Saturday Evening Mail, Volume 29, Number 17, Terre Haute, Vigo County, 22 October 1898 — Page 3

^PEACE

HARD TO MAKE

DIFFICULTIES CONFRONT THE COMMISSIONERS AT PARIS.

History Kurnlnlie* Many Caned Where Similar Vcoroliationx Ifave Failed. How Spain I'pget a Peace ComrnJ*nlon In the Day» of Philip V.

[Special Correspondence.]

be done at the various conferences.

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the first meeting of the commissioners it was mutually agreed between them that no account of the proceedings should bo revealed. Notwithstanding this embargo placed upon the newsmonger, Paris papers protend to givo information regarding the work of this very secrot commission.

It is the opinion of some in official circlOH hero that the poace commission will fail in securing tho object aimed at, and that war between tho United States and Spain will bo resumed. These argue that if tho United States presses Spain too hard and makes the conditions of peace impossible of acceptance by tbe prowl Spanish hidalgos tho negotiations will fail, and Spain will rely, upon the sympathy of Knropo iu her emergency.

A few days ago 1 meta Spanish gentleman whom I had not seen sinco first meeting him in London in 1889. He recently arrived here from Madrid aud is thoroughly posted as to tho state of public opinion iu Spain, In tho course of a conversation reforenco ^as made to tho penoo commission, and he somewhat startled irio by saying with much emphasis that tho commissioners of Spain would never agveo to relinquishing any poition of tho Philippine islands. But, ho continued to say in substance, should tho seemingly impossible occur tho people of Spain will not consent to such an arrangement and wonld prefer to have the war transferred to Spanish soil rather tban to permit the alienation of nil their chief colonial possessions.

Whether my Sjuinish acquaintance was correct or not iu his surmises thero are not lacking precedents iu history where conditions agreed to by thoso fully authorized to couclude a pence were rejected by tho nation adversely affected by them. After tho disastrous battle of Pavia Francis I, king of Frauce, was forced to conclude a peace which was repudiated by tho people of his country. Tho assembly of Cognac declared that although the king had absolute control over peace atii war he could not by the treaty of Madrid alien ate any part of his kingdom. It would bfl a nico point in national etbics to de oide whether any power in a state has the authority to cede in perpetuity any part of tho public domain. Whether it has or not, nations have never felt bound by such agreements and recognize in them not tho law of right, but that of necessity.

Something more germoue to the pros out state of affairs in connection with the peace commission and its very possible failure to secure the ends aimed nt is the fact that s:»cb conventions havo frequently failed in the history of nations. Whou the preliminaries of peace were signed in Paiis iu 1727 by tho ministers of the emperor of Germany, of Franco, Great Britain and Holland, Spain held aloof and peace could not he secured while she remained in opposition. The dangerous state of tbe Spanish king's (Philip V) health alarmed Queen Elisabeth, and she prevailed upon her husband to accept the preliminaries of peace by the act of the Prado in 1738. Immediately afterward a congress was opened at Soittsooa, France, to anange a treaty of poace, but chiefly in oonsequence of the representative* of Spain making demands the other powers could not grant the negotiations failed.

Another attempt at terminating a war by a treaty of peace that failed occurred in 1796, the nations concerned being Great Britain and France. In October of that year the British government made proposals of peace with France, and Lord Malmeebary was sent: as a plenipotentiary. The day following his arrival in Paris he had an interview with the French minister, Delacroix. who was chosen by tbe directory to represent France. From the first]

PAKIB, Oct. 8.—Tbe ripple of excite ment caated by the arrival of the Amer-1 rigorous, bat as tbe Persian admiial ican and the Spanish peace commis- threatened a renewal of the war, the sicners iu Paris has completely sabsid- Greeks were compelled to accept them, ed, and tbe volatile popalation of the In the middle ages treaties were often gay French capital have apparently for-f contracted, seemingly for statesmanlike gotten the incident already. This, beitj objects, bat were never meant to be noted, is not becanse they are oblivions kept, Machiavelli wrote that "each of the momentoaBconsequences involved treaty plants tbe seeds of a new war," in the deliberations of the commission- and he not untruthfully reflected tbe ere, but rather from tbe fact that noth-1 political morality of bis times when he ing is known as to the progress made at the several meetings which have been held. One particular at least of tbe proceedings has been made public and by tbe consent of the commissioners, and which caused him to make them. that precludes all hope that journalistic Ever since the publication of tbe or public curiosity will be gratified by works of the early jurists, Gentilis and obtaining any information of what may Grotius, the current has been setting in

