The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1919-05-09

traordinary round Of festivities was
provided, and amid il all the master
d'plnmats of the epoch (Talleyrahd'
Metfernlch and Castlereagh) plaveu
their games OF intrigue. The unprec-
edentah decisions of this congress
dominated the course OF European
statesmen for 40 years.
The Crimean war (1s54-6) was con
cludcd by another Treaty OF faris'
which admitted the Porte to the bu-
ropean concert and guaranteed the III
trgrlty Of the Ottoman empire. NJ
document was signed March ~ 800
after nearly five weeks OF hego'ia'
tons.
The Settlement Of 1871.
The Franco PrusSian war was
brought to an end when preliminares
of peace treaty were agreed 10 al
THEIRS on February %, ISL Inc
formal treaty was taken up by con
ference at Brussels on March -.
Signature Of the compact was accom-
plished at Frankfort on May ~, the
negotiations thus lasting six weeks.
After Russia's overwhelming sue
cess In her war against Turkey III
1878 she enforced severe terms by
the Treaty OF San Stefano (March D.
1879. Thereupon congress OF 'ie
powers was called at Berlin to settle
questions involved In what Austria
and Great Britain regarded as the I'M
due ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the Petrograd
government. This gathering. which
Included among It's delegates Sails
bury. Beaconsfield, Bismarck. anu
Andrassy. met on June 13, and closed
its labors just one month later. Inc
treaty which was signed stripped
Russia of large share Of the fruits
Of her victory.
Settlement Of the Spanish American
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 be danger
Of breaking off Of the parley, but
the difficulty was smoothed out and
the treaty was signed on December lo.
1t took q days for the Russian and
japanese delegates to reach an agree
inent at Portsmouth, N. H., in 1899.
thus ending their comparatively brief
bur sangulnary war. They held their
first meeting on August 8, and peace
was signed on September 8.
First Hague Conference.
II was in this same year that the
first peace conference was held at
The Hague. AT the instance of the
ear OF Russia p European countries
and the United States, Mexico, China,
japan, Persia and Siam sent repre-
sentatyes to confer with regard to
concerted action to maintain general
peace. The first meeting of this con-
clave, which was hailed at the time
as highly promising effort for the
Punishment of war, was held on May
lS, 1890. Conclusions were reached
and final act signed on July %, the
conference having .hus lasted two
months and eleven days.
Even more impressive in the char
aeter of tie personnel and the seri-
BUSINESS of the deliberations was the
second Hague conference. held In 1907
at the call OF President Roosevelt
Forty-six nations sent diplomats, in
ternational experts. and political lead
ers to this gathering, and the conclu-
sions. accepted or rejected by the
various powers In the discussion of
the broad range OF proposals, aiming
for peace or at least mitigation of
wars evils. have an almost cynical In
terest In the light of the great war.
The conference was In session for four
months and three days. opening on
June II and adopting statement of
principles on October 1S.
The present assemblage In Paris Is
in effect Hague conference and
body rolled into one.
Twenty six countries are formally rep
resented In the plenary gatherings.
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