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London, England, 1867-12-09 00:00:00

not be aware that there exists as yet no tele'
graph communication between the River Plate
and Rio ; perhaps this is also one of their true
telegraphic despatches, or else a ship by that Dar"
is meant.)
" Buenos Ayres, 29th September, 1867.—The
Brazilian Minister at Buenos Ayres to the Minister
of Foreign Affairs at Rio de Janeiro :—lt was enlY
after the departure of the packet that we saw the
letter of the Paraguayan Caminos to Mr. Gould.
We are occupied in making very clear the falsity of
the assertion of a previous understanding of 'Air'
Gould with the agents of Brazil."
"This telegraphic despatch was published in the
Dario gificidl do Pig Janeiro, the oth of October,
and rept od need in the other journals. Now if snY
one wishes to deceive, he ought to state at leas
things 's hick had the appearance of truth. It i$
not very likely that when, by the taking of the
town of Pillar, which intercepts the fluvial comae'
nication which lias remained between Asuncion
and liumaita, and the very moment that the Hass
of the siege had been closed, and that in all Pr`''
bability that fortress is expected to fall by famine'
that the Allies should give up pretensions 'Kb°
they did not, when the war was much farther from
the end."
"If any one wishes to deceive one ought to state,
at least, things which have the appearance of
truth," says the Brazilian Legation at Paris. This
sentence we must return fully to its author. That
part of America which the Brazilian Legation calls
" the Plate," are the Argentine Confederation and
Uruguay, which means the two allies Brazil 10
against Paraguay ; consequently the journals "Iv°,
regularly publish on the day of the departure eL
each packet false news, in a sense favourable to
Paraguay," are journals, if not authorised, at least
permitted, to be published at Buenos Ayres and
Montevideo, and it is not very likely that they are
permitted to speak against their own country, par"
titularly in time of war, as it would be rather
dangerous for them to publish false news in favour
of the common enemy. But this, it appears, some
journals are guilty of, according to the Brazilian
Legation ! In the River Plate States, the Goveru-
snents are no more tolerant in that respect than is
many other countries, and even are less so ; they
have very often suppressed journals, and prosecuted
,
their editors, for ocly having criticised the policy of
their own respective Governments. The America+
of Buenos Ayres, and the Reforma, of Monte'
video, besides several others, are ample proof of this.
Besides the strong hand of the Government, the
editors of Buenos Ayres and Montevideo are also
exposed to the fury of the mob, easily excited by
the political opponents of the journal and its
editors. The office of the Refosata, for instance'
was plundered and sacked by a political mob; there'
fore it would be rather dangerous for the news:
papers in those cities to publish news in favour o'.
Paraguay, and still more so if that news proved to be
false. The agents of Brazil are very anxious to wake
the world believe that Mr. Gould, her British Ma;
jesty's Secretary of Legation at Buenos Ayres, bad
gone to Paraguay to negotiate a peace without anl
previous knowledge of the Allies. ThiS is not very
likely. Mr. Gould, residing at Buenos Ayres, in
daily intercourse, through his position, with the
Argentine Government and the Brazilian Ministers,
was not likely to go to Paraguay without baying
communicated his intentions to them, and must have
been fully aware of the stipulations they would
abide by for making peace. Mr. Gould could not
have acted differently. Mr. Gould must have been
sure of the determination to abide by the stipulations
on the part of those with whom he resided before
he left Buenos Ayres, as well as of the Allied geu,e-
rals commanding, with whom he had several cone'
rences at headquarters. The letter of " a cer-
tain Mr. Caminos," extensively published
Europe and America, showed clearly the
the peace proposals emanated from the Alliee„
through Mr. Gould, and the "Paraguayan
Caminos was shrewd enough to exact from 'P.
Gould the promise to declare that such was the
case —" Where the voice of Paraguay could not be
heard." With all these proofs the Brazilian Lena"
tion at Buenos Ayres, according to their so-called
telegraphic despatch, which took seven days to reach
Rio, is busily engaged in making very clear the
" false assertion that Mr. Gould hai a previous un-
derstanding with the agents of Brazil."
The rest of the communique to the Presse is of the
same true nature. The town of Pillar as yet has
i
not been taken, nor does Pillar command the fins'''.
communication between Asuncion and Humaita;
nor has Huntaita been invested—quite the non-
trary !—nor has it fallen through famine.
The news from the seat of war in Paraguay/ as
published here via Lisbon, if favourable to Paraguay'
are styled " Paraguayan news," or from a " rare;
guayan source," and have invariably been true, al;
borne out by letters and journals received by the
packets ; but we are sorry to say we cannot say 50
much of the telegrams from the seat of war coo'
totted at Rio, as nearly all have been wanting; 1.1.
truth. Neither the Brazilian Legation nor thele
friends can get over the fact that, for nearly three
years, they have, according to their news, been
beating and slaughtering the Paraguayans by tells
of thousands on all points, by lane and by water,
but up to this very hour they have not been able %.
reduce the first Paraguayan fort, Curupaith nor
have they been able to march an army, when they
had one, ten miles into their enemy's country.
is not more than justice to heroic and devoted Pare-
guay, and its gallant Marshal and brave people, to
put before the world, in its true light, the really
wonderful events as they pass in the River Plate;
and to declare the truth, as Mr. Commissioner
Caminos remarked to Mr. Gould, " Where the voice
of Paraguay cannot be heard."—Anglo-Anierica
tt
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land, Colonel the Hon. Henry Cecil Lowther, .2a-•
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