Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-31
NAMING THE TREATY
No Orders From the Presi-
dent Yet.
HIS WISHES UNKNOWN
TREATIES USUALLY KNOWN By
CITY OF NEGOTIATION.
Some Of the Most Noted Conventions Of
History Referred to in Support
of That Statement.
HIS WISHES UNKNOWN

II has DeGn suggested tnat the RUSSIAN
and Japanese plenipotentiaries come to this
city to sign the treaty of peace. concluded
at Portsmouth, N. H., so that the instru-
ment shall go down to history as The
Treaty Of Washington" Another sugges-
ton on a similar line is that the treaty be
signed at the Presidents home on Oyster
Bay and called THE Treaty of Sycamore
HILL"
Inquiry at the State Department shows
that no official steps have been taken here
for the accomplishment Of either sugges-
ton So far as known here, the President
has not even intimated a desire that the
treaty shall be signed at his home on the
shores of Long Island sound, and it is GER
tain that no arrangements have been made
at the Department of State for bringing the
peace ENJOYS to this city for any purpose
On the contrary, the diplomatic room of the
department. which would naturally be Sc
lected as the proper place in this city for
such an event, is in the hands Of painters
and decorators and entirely bereft Of tables
chairs or other furniture. The man in
charge of the work says the room will not
be ready for use for a month at the earliest
OF course, some other room could be uti-
ltzed for the purpose, If desired for in
stance, the Presidents room at the Capitol
or the cabinet room at the White House.
An Authoritative Statement.
1t is authoritatively stated, however, that
it is not contemplated to bring the plenipo-
tentiaries to this city in the absence of the
President. and that it will not be done I'M
less the President so directs, in which event
he would undoubtedly lend his own pres
ence to the occasion. One official openly
expressed his disapproval of the suggestion
to call the peace agreement The Treaty of
Washington" regardless of the place where
the instrument is signed. He based his OBJ
lection on the ground that there is already
Treaty Of Washington" referring to the
treaty of 1871 between the United States
and Great Britain for the settlement of the
Alabama claims and because another treaty
of that name, to which the United States
was not party, would be confusing and
misleading.
Unless the President has views to the con-
trary. the treaty of peace between Russia
and Japan will be called and known to the
world as the Treaty of Portsmouth" in
accordance with historic usage.
Treaties are usually known by the name
of the place where they are concluded or
signed and heretofore they invariably have
been signed at the place where the actual
negotiations were conducted. The most no
table instances of that fact are the follow
ing:
The Treaty of Washington" signed in
this city May 8, 1871, which provided for the
settlement of differences between the United
States and Great Britain, including the ar
bitration of the Alabama claims and other
claims growing out of the war of the rebel
lion.
The Treaty of Paris" concluded and
signed in the French capital in 1883, in
which Great Britain acknowledged the indie
pendence of the United States.
The Treaty of AK la ChapelIe' of 174S,
which was signed in that city, made Switz-
erland Independent, the Rhine free to navi-
cation, secured the Protestant succession in
England and caused the dsunion of the
French and Spanish crowns
The so-called Treaty of Amiens' was
made in that city in 1902 by Great Britain
with France. Holland and Spain, and ended
war that had been waged for ten years.
The Treaty of Client.
The treaty of Client" was signed in
that city December "a, 1914, by the United
States and Great Britain, and ended the
so-called war of 1912, Notwithstanding
which treaty the battle of New Orleans
was fought and won by Gen. jackson in
the following January. The news of the
conclusion of peace had not then reached
the armies in the field.
The peace of Ryswick' was signed at
the Dutch village of that name by France.
England, the Netherlands, Spain and Ger
many In 1857 and wound up the bloody
contest between France and the allies
which had been carried on for nine years
The treaty of Utrecht was a treaty of
peace concluded in the city of that name
in the Netherlands in 1913 between
France and the allied powers-England,
Austria, &c.-after the ten years war relat-
ing to the Spanish succession.
The treaty of Yeddo'' was concluded
in the city of that name between the
United States and Japan March 81, 1854,
and was the first step in the opening of
Japanese ports to the world.
More recent treaties include the treaty
of peace between the United States and
Spain, concluded in Paris December TO-
1898, and known officially as the treaty
Of Paris, and the treaty of peace be-
tween China and Japan concluded at Shi-
monoseki in 1895 and known as the
treaty of Shimonoseki."
Names of Negotiators.
Sometimes treaties are known by the
names of the respective negotiators rather
than by the name Of the place where neso-
tiated. Probably the best known instances
Of that kind are the Clayton Bulwer" con-
vention Of 1850, regarding a ship canal
across the isthmus, and the webster
Ashburton treaty of 1912, regarding the
northeastern boundaries Of the United
States.
The disintegration Of the Ottoman en-
pire has been regulated by the great pow
ers, or some Of them, In the treaties Of Lon
don, 1882. 1858 and 1854, and of Constan-
tinople. with reference to Greece. 1881; and
by the treaties of Paris, 1855; ondon, 1871;
Berlin, 1878. and London 1883, with refer
ence to Montenegro, Roumania, Servia, Bull
garia and the navigation of the Danube.
The encroachments of Russia upon Turkey,
previous to the Crimean war, are registered
In a series Of treaties beginning with that
of Kutchuk-KainardJi, 1774. and ending
with that Of Adrianople in 1920.
Switzerland. Belgium. Corfu and Lux
emburg are, respectively. neutralized by tho
treaties of Vienna, 1915, and of London
1889. 1864 and 1867.
The principal treaties affecting the distri-
button Of territory between the various
states of central Europe are those of West
phalia 164S: Paris and Hubertsburg, 1903;
for the partition Of Poland. 1772, 1893: Lon
don, for the separation of Belgium from
the Netherlands, 1881, 1889; Zurich, for the
cession OF a portion of Lombardy to sar-
DINA, 1859: Vienna, as to Schleswig- Hol-
stein, 1864; Prague recognizing the new
North German confederation, 1866. and
Frankfort, between France and the new
German empire, 1871.
In the above enumeration no attempt was
made to include general conventions like
that at The Hague or at Geneva, or treaties
of eXtraditon, commerce, etc.
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