Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-29

upon which they would be granted
parole, The gallant NirgInun accepts
ed, ana that IN cnool was an tho peace
treaty that hue over existed between
the federal government and the Con-
| fodowcN
IN The peace treaty That concluded tho
Franco. pruHfiNu war Germany drove
Il hard bargain Win her defeated en-.
| envy 1ho klisrrs army was ontronoh.
ed Just outside of Paris whom the pre-
limlnurioH wtrc signed After the cape
luro Of the gay capital Emperor VII"
liam added 20 the original demand nm
indemnity Of tl'cj,OOO,OOO NJ THEIRS
succeeded ~ Having this slupondous
sum reduced Ia ,O00,00OOOO, Most
FALLING OF all was the conversion Of tho
long disputed Aleac0 and Lorraine into
| GWmun provinces I'm tho following
spring the dcnnillvo treaty was signed
| nt Frankfurt .nm. Main and the orIgl-
| nal articles were confirmed Germany
! gained Il territory ~ about $500 ,quara
milos containing 100000 population,
al OF which had once boon taken from
II by the French
The htost war between Russia and
| Turkey that Of 1874 was ended by tho
/ preliminary peace ~ san Stofano fol-
lowed by The treaty of Berlin II has
| mover been diniout Tor Christian ma
| ton to mud n protest for beginning a
quarrel with the TURK, ana the cznra
| excuse was the massacre Of the Chrls-
| tlans In Bulgaria by the bnshl- bagouks,
| As II was evident that Turkey was
| likely 10 get the most thorough drub.
| bling she had over received, the powers
| lntorforod and insisted upon a treaty.
| The sultan was a tremendous loser, but
| the Turk sim remained IN power suf-
nclcnt 10 preserve the peace Of Eu-
| rope"
ono Of the most important peace
treaties negotiated In modern limos
was that ol Slmonosoki between china
and Japan II ~ especially noteworthy
bccouto II was the nrst peace treaty
between oriental nations conducted aft
| cr the Caucasian fashion, II ~ inter.
cstlng to Americans because John W.
| Foster once the head Of the American
| department Of state, was one Of the
| representatives Of china, By rs
| terms Japan received an indemnity OF
| S2O0.OOO0OO ana acquired the rich island
OF fomnom,
The spanish. American war treaty
| signed ana ratified IN 1899 was the lat
est addition 90 the collection Of such
documents ON nlo IN the library OF tho
state department. ON July 20, 1898,
| spain made oNorturos for peace through
the French ambassador at Washington,
| who was authorized to act Cor Spain
| IIfli4u tho t.t,ll.alAa,l.u IA. -
the protocol was concluded and ar.
ungcmonts were made for the meeting
Of a peace commission M Parts, The
representatives OF the United states
were William r. Day chairman, Cush-
man * Davis William y. Frye, white
law Reid, ana George Gray. After
many prolonged discussions and
threatened failures the treaty was
signed by the commissioners Dec. 10,
1893 II was ratified by the American
senate Feb 8 aud signed by the queen
regent OF Spain March II, When the
proceedings opened II was evident that
the spanish commissioners had como
"a Paris determined to obtain whatever
advantage the dilatory tactics Of pon-
insulnr diplomacy could bring about
II was also patent to the American
members Of the commission that tho
other side had no intention Of adher.
INK 20 the terms Of the protocol IL by
any means they could be avoided The
firm stand assumed by the Americans
at the outset and maintained through-
out the discussions gave the dons 1T
tie opportunity to exercise their peou-
liar type Of diplomacy
Al Of the members Of the diplomatic
quartet which win meet at Ports.
mouth are men OF international repu.
tation, Baron Jutaro komura, the for.
olRn minister Of Japan, was educated
nt Harvard aud has many warm friends
| In America, lie was formerly JOpa.
nosc minister az Washington, having
been succeeded by kogoro Takahia,
the other Japanese member OF the com.
mission Baron Komura has been min.
lister 10 81 Petersburg ANA has had a
long aud rather intimate acquaintance
with Baron Roson, who was Russian
| minister AZ Tokyo whom the present
war began These clovor gentlemen
have held many long and momontous
conferences In the past ana they viii
como 10 the present discussion with a
oloar understanding Of the merits VI
their respective causoa Mr. Takuh,ra
10 also an excellent English scholar
having lived several years IN America
IN various diplomatic capacities, In.
Guiding the oillco of consul general at
Now YORK Baron Roecn has likewise
occupied the post Of consul general at
Now York and has recently succeeded
Count Cassin az ambassador TO tho
United states
Scrgius Wllte may be regarded A.
the leading liberal Russian statesman
Ne ~ not Of noble birth and has won
hlH position through sheer merit and
persistence, he has not tNlyoWed Tho
Immense distance between the position
N Am unlcpaid railway porter aud
that of the leading statesman " a
great empire without making hosts OF
enemies. Another reason Of his un.
popularity may be found IN the fact
that he has very little Muscovto blood
| IN bis veins hia lathor hcng Dutch.
man. Wlllo himself was born IN III
liA AZ tho time NJ the breaking out Of
| the war lac was minister of finance, but
ho was removed ON account NJ ME H0k
of sympathy with the war party. llo
viii be- most acceptable TO Japan a. u
peace commissioner for he has long
been regarded by that country Az a
nunk opponent of the policy Of tho
/ grand dukes he was also most do
| Cldod I'm Mis- donuucialioN ol the out
RIGGS az klshmcd ana elsewhere
/ AGAINST thc Jews
II win ho the llrsi time that treaty
/ NJ poacc that terminates "a war IN witch
/ che United states ~ neither directly
/ nor indirectly u party haa been signed
un American soil No point In all New
| EuRluud could be- frccr from distraction
/ ana moro conducive Ia the exercise Of
] ttutt uttUItlitU tl.Ut fI.