The Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1918-1919, 1919-05-01

traordinary round Of festivities was
provided, and amid it all the master
diplomats OF the epoch (Talleyrand,
Metternich and Castlereagh) played
their games of intrigue. The 'unprec-
edented decisions of this congress
dominated the course of European
statesmen for 40 years.
The Crimean war 1S54-G) was con-
cluded, by another Treaty of Paris
which admitted the Porte to the Eu-
ropean concert and guaranteed the in
tegrity of the Ottoman empire. Inc
document was signed March 80, 1906,
after nearly five weeks of negotia-
tionS.
The Settlement Of 1871.
The Franco-PruSsian war was
brought to an end when preliminaries
of peace treaty were agreed to at
THEIRS on February %, 1871. The
formal treaty was taken up by con-
ference at Brussels on March 2S.
Signature of the compact was accom-
plished at Frankfort on May 10, tie
negotiations thus lasting six weeks.
After Russia's overwhelming sue
cess IN her war against Turkey In
1S77-S. she enforced severe terms by
the Treaty of San StefanO (March 8,
1879. ThereupOn congress of the
powers was called at Berlin to settle
questions involved in what Austria
and Great Britain regarded as the un-
due ACKNOWLEDGMENT of the PetrOgrhu
government. This gathering. which
included among its delegates Sails
bury. Beaconsfield, Bismarck, and
Andrassy, met on June 13, and closed
its labors just one month later. The
treaty which was signed stripped
Russia of large share of the fruits
Of her victory.
Settlement OF the SpaniSh-Amerfcan
war in 1898 required negotiations that
lasted two months and nine days
The first session of the ENJOYS took
place in Paris on October !. In late
November there seemed to he danger
Of Il breaking off of the parley, but
the difficulty was smOothed out and
the treaty was signed on December 10
1t took 81 days for the Russian and
| Japanese delegates to reach an agree
ment at Portsmouth, N. H., in 1899
| thus ending their comparatively brief
bur sanguinary war. They held theil
| first meeting on August o, and peace
was signed on September $.
First Hague Conference.
| It was in this same year that the
| first peace conference was held al
| The Hague. At the instance of Tho
ear of Russia 81 European countries
and the United States, Mexico, China
Japan. Persia and Siam sent repre-
sentativcs to confer with regard tt
| concerted action to maintain genera
peace. The first meeting of this con
clave. which was hailed ut the time
as highly promising effort for thu
| Punishment OF war, was held on Ma!
! 'o. 1899. Conclusions We're reached
and a final act signed on July 80, thu
conference having thus lasted two
months and eleven days.
Even more impressive in the char
acter of the personnel and the serf
BUSINESS of the deliberations was thu
second Hague conference. held in 100
at the call of President Roosevelt
Forty-six nations sent diplomats, IN
ternational experts, and political lead
ers to this gathering, and the conc.l
Sions, accepted or rejected by thu
various powers in the discussion o
the broad range of proposals, amin!
for peace or at least Il mitigation o
wars evils, have an almost cynical in
tereSt in the light of the great war
The conference was in session for fou
months and three days, opening OF
June II and adopting a statement o
principles on October IS.
The present assemblage in Paris /
in effect Il Hague conference and
treaty-making body rolled into one
TwentysiX countries are formally REP
resented in the plenary gatherings