Patterns of Peacemaking

THOUGH much yet remains to be done, gradually the pat tern of peacemaking is emerging from the cloud of con ferences. To appreciate the value of the processes being pursued and the results obtained is not easy. Some sense of pro portion may be achieved, however, by a comparison with the past, especially with what happened in the other two periods of comprehensive peacemaking, 1814-15 and 1918-1921. Our estimate of the Congress of Vienna was drastically revised by the experience of the Paris Conference of 1919. The verdict on the peace treaties that ended the First World War is already in process of being changed by our recent experiences. Let us hope that the present settlement will never have to bereviewed in the light of another series of peace treaties. 1

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