there was an evident lack of" cordiality and historic traurares* and afterward and sincerity on the part of the French. the Petit Trianon palace, where the government,, and tbe demands they made were so impossible of being granted that after the negotiations had drag* ged along for a month they ended with* out lesnit. That France's sole object in

tbe proceedings was to gain time was made evident by tbe fact that in a few days sbe made an attempt to invade Ireland. tf

In ancient times* treaties for peace after war were dictated rather tban contracted. Tbe treaty of peace of Antalcidas, B. G. 887, is a good instance of sncb. Tirbazns, with tbe Persian fleet in the Hellespont, summoned deputies- from tbe Greek states and read them the terms of peace dictated by his master, Artaxerxes. Tbe terms were

stated, "A prudent prince will not and ought not to observe his engagements when it wonld operate to bis disadvanand tbe causes no longer exist

the opposite direction, and now the question rather is how to? enforce a treaty than how to break it. It has become recognized that nations, like individuals, have certain rights and reciprocal duties, and international law, tbe growth of recent times, has certain well defined priuciples-wbicb are recognized by all civilized nations as of equal validity with those universally accepted facts of jurisprudence which relate to meu as members of society and subjects erf tho state.

Optimists are perhaps too sanguine when they claim that all disputes among nations can be settled in a court of international jurisprudence. Still, it is undoubted that serious difficulties between nations have been recently so arranged wbich not so many years ago would in all likelihood havo led to war. An international court of jurisprudence, whose jurisdiction all civilized nations wonld recognize and whose decisions they would regard as final, if it ever shall become an actuality, is still probably some distance off in futurity. Yet affairs are so shaping themselves that the seemingly impossible of today may become the highly probable of tomorrow.

Serious aud important as is tbe work of tho peaco commissioners, they sncoeed admirably in varying the monotony of their onerous duties. This is not difficult todo iu Paris. The theaters are now in full swing, and the beautiful city, just now at its best, offers innumerable attractions to all sorts aud conditions of meu. On the afternoon of the 4th tho Spanish and American peace commissioners were received by President Faure iu tbe magnificent Elysco palace, the official residence of the president of France when in Paris. The Spaniards were received first and the Americans afterward, the latter being presented by General Horace Porter, the United States embassador. He introduced Judge Day and the other members of the commission separately, and .Tndge Day then handed President Faure a cablo message from President McKinley. After reading it tbe French president expressed hiB appreciation of the oordial sentiments uttered, and further remarked that everything possible would bo done for tho comfort of the commissioners. On tho afternoon of tbe day following General Porter gave a dinner in honor of the American commissioners, and next week will similarly entertain both commissions at tbe United States embassy.

There is less excitement in Paris at present than heretofore, since it is known that the authorities have determined npon a conrse of action relative to the Dreyfaa case more agreeable to the wishes of the majority of the population. It would be mistake, however, to suppose that this attitude of the public mind is symptomatic of any friendliness toward Dreyfus. Those who were Opposed to bim in tbe past (and they include nearly all the people of tbe city) aro against him still, and they desire the re-opening of tbe case not because they wish foi his acquittal, but from the hope that some explanation may be forthcoming of certain mysterious circumstances and questionable methods connected with his trial and conviction.

M. Godefroy Cavaignac, who lately resigned the portfolio of tbe war ministry because of his opposition to a re-

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opening of the Dreyfus case, stated a lew days ago that in the event of the court of cassation ordering a revision the trial of Dreyfus would be conducted in secret. He stated further that it must be secret for three reasons, the essential one being tbe material impossibility of communicating the dossier.

A few days ago General Porter took the members of tbe American peace commission and General Metritt on a carriage ride to Versailles. The route thither is one of the most delightful imaginable, passing as it does tbe Arc de Trioiuphe, Longchamps, St. Cloud, Sevres and other charming localities. The party vitited the magnificent palace of Versailles, with its priceless art

unfortunate queen, Marie Antoinette, and the ladies of her court amused themselves for a brief period with acting the parts of rustic maidens.

