The Etiquette of Peacemaking

There are steps which must be taken before Uncle Sam will hang up his musket!

Modes of Peacemaking:

In the Etiquette of Chaining Up the Dogs of War, the Vanquished Pay the Piper

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Steps Which Must Be Taken Before Uncle Sam Will Hang Up His Musket

 

The etiquette of peacemaking is as strict as that of war-making. Pending negotiations for permanent peace, the President may agree to an armistice. Neither side can then take advantage of such a truce by making warlike movements or repairs beneath the other's guns. If a city is under siege, however, it will be permissible for its defenders to repair or build inner defenses out of reach of our artillery. In other words, neither the country at war with us, nor the United States may do anything during an armistice which the other might have prevented it from doing at the exact moment when the truce began to take effect.—Taken from an article in the Mariposa Gazette, 1898

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