American Falls press. [volume] (American Falls, Idaho) 1907-1937, 1919-05-09

traordtnary ound Of festivities wss
provided. and amid it al the master
d'plomats of the, epoch. (Talleyrand.
MetternIch and CastlereGgh) played
their games Of intrigue. The uhi'fec-
edented decisions of this congress
dominated the course of European
statesmen for 40 years.
The Crimean war t1S54-6) was con
cluded by another Treaty OF far.s'
which admitted the Porte to the bu'
ropean concert and guaranteed the w
teprity of the Ottoman empire Inc
document was signed March ~ 1000
after nearly five weeks of nego'i"-
lions.
The Settlement Of 1871.
The Franco-Prussian war was
hroupbt TO an end when preliminarles
Of n peace treaty were agreed TO al
Thiers on February %, 1871. Inc
formal treaty was taken up by a cor
ference at Brussels on March %
Signature of the compact was accom-
ulished mt Frankfort on May III, the
negotiations thus lasting six weeks
After Russians overwhelming sue
ross I'm her war against Turkey IN
1878. she enforced severe terms oy
tbe Treaty of San Stefano (Narch q
1879. Thereupon a congress OF 'he
{ MOWERS was called at Berlin to settle
questions involved in what Austria
e and Great Britain regarded ms the uh.
/, due ACKNOWLEDGEMENT of the Petrogr"u
e government This gathering. when
A included among It's delegates sans
. hurv ~Beaconsfeld, Bismarck, ana
Androssy. met on June 10, and closed
Il IFS labors Just one month later. ihe
g treaty which was signed stripped
It Russia of n large share of the fruitS
Of her victory.
Settlement Of the Spantsh-Amerlc"u
var in 1898 required negotiations thar
d lasted two months and III days
= The first session of the ENJOYS tooR
II MACE in Paris or October l. In late
November there seemed 10 be danger
s Of n breaking off of the parley' Oul
lie the difficulty was smoothed out anu
IN tbe treaty was signed on December H.
re If took 27 days for the Russian ard
ne Japanese delegates to reach an asIce
RI ment at Portsmouth, N. H., In .
or thus ending their comparatively briei
m Inn sanguinary war. They held theil
IS, first meeting on August o, and peace
on was signed on September ..
nm First Hague Conference.
at II was in this same year that I'M
ed first pence conference was held a
go - A. tho instance Of IN
car of Russia 81 European n
,g- and the United States, Mexico, Chinf
in, Japan. Persia and Siam sent repro
lie, sentatives to confer with regard t
IA concerted action to maintain generi
.ed neace. The first meeting Of this COZ
les clava which was hailed at the tim
rly rs a highly promising effort for tn
Punishment of war, was held on Ms
sed 1S. 1890. Conclusions were reache
ties and n final act signed on July ~ u
nan conference having thus lasted w
months and eleven days.
Y a Even more impressive in the che
y, octer of the personnel and the Sc
the BUSINESS of the deliberations was {
ma second Hague conference, held III 10
M the call of President Rooseve
ven Fortv-slx nations sent diplomats,
don ternatlonal experts, and political les
of ers to this gathering, and the conc
af- sions, accepted or rejected by t
dis various powers in the discussion
the broad range of proposals, aimi
um- for peace or at least n mitigation
as- wars evils, have an almost cynical
had terest in the light of the great W
FUR The conference was in session for II
the months and three days, opening
the June 10 and adopting a statement
principles on October Is.
. It The present assemblage In Paris
han I'm effect a Hague conference and
in treaty-maklng body rolled into q
ut Twenty-six countries are formally I
OK resented in the plenary gatherir