Treaty of Madrid (The Great War 1861 - 1866)

The Treaty of Madrid brought an official end to the Great War. After an explosion of anti-war protests and riots throughout major cities in the British isles, the British parliament was forced to seek out a peace with the Grand Triumverate (USA, Russia, and Prussia) to restore order. For the past months building up to the treaty Britain and its allies (CSA and Ottoman Empire) were being pounded on several fronts.

The British soon sent telegrams to all members of the Grand Triumverate asking for an armstice and eventual peace treaty. Two days after being sent the the British Foreign ministry recieved a supply from the US that it and its allies were more than willing to discuss peace as long was the British could promise to have its allies agree to a peace treaty.

For the CSA there was no need for British to force them to the negoiating table. In the year leading up to this the Confederacy had been suffering a string of devasting losses. The remaints of the Army of Northern Virginia, under James Longstreet, had surrendred at Richmond, which also led to the fall of the Confederate capital Richmond. Then the second capital Danville, Virginia had been captured along with President Jefferson Davis. So by the time acting-President Alexander Stephens recieved the demand of a surrender from the British he had little choice but to go along with it.

The Ottomans too were being overwhelmed by the Russian forces. Despite inflicting many casualties upon the Russians, almost all of Turkey had been ovrerrun and other provinces of the Ottoman Empire were in full-scale rebellion. However for the first two months after receiving the demand of the British to surrender, the Ottomans remained resiliant with the Sultan declaring "Neither this goverment, its armies, or people will submit to the Russian hordes". A week after stating this the Ottomans telegramed the British that they would agree to a peace treaty

The location for the talks would be set in Madrid in neutral Spain.

Terms

Territorial Conditions

-The unconditional surrender of the Confederate States government

-The provinces of Nova Scotia and New Bruinswick will be suceeded to the United States

-British Colombia will be suceeded to the Russian Empire*

-The territories of Modolvia and Wallachia will be suceeded to the Russian Empire

-Austria shall suceede Venetia to Italy

-Austria shall suceede Schleswig and Holstein to the German Empire

-Hanover will be annexed by the German Empire

-The Alsace-Lorraine region to the German Empire

-Constantinople wil be declared a free-city under the protection of the Ottoman Empire

Economic Conditions

-The nations of Great Britain and France will pay war reparations to the United States

-France and Austria will pay war indemities to the German Empire and Russian Empire, until so Vienna wil be occupied by a Russian garrison and Paris by a German garrison

Military Conditions

-Canada and the Great Lakes will be a demiliterized zone for both British and US forces

-Aland Islands will be remiliterized by Russian forces

-The Black Sea will be made a demiliterized zone for Ottoman forces

Signatories

USA - William Seward

CSA - Judah P Benjamen

British Empire - Lord Stanley

Russian Empire - Edouard de Stockl

Third French Republic - Jules Farve

German Empire - Otto Von Bismark

Kingdom of Italy - Marquis D'Azeglio

Austrian Empire - Rudolf Apponyi

Ottoman Empire - Mehmed Emin Âli Paşa