The Sun.
London, England, 1868-02-22 00:00:00

THE WAR IN PARAGUAY.

The French packet has brought a fortnight later
news from the Brazils and the seat of war in Para-
guay. Cholera, which is devastating the fair pro-
vinces of La Plata, is the all-absorbing topic of all
the newspapers from Buenos Ayres and Monte
Video. To add to the difficulties is the wide-
spreading discontent with the • Government of
General Mitre. The insurrection at Santa Fe has
so far triumphed, and Rosario is in the hands of the
insurgents, the political opponents of the national
Government. The war in Paraguay, which
now for over three years has swallowed up
all the resources of Brazil, the Confederation,
and Uruguay is daily becoming more distasteful
to the people, as notwithstanding all the sacrifices
made in money and men, with a large army at
command, and a fleet so large as to be ridiculous,
as one of the native papers expresses itself, the
Allies have been unable, up to the latest account,
to win one solitary advantage, and are in such a
perilous situation, that owing to the rise in the
river they cannot retreat, nor can they advance, as
they are still kept in check by Marshal Lopez, who
hangs with his brave soldiers on both flanks of his
enemies ; therefore the Allies cannot move without a
hard fight, for which they are in no position.
The death of Senor Paz, the Vice-President, and
the revolution at Santa Fe have made it necessary
for General Mitre to leave the army and return to
Buenos Ayres to save, if possible, that province
from the invasion of the insurgents, who are openly
protected by Mitre's great political opponent,
General Marquiza. The death of Senor Paz is
called a Brazilian victory, as it forces General Mitre
to leave the command of the Allied forces to the
Brazilian commander, Marquis de Caxias, who the
Brazilians expect will now be able to conquer
Paraguay and make it a Brazilian province ; but, if
not, has to return defeated, like his colleague Mitre.
After our experience of the struggle going on
in the River Plate, we suppose the latter will be
the case. Every one in Brazil, as well as the
River Plate, wishes to get rid of the war by some
means or other, and the Buenos Ayres Standard
hopes that the offered mediation of the United
States will be accepted, and by that means the
country saved. We quote the Standard on that
subject as follows :—" The untoward and deplor-
able event which has suddenly deprived the Argen-
tine Republic of its highest magistrate by the
lamented death of Don Maros Paz, and which
has sensibly deepened the gloom hovering
over this unhappy land, creates a situation
which was never contemplated by the framers of
the Constitution, and places the Government in a
serious and awkward predicament, more particu-
larly in view of the critical circumstances through
which the country is passing. It may,
however,
while aggravating the actual crisis, be perhaps the
means of culminating that very crisis, and of occa-
sioning an unexpected solution to thei sanguinary
and complicated problem of the Paraguayan im-
broglio. Although no ardent partisans of the Para-
guayan war, foreigners are far from joining in the
senseless cry raised for party and personal purposes,
that all the evils that afflict us are to be laid to its door.
Their causes lie far deeper, and are to be tracedto the
want of energy
for some time past have swayed the destinies of this
and shortsightedness of those who
country as much as to the antecedents and political
regime of the country itself. But while impartial
observers will be ready to confess that if the war
was in its origin a necessary evil for which the Ar-
gentine Government was not responsible, but
which it could neither disregard nor shrink from
with honour and dignity, they will as readily
admit that subsequent events and its very dura-
tion have rendered it in the sequel, an unmitigated
nuisance, and the dictates of a sound and lofty
policy do undoubtedly suggest the expediency of
bringing it to an immediate termination. It is in
compliance with these views that we have from time
to time urged upon the belligerents the imperious
necessity of making peace at any cost, and that we
have hailed with sincere satisfaction the appearance
of anything that seemed to open a door to a pa-
cific solution.

The friendly
step taken by the United States.
Government of simultaneously offering its good
offices to the -various belligerents through its
respective diplomatic agents, both from the cha-
racter of the mediator and the circumstances under
which the offer was made, raised just hopes that a
settlement of the questions pending between the
belligerents might be arrived at through diplomatic
negotiations, but as yet those hopes have not been
realised. The history of the correspondence that
took place on- that occasion between the Ame-
rican Legation and the Argentine Govern-
ment roust be fresh in the memory of our
readers, and they will remember that Sr.
Elizalde, the then Minister for Foreign Affairs, in
his answer to the original offer of mediation made
by General Asboth, said-1' The Argentine Govern-
ment is sincerely grateful for the friendly step taken
by the Government 9f the United States, and,
should the occasion arise, it would be happy to avail
itself of such benevolent dispositions." Now, we
that, taking for granted that the
Government is as anxious as ever in
ljetmhnepitedihnatteiSiceatsaltltyesofsahYamty to lend its good offices to
bring about a peaceful and honourable termination
to this protracted Paraguayan war, the occasion
mentioned
by Sr.
Sr. Elizalde has undoubtedly arrived,
to be allowed to pass."
and
ought

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