The New York herald., 1879-09-23
THE SOUTH AMERICAN WAR.

ALpAnAIso's TELEGRAMs ABOUT THE THREE
TUE EVILS OF INTERFERING IN FAMILY
QUARREL.
VALPARAISO, Aug. %, 1878.
The steamer from Europe, with arms and am
munition for Chile whose interception by the
Peruvian corvettes Union and Pilcomayo was
feared arrived at Lota the 18th, escorted
by the ironciad Cochrane. which had gone down
south to look for her. and on the 18th both,
together with somo Chilean transports and the
covadonga arrived at Valparaiso. Admiral Williams
de Rebolledo, the Chilean Admiral arrived on the
18th at Valparaiso in the steamer Columbia. for
merly the steamer Amazones. purchased from the
Pacific Company His staff accompanied him, and
it appears that the object of his return is
to arrange with the government new plan
of operations that which depended the seizng OF
Iouioue and making it the centre Of further opera
tions having been knocked into cooked hat by the
Huascars relief in May of that town, and
the final abandonment forced on the Chill
cans by her daring raid along the Chilean
coast at the end of July ana beginning
of August. Apparently the Chilean plan will be
defensive one for the Peruvians and Bolivians are
said to have 90 900 armed men at Tacna. and 1t
would not be impossible for them to assemble trans
ports at Arica under the shore batteries and with
the monitor Ashuepa ready to sally to the front II
an enemy appeared and make dash at the Loa
where the Chileans have q strong post. or even
upon Antofogasta, the present basis Of the Chilean
forces and their dependence for food and water
Chilean letter calculates the respective forces now
thus Peru has 80 900 in arms at various places
from Iauiaue to Callao; Bolivia has 0000 in arms
and 900 drilling. but unared. and Chile has
1870 at Antofogasta. the Loa. Atacama and
other parts Of the Bolivian coast, besides 1000 In
reserve at home
INTERPRETING FAMILY QUARREL
During the visit Of the United States Charge in
Bolivia to his colleague at Santiago he took the op-
portunity to impress upon the President and
members of the government the extreme
desirability of the Chleans suspending opera
tions and terminating the without delay. These
recommendations were construed by the press and
people in general to be direct pressure by the
United States upon Chile in favor of Peru aud Bo-
tivia and created much excitement and
angry feeling toward the United States that
the representative at Santiago, Mr.. Os-
borne. published a letter expressly denying
that the suggestions Of his Bolivian colleague had
official origin, and declaring that no instructions
relative to offer of United States mediation had
been received, and that he was convinced that no
such offer would be made until it solicited by
belligerents.
GERMAN IRoN-CLAD ON THE SCENE.
A telegram announces that the Peruvian Court
had finally condemned the German merchant
steamer Luxor, OF the Kosmos line, good prize.
for conveying from the River Plate
to Valparaiso. 1t is not likely, however.
that the German government will acquiesce in
decision contrary to the accepted international
rules and the powerful German iron-clad Hansa.
which arrived at Valparaiso on the 1Sth may have
some influence the solution of the international
difficulty thus created by the Peruvans in defiance
Of the protest Of the German representative.