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wAE PREPARATION OF cEIM, rsEu AND
EotNA.
lCorrr spondeac, oc the springfield Republican.
VLrARAisl. Ciili. March t., ls19.
Uhi,i is really model republic, p1liti
cally. well ordered and governed bu: social
ly she Is corrupt to core. as indeed $50 are
her sisters and her cousins ard her aunts.
1t would seem Is Il al tie unfortunate peo-
pie on this coast hat fallen under the wrath
Of heaven, and were 10 reap destruction lUr
their eyil-sOwing, like their unhappy pro
totypes in Old Sodcm and GomOrrah Tidal
waves and earthquakes have poured trouble
upon them, and noW war with all is hor-
rors is staring them in the face. And in all
these lands think i; would be hard to find
any modern lot Il well worth saving as the
old, who certainly Wa no better than he
should have been, and indeed did not bring
up his family any more rishteoaSlY than
nineteenth century PerGylau
The government Of Bolivia Is entirely in
the hands of the military. DaZt. the pre--
dent. is an Indian, with all the native vices
magniied bv that dangerous thlnr, litile
education lie had himself made president,
but in reality Is dictator, welding the most
despotic powers. The seat Of government l.
- PaZ, one of the old Inca cities, several
days journey into the interior. THeg were
keeping carnival there when the news came
OF the capture OF Autalaj.>tu. celebration
which thcv carry ON in the most savage
manner dressing themselves It, ali sorts Ol
animals, and out ioing the beasts IN hea>tii-
hess, gong about mad with suirdiente
and ram and pelting Hle arother with old
eggs and dirty water. President Dd2l was
PLAYING himscll when the news arrived OF
the INVASION oi the thilun~ but his exhil
aration in no wise dImpcned, he put the
despatch in his p1ckct with the cool remark
that business must wait till the carnival WI
over. AMI left little AntaiaJl>ta to SHIFT Tor
herself. while the fun went ol Tor several
days longer Fortunate it wa- for the
Chilian minister who made his escape IN
lhc meantime Otherwise he world never
have LETT the place alive.
We are g1ius through a crisis here now,
and everything j. IN state ui chaotic cIu-
fusion. Chill has sent her tltct To Ahtall-
lIStI and taken lOrcihir possession 1i the
place, kicking out all the Bolivian olh.iAi~
and government cmpioyc-. AntaiIj I~ta :
the port OF the silver mines ui Cauco.eS,
and the nitrate deposit, situated between
parallel - and II 9 South latitude, ter
ritory which has been in dispute between
Chill and Bolivia tor YEAR, \ treaty wa~
made between the two countries relative to
duties and taVeS on the alith OF which mach
Chill capital has been invested IN Blliyil and
thousands II Chilenu- cinYloyci there, 4
tithc or les ul the inhabitants Of AntatI- |
1-.t
this treaty in every WY and maltreltcl her |
thilmn residents, Chill, tired OF remon- |
stralcc. has seized on the whole place, and /
intends to keep it. Peru, because these |
nitrate deposits getting into the hands OF |
Chill will intlict rum un her own trade. |
Tor her own sake tlkrs the part oil Bolivia |
in the quarrel They NJ, all in 4 sadly 70, !
crty-a,rsckea -tatc, Peru especially. whose |
foreign debt amuEu;1 10 nearly SNutuO,oOt |
on which She la net paid any interest in
several yyars.
The iassions on both ~iies are greatly cx !
cited and the hittcrc~t animosity a. expire,
cd The Residence ct the ChiIcno minister 1t /
Lima was mobhed the other DAY, ani the eA /
uspcratcd Chilcu1S might have returned the /
had not the Peruvian minister /
promptly disappeared Troop are being |
transferred t. the scene cl action. and the
dog OF war are ucins loozei with all POS;
BE rapiiity. As | write a ship l. leading |
alongside ma which sails e. morrow Tor TIE
north They are filling her with a.. sorts OF |
provision, principally hIur, whi,h looks
rather good o.! Chill thu. 20 iced /
her cncmics hut | ica- She looks upon 1t IN
a purely mcrccrary light Peru Ea- ~ far
drawn nearly al her ~uprlirs from Chill, re
turning only -u.lr and few tropical iruit>,
an it Will - harl with her il heraccu-;on-
cd raiiuus are cut ol in the strife. Troops
are embark kins, too. marching on board with
Il saturniEc stolriity curious to witness
they brtrIy the true Indian charactcri-iic-.
not 4 >iSu ui excitement or emotion, nothing
more than II tncy were going through part
OF their daily dri.l. What a contrast in the
faces that greet one under the OLD stars and
stripes and the broad pcnnant ct Admiral
Rogers hard ly II.,r are warriors who
can think A. wei. Us fight
\ luukcc never itc'- his NATIONAL pride
81 great, or 80 thoroughly iu,tililhlr. as when
hc finds himself Imoas people Ike these
South American, cn-h,cd 10 less by their
ignorance and vices than BY the heavy
letters they wear and never
,ioc4 bunting 80 thrill the heart as does the
dear old hls IN a ~rcnc like tn {, those who
nold their right 30 lite, liberty aul the pur
suit ot Lapp.uc~- under t- protecting folds.
The steamship Ceu5rui Wcricr dad not