Show I I When Peace Came 1 00 Years Ag Tho The only peace congress comparable to the one that will follow this Um war in tho number f of or nations ana ane great and conflicting Interests Interest involved v d was that tha t which met In Vienna following the de defeat defeat de- de feat at of or Napoleon and hi his banishment I de-I to Elba BUm It H is interesting in the light I of what must corne come to o recall some Borne of the features of or that memorable gathering gather 1 I ing at the court of or Francis JfrancIs In the theAu Au Austrian capital Present nt at Ill the tho were vero the tale Austrian emperor the czar of ot Hussla the kings of or Prussia la Bavaria an and Denmark and anti nearly all the stat statesmen of or prominence in Europe The dul duke l' l of 01 Wellington Viscount count Castlereagh Lord Stewart Count and General Cathcart r represented Great nt Britain Prince Tal Tal- leI do du the duke of 01 Dalberg Dal- Dal berg and anci Count Alexis de spoke for France The Russian czar and anel the Prussian king were accompanied accompanied by their ablest 1 advisors advisers SweI Swed Swe Swe- SweI Swe- Sweden I I d den n Norway Portugal 11 and nil all the minor German and Italian HaHnn t st states s xi u J represented Only the United St Stand Sa rind and Turkey among th the nations of j 1 por Lance were lacking at it that me meets tI For FOol weeks the tho delegates at g did Ii 11 but indulge c In a succession of fest feMI tics The A Austrian u people u. u ruined yet the Austrian emperor gp ap vast sums Bums in the entertainment of guests bursts gU t Lud Ludwig wig von On en cn i p Rented several new compositions d ing log this period d and as assisted In ht great real ins ins' which solemnized the tha of or th the execution of L Lt Lc XVI Prince Metternich presided at councils but Talleyrand was the l lIng leing le leing ing spirit t of the congress called remodel the map of ot Europe It lt resembled a market of m kind says uru The commis charged with dividing up the bu herd among the kings was wag wn gre Ire troubled by the exi exigencies of Pru which demanded eman ed subjects as an Indemnity The c c gress Iress even discussed ed the quality of or human merchandise and gravely bravely rc rec nl the fact that t a farmer man of la Chapello lIc or Cole Cola was worth north more than a Pole Pol All nations nation gained con considerable p ions of or territory save England v. wt a asked k d for nothing on they the continent gained the Cape apE of or Good Hope Ce Cej and other colonies s. |