New-York tribune., 1905-07-09
TREATIES OF PEACE.
President Night Get Nobel Prize for
Promoting One.


President Roosevelt TO congratulate him on his
successful efforts in behalf OF peace between
Japan and Russia The venerable prelate on
leaving the White House said to his interviewers
that he thought the President was indeed IAN
angel of peace on earth" Not only that, but
there seems to be a well defined opinion among
Washington advocates of peace that President
Roosevelt has established valid claim to one
Of the Nobel prizes. of which there are
five distributed every year. These five an
nual prizes are given to the persons who have
made the most important discovery in physical
science. in chemistry in physiology or medicine.
TO the author producing the most notable liter
airy work in the sense of idealism, and to the
person having done the most or the best in the
work of establishing the brotherhood of nations
for the suppression or reduction of standing
armies. as we'll as for the propagation of peace
and the formation of conferences.
The Nobel prizes take their name from Alfred
Nobel, who died in 1897. and by his will pro-
vided that five prizes of $4,000 each be given to
those who lin the course of the preceding year
shall have rendered the greatest service to hu-
manity." His fortune of about $10.OO0,O00 was
to be devoted to this purpose. President Roose-
veit's fame peacemaker will thus be assured
the pages of the worlds great events. OF
peacemakers the Bible says in James i'll. Is:
And the fruit of righteousness is sown in peace
of them that make peace" and. again, in St.
Matthew V, 8: Blessed the peacemakers:
for they shall be called the children of God"
Writing of peace In his Spirit of Laws" Baron
de Montesquieu claims that the noblest treaty
Of peace ever mentioned in history is in my
opinion, that which Gelon made with the Car
thaginians. He insisted upon their abolishing
the custom of sacrificing their children. Glorious
indeed! After having defeated 100000 Cartha-
ginians he required condition that was ad-
vantageous only to themselves. or rather he
stipulated in favor of human nature"
OF other treaties of peace, history relates that
May g. 1860 the treaty called the Great Peace"
was signed at Bretigny. by which Edward
III renounced all his claims TO the French crown
and it's territories. The Peace of Religion was
signed August 2. 1853, at Passau. on the Danube,
between the Confederates under Maurice of
Saxony and the Emperor Charles V, establishing
the Protestant Church in Germany. The Ger
man Thirty Years War concluded by the
treaty of westphalia, October "a. 164S. This
war began in 1913 having grown out Of the
Reformation 1t spread from end Of Ger
many to the other, and left the country scene
of desolation and disorder, wasted by fire, sword
and plague, which was followed by great scar
city owing TO a deficiency of laborers. The art
of war was the only one that had gained any
thing, and that principally by the genius of
Gustayus Adolphus, who made an era In military
tactics and the first who had train OF
artillery in his army. On November Is. 1655,
peace was proclaimed between England and
France. The celebrated peace of Utrecht was
concluded April IL. 1713. and with it the Twelve
Years War for the throne of Spain. in which the
principal powers of Europe had been engaged.
at a vast expense of life and treasure. The
peace of Aix-la- Chapelle. between England,
France and Spain was conSummated October IL,
174S The British in this war took 249 Spanish
and 21S5 French prizes. The Spaniards capt
ured / 800 and the French 1878 vessels. re-
markable peace between England and France
was signed at Fontainebleau November 3,
1862 On February TO- 1763. a treaty of peace
was signed at Paris between France, Spain and
Great Britain. by which the latter retained pos
session of Canada and Florida, besides many
important islands in the West Indies and along
the coast which had been recently captured by
the British.
The preliminary articles Of peace between Eng
land and this country were signed at Paris. No
vember 80. 1882 Definite articles of peace
signed at Paris between England. France, Spain
and America, and the treaty of peace between
Great Britain and the United States was pro-
claimed October 6, 1888. The United States had
come TO an understanding with the Emperor of
Morocco and treaty of peace between the two
powers signed July 16 1886. Peace between
Bonaparte and the King of Prussia was ratified
at Tilsit on July II, 1907. A formal treaty of
peace, friendship and alliance entered into
between Great Britain and Spain. January IA
1909. The treaty of peace between the United
States and Great Britain was signed at Ghent
November "a. 1914. and treaty of peace be-
tween Denmark and England signed at Kie
January IA. 1914 President Madison, on Febru-
ary IS, 1875 ratified the treaty of peace between
the United States and Great Britain. A treaty
of peace concluded June 80. 1915 between
the United States and Algiers in which the Dey
relinquished the payment of tribute to the AL
gerines released the prisoners and made resti-
tuition for American property captured by his
cruisers. The Emperors of Austria. Russia and
Prussia. September 26. 1915. at Paris. signed a
treaty of peace and alliance.
According to a treaty of peace between Great
Britain and China. concluded August 30. 1643
the Chinese were compelled to pay S2l 900 00O
open five of their principal ports and cede the
island OF Hong Kong to the British. A treaty of
peace signed March 3O 1856 at Paris be-
tween the French English and Turks on one
side and the Russians the other. This treaty
terminating the Crimean war. ratified Al pril
81 1856 General Lee surrendered his army to
General Grant on April 8. 1855. and General
Sherman agreed to a basis of peace with Cen
eral Johnson, April is. which approved by
Jefferson Davis and Breckenridge treaty of
peace concluded at Vienna. October 80
1854, between the Prussians and Austrians on
one hand and the Danes the other. Accord
ing 10 it's terms, the King of Denmark renounced
Schleswig- -Holsten and -Lauenburg. The peace
of Prague between Prussia and Austria was
signed on August 2S, 1866 and the peace of Vien-
ma between Austria and Italy was concluded on
October 3. 1866 anne2ing Venetia to Italy.