American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-05-09
TREATY FRAMING
is SLOW PROCESS

:he years 1913 and 1715 that brought
10 . close the war Of the Spanish sue
cessiOn (knOwn In American history
In It's later aspect as Queen Anne's
war;. TO prevent the union Of Spain
and France under Bourbon rule, VIII
liam III OF England formed another
grand alliance, which included Aus
trla and several German states, in
Guiding Prussia. An armistice was
concluded between France and Eng
land In 1872, but 1t was not until April
10, 1913. that peace was signed at
Utrecht between France on the one
side and England on the other. Spain
settled with her enemies I'm the next
two years.
A second treaty Of Alx-la-Chapelle,
signed October IS, 1T4S, marked The
conclusion Of the war Of the Austrian
] succession, notable for the long and
successful effort of Maria Theresa to
keep her throne against a host of
claimants.
First of the treaties that vitality af.
fectcd the future Of North America
] MiH lllul VI Il mrs WHICH fu'lfi NV
Seven Years war. Beginning with 9
struggle between Prussia and Austria
The war sprend to the German states
Russia. France, Sweden. England AM
Portugal. Preliminaries Of peac,
were signed on November 3, 1862, blu
me defnitive treaty was not consum
mnted till Eel ruary 10, 1863. In tn
settlement, which was of Il far-rcach
ing character, France lost Canada an
| much Of her India possessions to Eng
land. The latter also established he
5 supremacy on the seas.
just 20 years later it was England
fate to sign a treaty acknowledging III
independence of her former America
@ %.o!onies, and simultaneously to max
peace with France and Spain. I'll
= negotiations which ended the Amer
can Revolution We're under way f.
months. Franklin, Jay, and Jof
Adams, as Americas plenlpotcntiarie
signed the preliminaries of peace {
~ August 30, 1882, but II was more thu
n n year later (September 3, 1883 tn
It the definite treaty was formally agre,
j. to Mt Versailles.
" Treaty of Client.
u At Amiens, on March 81, 1902, En
n lnnd signed n treaty with spa
r. France, and the Batavlan republ
d, (Netherlands), wherein the first \
poleonic successes were recogniz
re and accepted. Peace prelimlnarI
NJ had been arranged at London neaI
six months before.
IT The Treaty of Client, which clos
rs the second war OF the United sta
re with England, required more tn
err, four months for negotiations.
nd Another Treaty of Paris had only
ut few months before MAY 30, w
been signed by France with all
OS, allies, who had been fighting 30
by parte. by II all the territorial adv
he tages won by Napoleon, were gi'
ice bnck. At the same time provis
he was made for the calling ut Vienna
nth n conference to settle the general
fairs of Europe, dls|organized and
err ,racted by the long years of war.
a The congress of Vienna thus 81
oh, moned, was the most remarkable
ms, semblage of its kind the world
i've ever seen. All of Europe, except I
md key, wns represented by delegates,
the number Of those who assisted at
atty gathering being over five hundred.
ich'l Opening on September 30, 1914
lasted until June 8, 1915, or more {
yns eight months. Crowned heads,
the Guiding three emperors, were In
nd tendance at various umes' An