admiral george colburn ordered only government buildings to be destroyed, including the white house capitol treasury and the navy yard us president james madison fled so fast that even the dinner prepared for him was eaten by the british soldiers and then the residence. they set it on fire, at the end of 1814 the americans made peace with the gases to conquer canada, and on august 24, 1898, russia proposed to convene an international peace conference , foreign minister mikhail muravyov invited foreign ambassadors and handed them an official note on behalf of nicholas ii, it said to put the limit on continuous armament and find means to prevent the misfortune that threatens the whole world is now a higher duty for all states in the west. the idea was received without enthusiasm. they aimed ahead of the world, but st. petersburg insisted on convening a conference in the dutch capital of the hague, almost all european powers participated in it, as well as the united states, china, mexico, persia, siam and japan, important documents were adopted. including the rude resolution of conflicts in the laws an