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refused TO transmit his letter to the
Mexican leaders Trist was forced 10
get the British minister to forward Il
for him.
After repeated discouraging failures
and rebuffs, he finally met commits
sioners who had been appointed by the
new Mexican government which sue
ceeded that OF Santa Anna But TINS
was after president Polk had ordered
his recall Trist disregarded the re-
call order and negotiated the Treaty
of Guadalupe HidalgO, which was &C
cepted on both sides and ended the
war.
President Theodore Roosevelt was
one Of the most successful mediators IN
history. a fact which was recognized
when the Nobel commission awarded
him a peace prize.
the Russo-Japanese war 10 close by
sending identical dispatches to Petro-
grad and Toxic urging the belligerent
governments to enter into peace neSo-
tistions.
Russia's defeats In the field and
5apan's serious financial straits I'M
PEELED them to comply. Both sent en-
voys TO the United States who nego-
tiated the Treaty Of Portsmouth
How Napoleon Arranged Peace
The Napoleonic peace treaties usually
began with an armistice- The most
famous, the Treaty of Tllslt, was
brought about by personal meetins
between Napoleon and Alexander / on
a raft in the middle of the river Me
men to agree upon an armistice which
the car had already sought
An armistice was also agreed upon
after the battle Of LutZen, but Napo.
leon would not agree 10 the allies
terms and resumed hOstilitics- His fall
in 1914 was accompanied by no nego-
On the death OF car Nicholas I. HE
-
the courts of Europe his desire that
the Crimean war should end, and this
is the nearest approach 10 a parallel
with Germany's action of today
Peace Conference Fails
4 peace conference was held In
Vienna but in three months It was
broken off and the war resumed The
war went on until Austria, neutral
power. threatened TO join the allies
unless the car accepted her ultima
tum-
The war Of Italy. France and Austria,
in 1859. was terminated in a surprising
fashion by an armistice agreed on
personally between Napoleon III 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 a peace
treaty.
The war between Prussia and Den
mark in 1864 came abruptly 10 an end
when the Danes learned that neither
England nor France would help them
They dismissed their war minister
from office and sent proposals for a
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, Prussia
and Italy in 1866, Franz Josef, after
his defeats at Konigeratz and else
where, informed Napoleon III OF his
willingness to cede Nenetis to Italy and
his desire that Napoleon be mediator.
Napoleon accepted, and Bismarck draft
ed the terms and sent them TO Napo-
leon. who. as mediator. accepted them.
An armistice followed.
The Treaty OF Frankfort.
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 consented TO an