HOWARD FARSSwowra.

TERRE HAUTE SATURDAY EVJJNINU MAIL, OCTOBER

Sydney Smith'* Joke.

Sydney Smith was very happy in his country life, and his children caaghs bis spirit of delight over common things. They loved animals and spent long boors in training them. One little beast, a baby donkey, became nnder their tuition perhaps the most accom plished of his species and unconscious ly gave rise to a quatrain which now belongs to the fame of Sydney Smith. The donkey was a well educated chap. He would walk up stairs, follow the family in their rambles like a dog and when they entered his meadow run to meet them with ears down and tail erect, braying joyously. 7^

One day, when Billyhs head was crowned with flowers and he was being trained with a handkerchief for a bridle, Mr. Jeffrey unexpectedly arrived. He joined in tbe sport and to thechildreu'a infinite delight mounted Billy.

Thus be was proceeding in triumph when Sydney Smith and his wife, with three friends, returned from a walk and took iu tbe festal scene. The great man advanced, with extended hands, aud greeted his old friend iu an impromptu which has become familiar to the reading world:

Witty as Horatius Flaccus, As great a Jacobin as Gracchus. Short, though not ES fat as Bacchus. Seated on a little jackass! —Youth's Companion.

The Death of Coaehlngr.'

Tho coaching system died a lingering, a lamentable death. I can remember something of a few coaches in remote districts which longest escaped strangulation, and memory of thoso distant days has been sweeter without them. They resemble what Nimrod describes as the obsolete, old fashioned coach of his boyhood,. drawn by dispirited, ill fed jades over Jong stages. One of his paragraphs well describes what used to make my blood boil with impotent fury, imbittering tbe joy of returning homo for the holidays, and deepening the depression of tbo schoolward journey: "The four horse whip and the Nottingham whipcord were of no avail over tho latter part of tbe ground, and something like a cat-o'-nine-tails was produced out of the boot, which was jocularly called 'the apprentice,' and a shrewd apprentice it was to the art of tturing, which was inflicted on tbe wtieelers without stint or measure, but without which the coach might have been often left on tho road."

No tho last of the road coaches— corruptio optimi—disappeared and left none to mourn them.—Blackwood's Magazine.

RrtMnpr Spnrgreon.

The autobiography of tho late JRev. Charles H. Spurgeon contains an account of what may be termed an early business venture and its influence on his oharacter.

Spurgeon was brought up on Watt's hymns, but not altogether willingly. His grandmother coaxed him with money to learn them. At first she gave him a penny, but when she saw how easily it wai earned the old lady reduced the prize to a halfpenny and then to a farthing. There is no telling how low tho amount per hymn might have fallen, but just at this time his grandfather made a discovery which seemed moro desirable to Spurgeon.

He discovered that his house was overrun with rats and offered his grandson a shilling a dozen for all he could kill.

Tho occupation of rat killing gave him more mouey than learning hymns. "But," Mr. Spurgeon characteristically says, "I know which, employment has been tho moro permanently profitable tome."

All naaineiii.

"I'm afraid our new son-in-law isn't much of a business man," she said. "Don't you worry about that,"replied tbe old gentleman. "If he "doesn't know how to make the best of a bargain, I don't know who does. Tho day before tjie wedding he discovered that Minnie had a freckle under her left ear, and he made mo add $1,000 to her dowry on the ground that the goods wi/.-en't entirely in accordance with the invoice. I was almost tempted to believe that he wasn't a nobleman at all, but a New England Yankee in disgaise."—Chicago Post

Practical Classics.

Mrs. Timkins was taking her son to school for the first time, and, after impressing the schoolmaster with the necessity of bis having a thoroughly good education, finished op by saying, "And be sure he learns Latin." "But, my dear madam," said the schoolmaster, "Latin is a dead language." "All right," said Mrs. Timkina. "He'll want it. He's going to to an undertaker. ''—London Tit-Bits.

An Awful Sentence.

A celebrated Irish judge o: ce passed sentence in the following manner. The prisoner was a butler who had been convicted of stealing his master's wine: "Dead to every claim of natural affeotion, blind to your own real interests, yon have burst through all the restraints Of religion and morality and have for many years been feathering your own nest with your master's bottles."—Loo. don Telegraph.

