The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1917-01-12
HOW FORMER WARS
HAVE BEEN ENDED
Part Played by United States in
Foreign Wars Recalled by
TeutOniC PrOffer.

London, Jan. There is no exact
parallel in modern wars for Ger
many's action-an undefeated bel
| ligerent asking her adversaries to
meet her and discuss unformulated
terms of peace. The impression, how
ever, that nations desiring to end a
war generally avail themselves of
the offer of some friendly neutral
to act as mediator is utterly Unbound
ed though great deal Of the talk
about the possible action Of the Unit
ed States in such way has proceed
ed as if that were the almost in
variable rule.
When England desired to end the
war with the colonies she began by
sending separate negotiations to the
French government and to the Am
erican commissioners in Paris. The
latter, though positively commanded
by Congress to negotiate no peace
without the participation of their
French allies, did sign separate
treaty. though with the reservation
that it should not go into effect until
France had made peace. They then
informed the French government,
which accepted the terms
The Napoleonic peace treaties usu-
ally began with an armistice. The
most famous, the treaty of Tilsit,
was brought about by a personal
meeting between Napoleon and Alex
ander / on a raft in the middle of
the River Nieman to agree upon an
armistice which the car had already
sought. An armistice was also agreed
upon after the battle of Lutzen, but
Napoleon would not agree TO the al
lies terms and re sumed hOstilities.
His fall in 1914 was accompanied by
no negotiations; the allies were actu-
ally in Paris. Napolean's generals
persuaded him to sign an act of abb
dictation and the French senate de-
throned him.
The Treaty of Client
The way to the peace of Client,
which ended the war in 1872, was
paved by an offer of the Car to act
as mediator, though it was rejected
In rejecting it Lord Castlereagh let
it be known that he was willing to
negotiate directly with the United
States. The United States gladly &C
cepted and sent commissioners, but
England neglected to appoint ENJOYS
until long afterward, when her troub-
les had become so great that she was
DESTROYS of peace.
On the death of Gar Nicholas l.,
his successor, Alexander II, announ-
ced to the courts of Europe his desire
that the Crimean war should end,
and this is the nearest approach to
parallel with Germany's action to-
day. 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 unless the Gar accepted her
ultimatum. He at first refused, but
a personal letter from the neutral
king Of Prussia induced him to re-
consider, and the final peace confer
ence was held.
The war of Italy, France and Aust
ria in 1859 was terminated in sur
prising fashion by the armistice a.
greed on personally between Napol-
con III and Franz Joseph, just as the
French and Italian armies were in
full tide of success. Victor Emman-
uel was forced to agree, and the
terms of the armistice were embodied
in a peace treaty.
The war between Prussia and
Denmark in 1854 came abruptly to
an end when the Danes learned that
neither England nor France would
help them. They dismissed their war