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Finally he sent a representative.
Nicholas p. Trist. along with Gen. Win
field SCOTS army. Trist was author
lied to treat with Mexico as soon rs
the enemy government would grant
him hearing.
But Scott quarreled with Trist md
refused to transmit his letter to the
Mexican leaders. Trist was forced to
get the British minister to forward ii
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 disregartied
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 s. 1905, Roosevelt brought
the Russo-JTpanese war to n close by
sending identical dispatches to Petro-
grad and Tokyo urging the belliger-
ent governments to enter into peace
negotiations.
Russias defeats in the field and
Japan's serious financial strnits 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 n Tilsit, vas
brought about by personal meet
ing between Napoleon and Alexander
on raft in the middle of the River
Niemen TO agree upon an armistice
which the car had already sought.
An armlstice 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 IN act of abdica-
ton, and the French sennte dethroned
him.
On the death of Car Nicholas l.,
his successor, Alexander II. announced
to the courts of Europe his desire that
the Crimean war should end. and this
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with Germany's action today.
A peace conference was held in
Vienna, but In three months it was
broken Off and the war resumed. The
war went on until Austria, a neutral
power, threatened to join the allies I'M
less the car accepted her ultmatum.
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
tria, in 1859, was terminated in 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
armistice were embodied In u pence
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 n
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-
sin, and Italy In 1866. Franz Josef, af-
ter his defeats at Koeniggraetz and else.
where, Informed Napoleon III Of his
willingness to cede Venetia to Italy
and his desire that Napoleon be media
tor. Napoleon accepted, and Btr-narck
drafted the terms and sent Aem 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
it could recognize. The preliminaries
Of peace were agreed on between Bis