERSTANDING"
etc.