The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-04-25

round Of festivities wac
provided. and amid IL AZ The master ,,
q plomats of the epoch (Tnileyrnnd. ,
Metternich and Castlercagh) played
their gaines ~ intrigue. The uiii.iec-
edented decisions of this congress
dominated the course OF European
statesmen for 40 years.
The Crimean war QS54-6) was cen
Guided by another Treaty OF Paris.
which admitted the Porte to the Eu-
ropean concert and guaranteed the IN
tegrity of the Ottoman empire. The
document was signed March 30, 1896.
after nearly Ave weeks 81 negotia-
tions.
The Settlement Of 1871.
The Franco-Prussian war was
brought TO an end when preliminaries
of peace treaty were agreed to NJ
THEIRS on February %. 1871. The
formal treaty was taken up by con-
ference M Brussels on March 3S
Signature of the compact was accom-
plished at Frankfort on May 10, the
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 a congress OF the
powers was called ut Berlin to settle
questions involved in what Austria
and Great Britain regarded as the UNI
due ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the Petrograd
government. This gathering. which
included among its delegates Sails
bury, Beaconsfeld, Bismarck. and
Andrassy. met on June IS, 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-Americar
war in 1898 required negotiations thai
lasted two months and nine days
The first session Of the ENJOYS tool
place in Paris on October l. In late
November there seemed tC be DANCE
Of a breaking off of the parley, bu
the difficulty was smoothed out ant
the treaty was signed on December IL
II took 81 days for the Russian ar
? Japanese delegates to reach an agree
ment at Portsmouth, N. H., In 1S9!
r thus ending their comparatively brie
D bun sanguinary war. They held thei
y first meeting on August 8, and peac
q was signed on September 5.
. First Hague Conference.
t It was in this same year that tn
q first peace conference was held
The Hague. At the instance Of tn
car of Russia q European cOuntrie
: and the United States, Mexico, Chin'
l, Japan, Persia and Siam sent repr'
:, sentatives to confer with regard
l. concerted action to maintain gener'
d peace. The first meeting of this COZ
IS clave. which was hailed at the tin
y as a highly promising effort for II
Punishment of war; Was held on Mi
d IS. 1899. Conclusions were reacht
IS and final act signed on July 20, Il
n conference having thus lasted tv
months and eleven days.
a Even more impressive in the cha
}, acter of the personnel and the sci
ne BUSINESS of the deliberations was Il
a second Hague conference, held in ID
n at the call of President Rooseve
IN Forty-six nations sent diplomats,
IN ternational experts, and political lea
of ers to this gathering, and the concl
If sions, accepted or rejected by t
Is various powers in the discussion
the broad range of proposals, aimi
n for peace or at least mitigation
IS wars evils, have an almost cynical
ad terest in the light Of the great WI
lr- The conference was in session for 70
he months and three days, opening
he June Is and adopting statement
principles on October IS.
it The present assemblage in Paris
an in effect a Hague conference and
in treaty-making body rolled into O
Of Twenty-six countries are formally r.
TX resented in the plenary gatherin