| Show WHAT COST OF PEACE it is rather carter yet to speculate as to what terms tho victor will impose on the vanquished in the russo war but from tho enormous which havo been paid to end strife between nations in the past it would to cost little less to stop war than to wage it the united stales has invariably treated a vanquished foe most generously indeed in nearly government lias been content with a cession ot territory as tho arico of peace but when any citizen ot this country has buffered at tho bands of the foe ehe has rightly insisted on the indemnity in cash the united states paid mexico 5 for cession of territory at the close ot the mexican war the bamo policy was pursued when spain sued tor peace this government raid to spain to compensate the spaniards for losses no such generosity has been displayed by any of the european powers england compelled china at the close of the first war to pay an indemnity 0 and at the close of the second war A t the cloea ot too austro garman war ao 10 the latter power levied a war indemnity of and at the close of the franco prussian war in 1870 71 pla marit compelled france to pay tho dearest price that any nation ever paid tor peace aggregating the 1 of turkey after the straggle with russia in 1877 was compelled to pay an indemnity of although a larger amount had been demanded twi demanded from greece as the arico of peace a few years back but because of the intervention of the powers he finally accepted ono nath ot that amount in order to peace after tho war with japan eight years ago china bad to pay a considerable by way t of indemnity though not nearly much the japanese would have exacted it they had been allowed a free hand not the idea ot the cel being despoiled by anybody but themselves tho russians interfered and japan had to centena with the cession 0 and the pesca dores and a cash indemnity of this money japan used in preparing tor the struggle by which bho hopes to soon exact indemnity from russia |
