The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-02-05
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II D battle tough; BY The peace dipia~
I mats az Paris was none the Tess
difficult than :hat won AZ M2niaa- After
the battles whether by land or water, are
over. then re diplomats come II, ID each
side strives % gain and retain the SUI
premacy. Dewey woa Mania ana tAe
Philippines when he sent the Spanish snaps
80 the bottom ot the bay of Caylte, bat
il rested with the peace commission which
lately "a. In co1clave al Paris - deter
mine how much America should De be0e-
fitted oy the battles won by Dewey. Sa-ag-
son or Schley.
Nearly every treaty that has been ar
been attended by a procedure similar -
that which was followed 10 conclude the
war between the United States and SPAN.
First, there IS I cessation % hosiI}tles-
Then comes the pratC@ol CT IL preliminary
peace TIE preliminary peace s net ne
me Is ar arIniSIsce- America refused 20
grant an aEmls,tce 70 Spain-wh4ca would
have been a decided advantage To the con-
Qnered country. An armis,tce leaves tha
question % the war unsettled. 1he pre-
iminary peace comes only after an assur-
anee OF redress IS obtained.
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< PEACE commission IS usually selected
~ from the ablcst authorities on inter-
national law Every nation Is allowed by
International law 20 employ its own Ian
guage in its treaties, whether fo~ peace
or any other purpose. Until the
eighteenth century almost al ~ .Ae peace
treaties were effected through, tho LAIN
language. because all cdUSate1 Men were
cenyersant with this tongue more than
any other; and then, throuEh t1e tT.l}.l-
ence of the Catholic church. Latin Was
the polite language Of Europe The
treaties of Westphal.a, Riswick. and
later Ctrcch. and Rasta3t, were effected
in the Latin language. After Il while
French became the polite language of
Europe. and peace treaties were conduct
ed through this medium. German became
later the language Of diplomacy. but now
English has become popular. England
and America naturally make their
treaties in our language. The Chinese
Japanese treaty Was also written in En-
glish. The peace treaty between Amer
lea and Spain was written in English.
Spanish and French.
The most famous peace treaties have
been; r. G. 81. the emf of Caesars eight
years campaig4. in Gaul; the peace
treaty Of Westphalia. which concluded
the thirty years war in which Gustavus
AdolphUs fought so valiantly. This thirty
years war grew out OF the religious
hatred Of Catholic and Protestant. The
whole OF continental Europe was tn
volved, aud after thirty years Of war this
treaty became the basis OF the modern
map IF Europe The independence of
Holland and Switzerland was recognized
and the equality Of the three religious
communities, Catholic, Lutheran and
Caivinist. established. Alsace was given
TO France and a part Of Pomerania given
to Sweden.
The peace treaty Of the Pyrenees. No
vember :. 1863. ended the twenty years
war between France and Spain. one of
the terms II the treaty was the marriage
of Louis XIV. to Maria Theresa, which
was TO her q great misfortune.
The peace Of f{iswick ended ten
years war between France and the prin-
cipal powers OF Europe. 1t was during
this war that the Dutch opened the
sluices and let in the German ocean.
- - -
THE war OF the Spanish succession
which VAS caused 10y Louis aupuort
Of the claim of Philip Of Auiou. his son
10 the crown bcqgeathed him 10y Charles
II 81 Spain, after dragging aioug fer
fourteen years vas terminated by the
treaty Of Utrecht.
The war OF he Austrian succession
after eight years Of most terrible car
mage. was ended by tho treaty Of Aix-la-
Cha gelle
Canada came into tho possession os
France by the treaty Of Paris dated Feb
rualy -, 1853. Great Britain coded France
some West Indian isiands.
The most important treaty NEGOTIATED
~ he Tutte8 Statee va~ that ~ Paris
In I,>s Il WAS signed three gears aftc.
The surrender Of CornwaIi.S and in II
Franklin jay. Adams and Laurcns won
ae great .ict1ry aS did WASHINGTON At
Yorktown Independence agreed upon.
the most important point was ths deter
miHation - boundaries. Great Britain
tried q ccnfue us q the original colo
'es. hut the Americans he'd out FOR IN.
Mississippi rs a boundary End Franklin
refused 20 corceae west lands 20 the
Tories. The fishery cQntentlons II today
are mainly due o. the failarc 0f Franklin
an3 Jay 70 recognize their great impor-
tancs.
The Napoleonic wars ended with tba
hanishmeut Of the emperor 70 st Helena
The treaty with Mexico ended til. NJ
car war. BY 4, Mexico lost California and
New Mexico, America paving SIS ot0 90
The Crimean war was followed hy the
treaty Of Paris March o. 1896
There was 80 peace treaty after our
own civil war The surrender u Cen
Lee virtually ended The war in April ler5
The Franco-Prussieu war gave Ger
many the whip iiand over France. Nav
~ 1871. Germany. driving a hard bargain
with France. succeeded in obtaining Al
SAGE and Lorraine and s. ooa ass1 esq
The war between Turkey and Russia
~as ended IN 1Sf7 ~ the treaty - Berlin
tbs iast treaty, before that % ours fls.
made with Spain. VAS between Japan and
China. This was the 8rst orleu.a! treaty
conducted on Capea e'au plans.
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II has been letsg announced IN %av
York city thaf tae grip. v5tb otte.
Outrageous aiseaSas. IS communicate
srrely through tho telephone 1'her. a..
ss1s- telephones b. New York eItv an-
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