The New York herald., 1872-08-19

oaAA oi Cn0 Paraguay hlver-Ih0
Garden Of Eden in America
The following special correspondence to the
HERALD dated In Rio Janeiro, supplies the latest
details OF the position of affairs 1t exists from the
Brazilian capital to tho heart of the Banda Oriental
and on the banks Of the Paraguay River.
The National situat1on-Diplomatic and
Territorial.
RIO JANEIRo, July Q, 1872.
The Brazilian note of June 90, In reply TO the
Argentine one OF April 27, has just been published.
In Its calm and moderate language 1t ia In COM
pete contrast to the spiteful tone Of that OF the
Argentine Minister Of Foreign Affairs which, with
cruel irony. the Brazilian government has pub
ltshed textually in the same Issue of the Gazette.
After clearing the way of number Of side argu-
ments, with which the La Plata note abounded,
the Brazilian Minister Of Foreign Affairs sets forth
TIE REAL ISSUE
dlsembarrassed of all disguises; shows that It is
not question as to whether Brazil could or could
not, after all the ends of the war had been at
tained, after preliminary treaty OF peace had
been made with the provisional government, after
two years had passed in frutless attempts at
friendly negotiation, and after the Argentine negO-
tiator had put forward, as a sine Qua OF the
negotiation, pretensions peremptoriy rejected by
the other two allies usti1ably negotiate separately
with Paraguay definite treaties strictly respecting
the principles laid down in the treaty of alliance
but that 1t really s whether Brazil and the Oriental
| Republic are bound to
FORCE PARAGUAY
| to surrender Its claims to the west side OF the
River Paraguay, without allowing Paraguay to
produce Its titles, and without allowing 70 the
allies any power whatever to judge of the validity
of the Argentine claims to the Chaco Territory.
ESSENTIALS OF THE TREATY.
The provisional treaty of peace with Paraguay,
dated June 20, 1870, as the note shows, reserved
to Paraguay the right Of proposing notifications to
the bounds Indicated In the treaty OF alliance OF
May /, 1866, entered into for the purposes Of the
war against Lopez, the following words of the pro-
visoAal treaty of peace being clear Preserving
for the definite adjustments with the permanent
government those notifications in said treaty (of
May 1. 1861 which the Paraguayan government
may propose In tho interests Of the republic" On
the 9th OF December. 1870 In explanatory notes
relating to the Argentine occupation OF the Chac0,
then just effected, the Argentine government ex-
pressly acknowledged the
PARAGUAYAN RIGHT
to propose those notifications In regard to the
Chaco bounds, saying:-
The Argentine government sustained a short
time ago. in dlssensions with the representative OF
does not give to the allied nations the right OF
20 impose sneir limits as indicated In
now, as It believed then, that the bounds must be
discussed with the government established In Para
quay and that their settlement should be made, in
The treaties to be celebrated after the contracting
parties have produced the titles on which each
Argentine republic does not resolve the question Of
bOunds it takes by the right of victory what 1t
believes Its own, but Is ready to return 1t should
Paraguay produce better proofs than ours when the
question OF right is treating Of
But
COMPARE THESE PROFESSIONS
with what occurred when the plenipotentIaries
met afterwards, towards the end Of 1871. at Asun-
cion, to conclude the definite treaty of peace and
bounds. Then, when the question OF the bounds
was about to be taken up, the Argentine plenipo-
tentiary demanded, as the sine Qs4a non prelImi-
nary the assent Of the other two to the following
ExTRAvAGANT rRETENsIoNs;
That the discussions and stpniatlons posterior to
right Of PARAGUAY TO propose modiicatonss or to
produce I'D I'll titles to- to said 6S bounds n and als?l
rnat the nstSn % which is erected by the possible
Of their justice and admissb biity. That the other
allies are without tte 70 intervene IN the differ
cating then and sti less for the purpose o ro
solving them. That not even under the aspect OF
c Of 20 the ohsr ohsr s s
yield against its wish recognition or concessions OF
Of a single inch Of the limits established in the
limits limits to which that ally Considers itself entitled
braced by the treaty; that such refusal by Para
quay will, of right, replace things as they were
such situation be Produced the allies must agree
upon the most fitting means for putting an end to
s&s ana "a the % s
| between all the allies.
The Brazilian and Oriental plenipoten tiares at
once
REFUSED TO ADMIT
such pretensions to tie their hands and gar them
denying to the others any right to Judge OF the
value Of claims which their government might be
called on to support by
FORCE OF ARMS
Thereon the Argentine envoy left Asuncion, first
intimating to the Paraguayan government not to
proceed further with the negotiations upon the
other matters OF the definite treaties. OF this
| naughty intimation neither the Brazilian nor the
Paraguayan negotiat0r would take cognizance !;
and acting on his instructions, the Brazilian pleni-
with Paraguay within the terms Of the treaty Of
alliance.
the Argentine government that nothing
| PREVENTS IT'S
negotiating similar separate treaties with Para
| guay-treaties which would still remain under the
COnunct guarantee OF the alliance; that Its allies
have never questioned Its claims to the Chaco but
| that il they are to be called on to maintain those
claims with armed hands they must be
| ALLOWED TO JUDGE
or tnc validity OF tn0Sc claims IN the light OF the
respective titles produced by the Confederation and
Paraguay, and the more so that the claims OF Bolivia
to large portion Of the disputed territory were
expressly saved by protocol attached to the treaty
of alliance. The Chaco boundary, says the Bazillan
note, Is the
ONLY OBSTACLE
| which remains between the Argentine and the
| Paraguayan governments. 1t is one In which the
other allies have no concern. Let the two govern
ments settle between them and enter into treaties
| and then all can be placed under the guarantee OF
the alliance, to which Brazil still adheres frankly
| and entirely.
Such are the principal points OF the diplomatic
note, the immense length OF which prevents sum-
| mariZing
To the Rio public II has given
GENERAL SATISFACTION,
for its extreme moderation OF language and con-
| niii n he reSnrt arms