Evening Star Newspaper, December 14, 1928, Page 7

CONFERENCEMOVE 10 AVERT CONFLICT Pan-American Meeting™Here Offers to Tender’fiocd 0f- fices in Conciliation. (Continued From First Page.) livian government, it was communi- | cated In dispatches reccived here. Everywhere in Bolivia, it was said, na- tfonal unity is manifest. Veterans of | the Acre campaign have been reor- | ganized and have offered their services. | More important, nowever, is the fact | that Bolivia has taken measures to stabilize iis currency in view of the impending _crisis. Many offers of financial aid, it was announced, have been received from Bolivian vesidents in Chile, Argentine, Peru and Brazil. The way was paved for today's meet- ing of the conierence at a two-hour executive session yesterday of the special committee looking into the boundary dispute after the receipt of Argentina’s communication to the United States welcoming' the peace efforts of the| conference. The decision was hastened also by the renewed indications from Paraguay, particularly, that the ecrisis was hourly becoming more acute. | Along with the committee’s recom- | mendation that the conference take action there also will be submitted a number of proposals as to the way in wiiich this should be done. That course is for the conference to decide. Divided as to Methods. Dr. Victor Maurtua of Peru, chair- | man of the committee, stated before | the conference opened that his col- leagues, among whom Charles Evans | Hughes is the American representa- | tive, had expressed views as to how to achieve the desired end. To this extent, he said, there had been a diver- | sity of opinion. | Up until the receipts of the Argen- | tine communication the special commit- | te¢ had been laboring under the dis- advantage of the non-participation of the Argentine Republic in the parley. | Argentina, the only Latin American country not represented at th> eon-| ference, has been engaged for some time in trying to mediace the wowuury | settlement dispute, including the same frontier on which last week's clash at + Hall’ Chair @.75 and up Gateleg $17.95 “Occasional Tables $9.75 and up Venetian Mirrors $9.75 and up | Port Vanguardia precipitated the pres- | ent crisis. The Paraguayan note to the State | Department, describing the situation as | threatening “imminent war,” shatteres ]ror the time being, hopes of an_early | and peaceful settlement. These hopes, | however, are revived today in the face | of the conference session. ’ With the good will manifested by Ar- gentina, all South America now is unit- | Ing in effort to avert open warfare. 1 The Paraguayn legation has said its government would agree to any form of international conciliation in its desire to preserve peace. For this reason the in- ; structions of the Paraguayan charge | d'affaires to co-operate with the con- 1 fex;fémce's special committee are still | va “Moral Reparations” Asked. Bolivia, on the other hand, while pointing to its own past efforts to mediate the controversy, still contends that Paraguay must make ‘“morai | reparations” for the assault upon | Bolivian national honor. In this the whole country appears to be united. The Bolivian Minister in France, Simon Patino, the “tin” king, said to be the wealthiest man in South America, has cabled his support to the Bolivian gov- ernment in defense of “national dignity and integrity.” This information was regarded as indicating the unanimity of public opinion on the part of the Bo- livian people. The cebinet has resigned, it was learned today, in order to allow Presi- dent Siles to appoint & new one in which may be represented the different political parties of Boivia. THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON, ble, which has thrown a monkey wrench into th2 proceedings of the Pan-Ameri- can Conference, both disputants have contended that the other was at fault d, | in the border clash. The Paraguayan charge d’affairs in Paris has dispatched a note to the Council of the League of Nations in which was given the Para- guayan vetsion of the conflict. He said that Bolivian troops made excursionc into Paraguayan -territory and, when requested to withdraw, they attacked Furthermore, the note declared that on earning of this act, Paraguay planned teps to convene- & commission of quiry and so notified the permiament commission set up by the Gondra treaty, at Montevideo, Uruguay, but that Bolivia’s only reply was to hand the Paraguayan representative at La Paz his passports. Although largely marking time since its sessions started last Monday, the Washington Conference has proceeded with routin> activities designed to ascer- tain the views of the 20 republics repre- sented on arbitration and conciliation. The convention was called with the aim 5f preparing a protocol that wou'd lessen chances for war on th> Western Hemis- phere, such as the present crisis invites. INDIANS OFFER SERVICES. War Fever in Bolivia Appears to Be Subsiding Generally. LA PAZ, Bolivia, December 14— Fifty thousand Quichuas and Amaras Indians have offered their services for defense of Bolivia's frontiers. The gen- eral miiitary staff thanked the Indian From the start of the boundary trou- | chieftains who brought the offer, but ———— e CHINESE-AMERICAN RESTAURANT 14th and Pa. Ave. N. W. Announces With Pride the i Enragement Extraordinary of The Pemberton Dancers Washiagton’s Cwn Favorites a iwo Performances Nightly—7:15 and 11:15 Beginning Sat., Dec. 15 Luncheon 50c Dinner 90c and $1.00 Dancing Daily—12 to 2:30, 6 to 8:30 and 10 to 1 A. M. Music By CHARLIE WRIGHT and ‘His Venus Orchestra No Cover Charge at Any Time Phone Frank. 7819 for Reservations told them that their services were not necessary yet. Newspapers today commented thut the gesture of the Indians was an indi cation of civic consciousness in a qu ter where it might not have been e pected in so great a degree. They saw in the Indlans themsclves, a powerful and possibly decisive factor in event of war with Paraguay. Forms New Cabinet. President Siles formed a new cabinet of national concentration to replace the former ministry which resigned to leave the President Iree to act as he chose in the crisis. k The war fever today appeared to be subsiding generally. Bulletins were | posted urging the citizens to return| Gy ordinance intended to prevent specula- tion in the necessitles of life by fixing prices. There was a rumor that' President Irigoyen of Argentina was already mediating in the controversy. Public sentiment, however, appeared to be against such mediation until after the deaths of Bollivians killed in the skirmishes with Paraguayans had been avenged. The, members of the new cabinet are agriculture, and Josz Antezana, trade, development and communications. 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