The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1917-02-03


his knvoys.
Finally he sent a represutatlve
| Nicholas P Trist, along with Ten. Win
field SCOTS army. Trist was author
lied to treat with Mexico as soon a.
the enemy government VOID gran
| him q hearing.
But Scott duarreled with Trist ant
| refused to transmit his leaer to the
Mexican leaders. Trist was forced tc
get the British minister toforWard II
for him.
After repeated discouaging fail
ures and rebuffs, 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. TnH disregarded
the recall order and negotiated the
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which
was accented on both sides and end
ed the war.
President Theodore Roosevelt was
one of the most successful mediators
In history, a fact which was recog-
nized when the Nobel commission
awarded him q peace prize.
On June 8, 1905. Roosevelt brought
the Russo-Japanese war to a close by
sending identical dispatches to Petro-
grad and Tokyo urging the belliger-
ent governments to enter into peace
Russia's defeats In the field and
Japans serious financial straits i'm
PEELED them to comply. Both sent en-
voys to the United States, who ne
gotiated the treaty Of Portsmouth.
Napcleosle 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 a raft In the middle of the River
to agree upon an armistice
which the ear had already sought.
An armistice was also agreed upon
after the battle Of Lutzen, but Napo-
con would not agree to the allies
erms and resumed hostilities. His
all in 1914 was accompanied by no
the allies were actually
n Paris Napoleon's generals per-
uaded him to sign an act of abdica-
lon, and the French senate dethroned
i'm.
On the death of Gear Nicholas I,
lis successor, Alexander II, announced
o the courts Of Europe his desire that
he Crimean war should end, and this
J the nearest approach to a parallel
18th Germany's action today.
A peace conference was held in
Jenna, but In three months it was
roken off and the war resumed. The
ar went on until Austria, a neutral
over, threatened to join the allies IN
'ss the car accepted her ultimatum.
e at first refused, but personal let
II from the neutral king Of Prussia
Iduced him to reconsider. and the
nal peace conference was held.
The war of Italy, France and Aus
la, in 1859, was terminated In sur
Using fashion by an armistice agreed
/ personally between Napoleon III
I'd Franz Josef, Just as the French
Id Italian armies were In the full
lie Of success. Victor Emmanuel was
reed to agree, and the terms Of the
mistice were embodied in a peace
eaty.
The Civil War.
The war between Prussia and Den
ark in 1854 cane abruptly to an end |
aen the Danes learned that neither |
lgland nor France would help them. /!
ley dismissed their war ministry |
ON Office and sent proposals for a
1ce directly to Berlin and Vienna.
The terms Of peace between the
,ited States and the Confederacy
IRE arranged by generals in the field.
In the war between Austria, Prus-
|. and Italy In 1853, Franz Josef, af-
his defeats at Koeniggraetz and else
lere, informed Napoleon III of his
llingness to cede Venetia to Italy
d his desire that Napoleon be media
:. Napoleon accepted, and Bismarck
afted the terms and sent them to
poleon, who. as mediator, accepted
I'm. An armistice followed.
IN 1870 the French government
ich succeeded Napoleon III asked
IT for an armistice, then for peace,
the requests we're declined and
siege of Paris began. After the
render of Paris the. Germans con-
tied to an armistice to permit the
cnon OF national assembly which |
could recognize. The preliminaries {
peace We're agreed on between Bis /,