The Elk Mountain pilot., 1917-01-11

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Finally he sent representative.
Nicholas P. Trist, along with Gen. Win
field Scott's army. Trist was author
lied to treat with Mexico as soon as
the enemy government would grant
him a hearing.
But Scott quarreled with Trist and
refused to transmit his letter to the
Mexican leaders. Trist was forced to
get the British minister to forward 1t
for him.
After repeated discouraging fail
ures and rebufrs, he finally met COM
missioners who had been appointed by
the new Mexican government which
succeeded that of Santa Anna. But
this was after President Polk had or
dered his recall. Trist disregarded
the recall order and negotiated the
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which
was accepted on both sides and end
ed the war.
President Theodore Roosevelt was
one of the most successful mediators
in history, fact which was recog-
nized when the Nobel commission
awarded him n peace prize.
On June 8, 1905, Roosevelt brought
the Russo-Japanese war to close by
sending identical dispatches to Petro-
grad and Tokyo urging the belliger-
ent governments to enter into peace
negotiations.
Russia's defeats in the field and
Japan's serious financial straits i'm
PEELED them to comply. Both sent en-
voys to the United States, who ne
gotiated the treaty of Portsmouth.
NapoIeonie Treaties.
The Napoleonic peace treaties usu-
ally began with an armistice. The
most famous, the treaty of Tilsit, was
brought about by personal meet
ing between Napoleon and Alexander l
on raft in the middle of the River
Niemen to agree upon an armistice
which the czar had already sought.
An armistice was also agreed upon
after the battle of Lutzen, but Napo-
leon would not agree to the allies
terms and resumed hostilities. His
fall in 1914 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 Czar Nicholas l,
his successor, Alexander ii. announced
the Crimean war should end and this
is the nearest approach to parallel
with Germany's action today.
A 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 Mt 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
tria. in 1859, was terminated in a sur
prising fashion by an armistice agreed
on personally between Napoleon III
and Franz Josef. just as the French
and Italian armies were in the full
tide Of success. Victor Emmanuel was
forced to agree, and the terms of the
aEIlStiCt "eTe eEuDOOleu III IL pedCe
treaty.
The Civil War.
The war between Prussia and Den
mark in 1854 came abruptly to an end
when the Danes learned that neither
England nor France would help them.
They dismissed their war ministry
from office and sent proposals for Il
truce directly to Berlin and Vienna.
The terms of peace between the
United States and the Confederacy
were arranged by generals in the field.
In the war between Austria, Prus-
sla, and Italy in 1866, Franz Josef, af-
ter his defeats at Koeniggraetz and else
where, informed Napoleon Ill of his
willingness to cede Venetia 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 armistice followed.
In 1870 the French government
which succeeded Napoleon III asked
first for an armistice. then for peace,
but the requests were declined and
the siege of Paris began. After the
surrender of Paris the Germans con-
sented to an armistice to permit the
election of a national assembly which
1t could recognize. The preliminaries
of peace were agreed on between Bis