The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1919-04-26

traordinary round Of festivities was
provided. and amid 1t 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 (1S54-6) 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. Ine
document was signed March 80, $780,
after nearly five weeks OF negotia-
tons.
The Settlement Of 1877.
The O-PruSsian war was
brought TO an end when preliminarles
of peace treaty were agreed to a.
Theirs on February %, 1871. The
formal treaty was taken up by a con-
ference at Brussels on March ~
Signature of the compact was accom-
plished at Frankfort on May III, the
negotiations thus lasting six weeks.
After Russia's overwhelming sue
ress in her war against Turkey III
| 1878 she enforced severe terms Dy
the Treaty of San Stefano tMarch o.
1879. Thereupon a congress OF the
mowers was called at Berlin TO settie
questions involved IN what Aus'ri"
and Great Britain regarded as the I'M
dine ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the PetroSrau
government. This gathering, which
included among its delegates Saiis-
burv Beaconsfield, Bismarck. ana
Andrassy, met on June IL. ana cioseo
ire labors lust one month later. Inc
| treaty. which was signed stripped
Russia of a large share of the fruits
Of her victory.
Settlement of the Spanish-Americar
war in 1898 required negotiations 'ha'
lasted two months and nine days
The first session Of the ENJOYS tooE
place In Paris on October l. In iat'
November there seemed to be danger
Of a breaking off Of the pariey' ou
the difficulty was smoothed out ane
the treaty was signed on December lo
II took q days for the Russian an'
} Japanese delegates to reach an agree
mept at Portsmouth, n. H., In 1888
thus ending their comparatively brie
Inn sanguinary war. They held thei
first meeting on August 0, and peace
WAS signed on September D.
First Haoue Conference.
. II was in this same year that I'M
first peace conference was held
The Hague. At the instance OF ID
car of Russia 81 European countrie
: and the United States. Mexico. China
Jopon. Persia and Siam sent repre-
/, ssntatiyes to confer with regard Z
: concerted action to maintain genera
! neace. The first meeting of this cor
) clove which was hailed at the tim
7 as n highly promising effort for IN
hanishment of war, was held on Ma
! 10 1899. Conclusions were reache
5 and a final act signed on July ~, TN
D conference having thus lasted I"
months and eleven days.
a Even more impressive In the cha'
acter of the personnel and the ser
e business of the deliberations was IN
: second Hague conference, held In 19O
= ST the call Of President Roosevelt
q Forty-six nations sent diplomats, II
q ternational experts. and political Leaf
f ers to this gathering, and the concl'
: sions, accepted or rejected by IN
+ various powers in the discussion
, the broad range of proposals. Amin
+ for peace or at least a mitigation
J. wars evils, have an almost cynical II
d terest in the light Of the great wa
: The conference was in session for for
e months and three days opening O
e June Is and adopting statement
principles on October IS.
II The present assemblage In Paris
n in effect a Hague conference and
l. treaty-making body rolled into on
+ Twenty-six countries are formally re
E resented in the plenary gathering
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