The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1918-10-25
WHEN THE ALLIES MEET MIR. HIJN

conclusion.
| The choice of Paris the meeting place of the
| worlds peace commissioners would have many
| historic precedents. It was in the French CAPT.
| tai that the agreement was signed which brought
the Seven Years War to close in 1853 Twenty
years later there was signed there the treaty by
which Great Britain acknowledged the indepen-
dence of the United States. Paris was also the
scene of the treaty which, in 1856, marked the
conclusion 70 the Crimea war.
The treaty which ended the Franco-Prussian
war was signed at Frankfort The war between
Russia and Turkey in 1878 was ended with the
treaty CT San Stefano. In the same year Berlin
was the scene of the European peace conference
for the settlement Of the Balkan problem
Portsmouth, N. H, gained fame as the scene
of the negotiations which ended the Russo-Jap
anese war. The first war between Great BRITAIN
and China was ended by the treaty of Marking
in 1912
In 1913 the thirty-two weeks war between
Turkey and the Balkan Allies was ended when
the representatives of the belligerents met in
London and agreed to treaty of peace. In
1906 the Moroccan dispute between France and
Germany, which at one time seriously threaten
ed to plunge the two nations into war. was ami
cably settled by conference held at Algeciras,
a little town in Spain on the Bay of Gibralter.
There are many reasons to believe that a neu-
trail capital will be selected as the scene of the
negotiations which will bring the present war to
an end and settle the terms by which Germany
will be permitted to have peace If neutral
capital is chosen, the choice will be limited to
Madrid.
The Hague or the capital city of one of the
scandinavian countries The central location of
The Hague, combined with various other advan-
tages, would seem to point to the Dutch capital
as the most probable choice
More international conferences have been
held at The Hague and more treaties and allan
ees arranged there than in any other citv in |
Europe, or out of it. Yet it is not particularly
big place, as capital cities go. the population. ac
cordlng to the last census, being only about 1885,
600, or about that of the city of Louisville.
Ihe Hague has been for more than two hun
dred years the real capital of Holland
Once called 1.-THE finest village in Europe" it is
In reality more in the nature of a garden CITY.
set round central artificial lake called The Vii
yer.
Grouped about this beautiful sheet of water.
EMPOWERED in stately trees are most of the prin-
c1pal public buildings including the famous
picture gallery, the citys most prescious possess
sion, wherein are enshrined some of the finest
examples of the works of world famous old
masters.
Here also the royal palace, the law courts
the parliament houses, the ancient and pictures
que town hall, and Mr.. Carnegie's stately
Palace of Peace" opened with great flourish
OF trumpets in August 1913, exactly one year be-
fore the outbreak of the most stupendous war in
the worlds history.
What mostly strikes visitors to The Hague is
is extreme cleanliness. 1t looks as if it had !
ust been taken fresh from gigantic packing 7
;ase and put together on the spot an hour pre- :
7lously. This spotless purity is largely due to t
he fact that no soft coal is burned anywhere I
within the city confines, its place being taken bv
anthracite and by charcoal.
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By 81 votes to 13 the Rumanian chamber has v