Show I I F Famous amons P Peace Treaties By H. H IRVING KING Copyright IDIS 1118 b by Tile The McClure Newspaper Syndicate i I spread gradually t to the other pai parts palts ts of the vice royalty loyalty and rendered the tho Spanish supremacy precarious In InISI ISI this movement had gained such strength th that a an assem asem- bl bly of oC Peru Peruvians declared independence dence though the viceroy still held his post JOSL and b by the tho command of the tho tea lea cn which ho he possessed and the thc strength of lit the tho royal loyal forces force orce still tilI fought to I subdue South America to tho the Spanish crown In lS 1822 Brazil declared Its independence In- In dependence of or j Portugal and set up tip In-I In a aan JIM JIMan t tan an empire under the tho head hoad of QC the royal house of ot Bras Braganza 1 who gave up his claims to tho the Portuguese throne III In the tho ho tumult which raged etl around her In South America Brazil Brazil- took no part I her revolution waR wan peacefully ac accomplished ne- ne and nor Independence peacefully secure But all Spanish America was in a state of oC chaos The flip revolted colonies could not even agree amon among themselves and were rent lent by International discords 8 If Ie looked as aR lf Jf Spain b by a n. vigorous effort might yet vet ct restore h her r authority in South America the revolted colonies In detail dc- dc tail Uil Simon Bolivar had now succeeded ed In forming out of Venezuela Now New Granada Granda Gran Gran- ada da and Ecuador the Republic of Colombia Co Co- Co lombia He lie saw aw that union was nc for tor the securing of oC tho ho Independence Inde Inde- nce of ot the colonies and In January January Jan Jan- tar uary of or 1523 sent fent Don Joaquin Moquera Mos Mos- Quera to Buenos BUnos Ayres res to propose a defensive alliance o of ot the tho United inces of or La Plata and the republic of oC Colombia Almost simultaneously ith ith the arrival oC there ap ap- ap- ap eare Ln in n Buenos Duenos Ayres Ares two commissioners commissioners commis commis- sent by the Spanish king to open negotiations wita the United Provinces with the idea of or detaching them from the tho other revolted colonies Spain had pow now entered upon the policy pol pol- icy of oC sowing Between tho different South Routh American governments an arid and winning enough of ot them to her sl aide ido o to tomake inake certain a return of oC her hor complete nt Rivadavia wa was pro I provisionally In charge chargo of tho La L Plata Plat government His Ills Idea was to have o nil all Jl tho the colonies unite in ina a. a peaceful un un un- with the the- mother country by which the revolution should bo ho completed Tie he betas was tas evidently listening to the tile siren Irn song of oC tho the royal com corn missioners Mosquera Il Insisted d upon a 1 military alliance a against Spain H Hll He ll also If o proposed a 1 congress cos composed of oC delegates of nil all the South American colonies which union have 1111 charge of or the relations relations re re- re lations bet the states Ho evi eI dently looked forward w to some such union as the British colonies In North America established under the Articles Arti Artl- cbs cles of oC Confederation In In short to a I. I States of oC South America But this proposition was at once nega nega- thell by by The treat treaty as drawn up provided for Cor a l defensive al nl alliance al- al liance lInce between Colombia and La Plata Pla Pta ta in support of oC their independence from Spanish or any other foreign n domination The legislature of I La a Plata alf als also o passed a resolution that no ll treaties s of oh neutrality or commerce should be bo signed with Spain until after aCter aft aCt er Cr the cessation of or war In nil all tho the new ne' Mates of America and until after aCtor tho recognition of or their Independence rind Buenos Ayres 1 agreed reed to nc negotiate tho the acquiescence of or the tho other colonies I In the Ow treat treaty treat rind the resolution The result was as that for the first time lime Spanish h South America showed how 11 a a. united front Th Tho treaty was WS signed on March arch S. S IS t. t On December 9 J. lS 1824 was wa fought ought in southern Peru tho ho of ot Ayacucho In which General with the allied tilled army defeated an and captured the Spanish viceroy La ta Serna Fourteen Spanish generals gave ave up their swords that da day and the war of Independence was at ll an end except for a a. few minor engage engage- men ments ment t. t |