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

INTRIGUE COMMON FEATURE
Great Issues involved in the Settle.
ments Of the Last Three Centuries
-keenert Minds OF Church
Seek Advantage.


New fork.--The making Of treaties
fas always been n fiIne-consuming
process since the days when the
fsudai lord or monarch could say 10
his beaten foe, cccept these terms or
de. Then the limits of personal force
and ambition were the only curb on
The sietor's demands, with the SONS
on daughters or other relatives to be
i'a@ns In the game. execution or mar
rfngc sealing the hateful bargain.
Bnt with the development OF states
INTO something more than the lndivid-
i'nl property OF kings and emperors,
and the broadening of International
relations. the resulting clashes OF
arms. often lasting for years. were
rarely brought TO n close except after
negotiations that lasted for weeks ar
months, Over the documents That set
TIED the religious, political. or terri
f6rinl questions at issue, the keenest
minds OF church and state fought for
advantage. Intrigues and secret deals
were n normal Incident OF the battle
of wits, when more than two countries
were involved In the difficulty.
Many Of the peace treaties OF the
last three centuries are the landmarks
u their period. ending or beginning
nm ern In which the future develop
ment OF peoples or nations was defin.
itely determined.
Peace Of Westphalis.
Such history.maklng event was
the Peace If WestphalIa uG4s). which
ended the Thirty Years war--the last
OF the grcat conflicts between cathol-
iclsm and Professionalism. Beginning
rs n strife between German stntes, d.
vided on religious lines. II finally In
VOWED France. Spain. Sweden. Por-
tugal, the Netherlands. Switzerland,
aud many Italian states.
In 1911 prellmInarles OF peace were
agreed upon at Hamburg by the nj.
ready wcnrIed contestants, but II was
three years before 4 congress to set.
TIC terms was opened and four years
after that when first treaties were
signed at Osnnbruck aud Munster,
towns of Westphulia. A general nnd
complete peace was finally signed at
Munster ON October ~. iG4s.
AT Alx'iasChapclle, on May .. lGGS,
was signed the first treaty. known by
the name of that town. This was the
climax Ut the struggle between France
and Spava for the possession of the
Spanish Netherlands. On the death
Of Philip ~ OF Spain. Louis XIV
claimed a large part Of the Neither.
lands In the name of his wife, n
daughter of Philip The Dutch,
alarmed by the French pretensions,
which we're backed by aggressive
military action, summoned England
mud sweden To her aid aud halted the
French advance. Under the treaty
Louis Kept portions of Flanders which /,
his forces had oserrun.
The Peace of Ryswick, which WIS
signed NJ The Dutch village on the
outskirts Of The Hague In 1907, end. |
al struggle OF nine years between
France aud the Grand Alliance, term
which ultimately Included England. |
Holland. Savoy, the Holy Romnn en-, |
pire. Erau,l.nhura. Sweden, Spain |
saSens nnd the ralatlnate. A con. |
Sress 1T ensoss he,d sessions during |
u ost of the summer OF tta,T aud t,nal. |
~ signed treaty IT peace On Sep. |
tenher ~, This virtually restored all |
territorial matters tn the status quo |
ante. but the chief result, WIS to check |
the ambitious ef Louis. under whose |
rule France had become the first power
on the continent. sapplnnting Spain.
utreehts Epoeh.mak' no Agreement.
The Peace of Utrecht WAS the next |
treat agreement between the quarrel. |
s"tne pawers of Europe. II was. In
fact. series of agreements between
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