New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1870-01-15
PARAGUAY.
INTERVIEW WITH SENIOR LOPEZ.

pcndcnce-has created considerable interest, aiding to
intensity tho attention already bestowed upon the
wonderful struggle In Paraguay. TIE TRIBUNE Dhs
already published tho views OF different parties 10 the
transactions occurring In Paraguay. and IN order to sun
further eucdatc the questions nt issue. your representa-
tive called upon Mr. Lopez and obtained from him tho
s,ofrments ana opinions involved in what follows.
The younges Lopez about 20 years OF age. OF middle
stature rather stout. but well prorOrtoned Ills com
p!rxion Is somewhat dark, hair and mustache blach'
eyes largo aud brown, head round rather than long, Da
full well proportional and balanced He speaks Eusilsh
quito we'll aud Is evidently accomplished gentleman
Forsome mo past has resided In England and France
and ho comes to the United States in order to finish his
education and study the country. He occupies no on
oal position except as bearer OF dispatches ana com
mnnds therefore, only the influence which his kiuship 10
tho Paraguayan President affords. Mr. Lopez stato-
mrnfs he claims arc based either upon the accounts
gwen By tho nhes themselves the official papers re-
cciycd from the Government. The dispatches he has
presented were sent from the Paraguayan camp in the
latter part OF last November.
In response my inquiry az 70 why Paraguay had hau
10 representative There, Mr.. Lopez stated ulaS 'Hu'
the death Of the Dictator DR.. Francia, the country
ns almost Theoretically sealed TO the world 1t was not
for nearly twenty years after that Paraguay had any
rccnIqrly accredited representatives abroad IL was
about 1860 that Senior Barero was sent rs minister 10
England and France. Mr. Washburn, our ex-MinisleF'
was the first representative above consular
rank sent to Paraguay. 10 vas the mteh
lion OF Marshal Lopez, as will be seen, 10
have been represented here, FIVE years ago france
ana England accredited representatives TO Asuhcoh ou
the war was under way at the time, aud they dd not
present themselves Mr. Thornton, British Minister here
then represented his Government at Brenos Ayre ana
WAS also placed in charge of the Paraguay mission He
never presented his credentials II this isolation which,
according to Mr.. Lopez, has rendered easy the a!Ied
po, Of totally incorporating the character OF his
fathers administration.
PROBABLE POSITION OF president LOPEZ
Recent dispatches from Rio de JaneirO, BueHoS AyreS
and VALPARAISO concur in statement that tho allied
forces arc about Withdrawing from Paraguay The one
received by way of Lisbon is sufficiently dsIro'ed by
reference to the last authentic intelligence received both
from Lopez and the Allies.
Brazil occupies the Paraguay River with Ler Vesse' %
war some twenty in number. and all the principal poul'
IN the valley with her troops IL was recently Claimed
that tho Comic d'Eu had $500 men at con
ccpcion small force at Rosario, and
considerable army in the Interior, adyanc-
ing mainly from the points named, northery' to
where Iopcz with the 81 his army was supposed
to he The Lisbon dispatch stated that Cen Lopez aa
Gcd 10 Bolivia. His sons dispatches place the President
I'm the Can Gausre country, which is northeast OF inc
Paraguay River It rugged and mountainous region,
easily dcfcusibc, well supplied with catt,e. and having
largo amount Of lard cultivated for the mate or Para
guryan tea which is y Government monopoly, and from
which most of the State income vas derived. THIS
region before the war very thiuy settled. Now
however the refugees from the South and East make
quite large population The allied army hold The lines
TO the west Of thisl region, and are in possession
Of the usual routes Bolivia. Were 10 necessary FOR
Marshal Iolcz to fee he might make hi7 way out by
Uruguay more easily than Bolivia. According 10 Buouos
Ayrrs statements he must have from five to twelve
thousand men with him.
Tic allied army OF occupation Is not more than twenty
thousand strong The letter ~ Col Garcia, Argentine
Minister here announcing 10 Mr Fish, that tic war with
Paraguay IL closed the Younger Lopez's opin-
ion mry that his father defeated but rather that the
allies cannot follow the war any further
TINS war according to the Lopez vew has never been
popular with the great OF either Of the allied
pow cr The UrugHyars have long been retained IN tho
alliance rs fear Out Of the State Of Bucros Ayres the
popular feeling tho Argentine COufedcracy has always
been against the war. has chiefly been maintained by
the outcry raised against Marshal Lopez, and iudcious
cxpcnd lures for supplies The feeling very strong In
Brazil Since 1906 the recruits have been conscrped
and that too 10y force. The Empe.ors influence alone
has prevented the withdrawal OF the army.
Itis now claimed that the Argentine troops have all
been wi;Efrawn and about 1900 Of the Brazllans are
,novirr NM leaving only from 1900 to COCO men, Urn
quay has no contingent and her only representative Is
general officer with this withdrawal demanded by the
Liberals in the Legislative Chambers Of both Brazil ana
the Argentine Confcdcracy the troubles OF the socaled
Provisional Government at Asuncion have just begun
Senior Iolv2 has dOUbt that his father VIII Win the
National forces begin forward movement just as soon
s ne il assured OF the withdrawal The chief and In Mr.
Iopzs opinion the only formidable obstacle to the
Prcsdenrs success, IS the fact that the Brazilian
naval forces hold the Paraguay River ana can Of
course aid largely IN the maintenance or the small
army kept in the Capital and other places on the r,D
This occupation OF the river by the Brd1ans IS accord
g Mr. Lopez one OF the worst bualer5 made BY the
.1.Ftn NoFrf and faFrf
torla integrity aud the Liberals know It, In all the dis
cussIon however, ut Rio do JaneIro there is no ntma
tion Of an intention TO withdraw the whole any Of
the 20 Brazilian vessels now on the Paraguay
PARAGUAY AND THE UNITED STATES.
II IA the earnest desire of Marshal Lopez to renew
diplomatic relations with this Government As his son
has Informed tho President In conversation and the
Secretary OF State by formal letter. the President Of
Paraguay declares his the only regular Government and
ms rts that tho temperance Of American Minister
will at once stop tho attempt to establish another Gov
crnmcnt This matter according Mr. Lopez, has been
discussed by the Paraguayans adhering to the Allies.
It's the wish Of Marshal Lopez renewed the offer
made by the United states In 1865 This OFFER coupled
with similar proposals FROM Chill Peru. and Bolivia,
would IL the opinion OF Mr. Lopez, and according to the
view entertained By his fathers government end this
unhappy war Otherwise IL will be fought out to the
bitter end. the destruction OF Paraguayan nationality
IS determncdlupOn AccodnGto the eighth article OF the
Triple Treaty, about one.thrd OF its territory-ihe
western parts be ceded TO Brazil Though this same
treaty pretcnds guarantee the remaining territory OF
Paraguay the 10th Article limits the guarantee until May
next After which the Allies may hold Paraguay as their
own, provided they MAINTAIN themselves.
STATE OF FEELING IN BRAZIL.
According late adyices from Buenos Ayres the Anti
War rarity have carried the Chambers. In the Brazilian
Parliament il becomes daily more formidable, under the
leadership of sohOr Zachara and others At this time Il
Is understood that the Argentine and Urusuayan Minis
tcs OF Foreign Affairs have gone to BIO de Janeiro,
where the Marquis Paranhos, Brazilian Secretary OF
State has also bcen summoned He has been at Asun-