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PEELED them to comply. Both sent en-
voys to the United States, who me-
gotiated the treaty Of Portsmouth.
NapoIeonic Treaties.

gotiated the treaty of Portsmouth.
NapoIeonic Treaties.
The Napoleonic peace treaties usu-
ally began with an armstice. The
most famous, the treaty of Tilsit, was
brought about by Il personal meet
ing between Napoleon and Alexander
on raft in the middle of the River
Nicmcn to agree upon an armistice
which the czar had already sought.
An armistice was also agreed upon
after the battle OF Lutzcn but Nupo-
leon would not agree to the allies
terms and resumed hOstlitics. His
fall in 1911 was accompanied by no
negotiations; the allies were actually
in Paris. Napoleon'S generals per-
suaded him to sign an act of abdica-
ton, and the French senate dethroned
him.
On the death Of Car Nicholas /,
his successor, Alexander ii, announced
to the courts of Europe his desire that
the Crimcan war should end, and this
is the nearest approach to Il parallel
with Gcrmany's action today.
peace conference was held in
Vienna, but in three months 1t was
broken off and the war resumed. The
war went on until Austria, neutral
power, threatened to join the allies un-
less the czar accepted her ultimatum.
He at first refused. but personal let
ter from the neutral king of Prussia
induced him to reconsider, and the
final peace conference was held
The War Of Italy France and Aus
trim, in 1859, was terminated in Il sur
priSing fashion by an armiStiCe agreed
on personally between Napoleon III
and Fran josef, just as the Frcnch
and Italian armies We're in the full
tide Of success. Victor Emmanuel was
forced TO agree, and the terms of the
nrmisticc were embodied in peace
treaty.
The Civil War
Tho war between Prussia and Den
mark in 1864 came abruptly to an end
when the Danes learned that neither
England nor France would hclr them
They dismissed their war ministry
from office arl sent proposals for
truce directly to Berlin and Vienna
The terms Of peace between the
United States and the Confcdcracy
were arranged by generals in the field
In the war between Austria, Prus-
Sia, and Italy in 1866, Franz Josef. uf-
ter his defeats at kOcNiggractz and else
where. informed Napoleon III of his
willingness TO code Ncnctia to Italy
and his desire that Napoleon be media
tor. Napoleon accepted, and Bismarck
drafted the terms and sent them to
Napoleon who, as mediator, accepted
them. An armisticc followed.
In 1870 the French government
which succeeded Napoleon III asked
first for an armisticc, then for peace,
but the requests were declined and
the siege Of Paris began. After the
Sentcd to an armlStice to permit the
election Of national assembly which
it could recognize. The prcliminaries
OF peace were agreed on between Bis
marck and Thiers at Versailles. and
the treaty followed at Frankfort.
The ltUsSo-Turliish war was cut
short by England'S threat to enter it.
Russia arranged an armisticc immcdi-
atcly and negotiated the treaty of San
Stcfano directly With Turkey. Eng
land, backed by France ana Austria,
refused TO recognize it, and the con
gross Of Berlin was summoned; but
before it met the czar had negotiated
Il secret treaty With England cmbody-
ing most of the agreements Subsequent
~ made there.
China Gives Up.
China made two approaches to Jn.