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Some Extraordinary Mothers.

Probably tho youngest grandmother of whom we have record was a Lady Child of Shropshire, England. She had married at 12 years of age and had a child before her thirteenth year was completed. This child in turn married while still very young, with the result that Lady Child was a grandmother at 27. The most extraordinary cases of motherhood were those of Mrs. Honeywood of Charing, in Kent, and Lady Temple of Stow. When'the former died, on May 10, 1620, aged 93, she counted as her descendants 16 children^ 114 grandchildren, 228 great-grandchildren and 9 great-great-grandchildren. The other case was even more remarkable. Lady Temple, who died in 1656, had give birth to 4 sons and 9 daughters and lived to see more than 700 descendants.

Taste of Boiled Water.

In advocating the practice of boiling water (aud milk) of uncertain purity Professor Bizzozero combats the prejudice against boiled water as a beverage. He maintains that the "taste" frequently complained of in boiled water is really caused by the kettle aud can scarcely be due to tbe absence of dissolved air, of which water from wrlls of great depth often contains very little. —Pittsbnrg Dispatch.

A Question of Locality.

"I'll tell yon one tbiug," said Madpop to his long suffering wife, "if Willy does not behave himself, I'll give bim tbe worst spanking ho ever had. He'll get it in the neck." "Do be serious, my dear," replied Mrs. Madpop. "The neck is noplace on which to spank a child."—Harper's Bazar.

Which End?

Irascible Lieutenant (down engine room tube)—Is there a blithering idiot at the end of this tube?

Voice From the Engine Room—Not at tbia eud, sir.—Punch.

Declaration of Independence.

"My son," said the indignant father, "I've stood your impudence just as long as I'm going to stand it. You haven't bad a whipping for a good while, tut you're going to get .one now. Take off your coat." "It won't be necessary, dad," replied the husky boy. "I can do you up with it on."—Now York World.

Honors Enay.

Who carried off the houors at the walk, Rastus?" "M*. Sam Johnsing, sab, but de Lawd only knows who carried off de cake..Cincinnati Enquirer.

Tlioir Slide Into Oblivion.

Men who climb the Alps and lose their lives slipping down into the valley are brave aud daring, but they never get credit for doing a good thing.—New Orleans Picayune.

Germaus consume as much wine", beer and brandy every year as would equal one-half of the French indemnity .after the Franco-German war.

Among the natives of Mexico there are, according to Lumholtz, about 15u,000 nurvivors of the Aztec race.

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There is a distinctly peculiar halo that invests the being of an old soldier in the eyes of the present generation. The sight of him arouses a feeling of admiration for his brave deeds and heroic "achievements.

Among those who bravely fought was Dr. L. J. Clark, who, when but a beardless boy, heard the tocsin of war sounded.

It firei his patriotic spirit to a fervency that found relaxation only in his realisation of fighting in the battles.

To the call of President Lincoln for troops in the latter part of '6lt young Clark promptly responded.

There was need of men in the navy, and he joined that service in the mortar fleet of Admiral Porter, which soon after began operations on the Mississippi River.

At the terrific bombardment of the Vicksburg forts, the hero of this stoty fell on the deck of the Juliette with a shattered arm from a charge of schrapneL

He lay in the hospital for months, and when he had recovered sufficiently to be moved, was sent to his home at Warren, O.

Though partly incapacitated for active service, his patriotic teal got the better of him, and when the call for more troops came, young Clark enlisted in a company formed by Capt. Joel I. Asper, at Warren.

It became Co. H.of the 7th Ohio Volunteers and was sent to the Army of the Potomac under General Grant then campaigning in Virginia against General Robert E. Lee.

In a skirmish near Richmond, he was wounded again and was sent to the hospital- He remained there for some time,

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but finally recovered, and went home. ''4Shortly after, he began the study of veter* inary surgery, and, when completed, went to Chicago, where he has resided for thirty years, and is now one of. the leading surgeons of that profession in the city.

His old wounds began to trouble him several years ago. He grew weak, emaciated and thoroughly debilitated* His friends began to despair of his life.

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