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It was General Burnside.
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He was the first American President in attending a Peace Conference, and not only he attended but he was one of the major powers who actively participated in it by proposing peaceful negotiations to a long-lasting peace in Europe, that included not to punish Germany harshly.
The treaty was known as the Treaty of Paris.
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