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divide instead Of at the source. of the Arsen-

| UOunOhTY llnt, hIu LuhI INC JOEb III Iup ~
thing IN return. When the patriotic. Argen
,i1e citizen a, think Il Of th Ts, mater ,b;s ,rd hl po slo9 F.
the conflict OF 1884 does not add TO his peace
OF mind. Chill wrestod the rich nitrate terri
p PROV M "r oT Tsc iro% and Arica 'SSoSndltionaIly
Tacna and africa were 70 be. controlled by Gnu
return to Peru or remain with Chili. But nc
election has been held, and She provinces Re-
acknowledged fact that they would vote, over
whelmingly TO return to Peru we're the chance
Chill is grabbing for their territory e%s~elie
grabbed for that Of Peru. In return, CHILE
gentinesl want is to get Peru and Bolivia TO
Join, them IN a war Of CONQUEST. and after our
lieve that Argentina, instead Of seeking re.
nitrate II fields IDS WITH Tit2R" he aid iv Of the PeruTviaps, to
whom they belonged originally-as II Peru
would help another nation to get those fields.
tuated by tho desire for territorial agFran-
dlsepent is not denied. The CHILEAN officials
eminent. To. this the Argentlnes reply by
pointing to the Cnilian prop ~,rations for war.
For instance, seaor Guerrero, formerly CHILEAN
ago, Minister Of Foreign n airs. He had lived
30 long in Argentina that he had made many
Claimed that he was sse OPPOSED to the party that
wanted u war with Argentina. and that he
h had been put into Office to show the good VII OF
Then, while the talk OF friendship was loudest.
a bill authorizing'a foreign loan of GA. 0O0, 900
Q secret session and signed by the President.
The money was TO be used on public works, the
English stockholders, and for other Government
expenses. But every pound, Of these expendi'
lures could have been provided out Of the or
no means bankrupt, so the use of this borrowed
money for the purposes indicated releases just
and other things for increasing. the. efficiency
of the /. army rI and navy. In f ivi;, th h.. war us1 ma,
Of the .Chllians in mind land the Valparaiso
Rertep for January openly announces the. plan),
wants tie sheep pastures Of Patagonia. which
che failed to get by. the treaty Of 1881. but also
that she is looking for other and more valuable
To add TO the Argentine discomfort there are
rumors Of trouble with Brazil. The Brazillans
enemies. Brazil, in the old days of the empire.
Argentina. The Argentines tell how 9 Bra
lillian fleet and some troops once descended on
the helpless little settlement of Carmen de
Patagones on the Rio Negro and were ,prepar-
cowboys, gathered a huge band of half wild
horses herded them on the desert above the
a arSPp so thss r naa t lSed %bo Snd b shsn; a with ~ on tSs
enemy, and frightened them out Of their wits
and out of the country, The Argentines des,
assIme that Brazil, in the event Of war with
chill. will take advantage Of the trouble to
a ntt, a the line Of the Missiones territory
far into the acknowledged Argentine land.
On the other hand, Peru and the provinces
Boliyians, who also hate. the Chilians as land
grabbers, will side with the Arxentines. So
IN IN t lh%pa saashe ylsT ps of t n s sSnSit Amsr sSys s5aRs
that If war is declared there will be such wide
spread fighting as South America has not
And 1t will be q war that for hate and ferocity
has not been equalled since the seven years
P Psrae Ior the As es ssid' 4 u N. 81 fes the people ~ San OF
Of the most conservative foreign fnanclers
that this war cannot be averted much longer.
fan loan of "a, 600. 900 to enable the Govern
ment to make pgreparstions.on an extensive
ernnent,, though much sfEow ses to a'T move in such "
matters. has not been idle. The last Congress
voted $50. 200, 900 currency gold is worth
journment SI0.000,000 more in gold for the
secret use OF the Government, and the fact that
% WI sist thess sums Mas W maae voted es Il Is t aons RddepesG sd dor
quate proof, in the face of the impending war,
that they win be devoted to Improving the
straining every muscle in preparing for q fight.
Private letters received by business firms
eSiii show IS 50 eU strGns sSat thu ;se the %or Ta5 Of Ds ssts,6 Of
troons into the field has begun. Three strong
army corps have been organized for stations
trail pass. and a third at the south. Nominally
these corps are going into the field Tor drill-to
this INSIDE side of the ra iu en two wos str Q = ehe CORDS m9,sj have We
been sent to the frontier, one at the north and
one at the south. while 80. 900 National Guards
have been ordered into the field with the regu-
lar troops. This, too. is said to be mere drill,
but, Of course, with tens of thousands of troops
u lin runshot Of each ia0 oth "aa' the " Chances aeeso Of
fighting are a hundredfold increased.
In resources each country. has some, advan-
tag,es. Argentina is a greater nation IN popu-
tants at something over !, o6o,ooo. While Chill
has about 5000 900. The Argentine regular
a recent estimate, while Chilli reports 6,e7l
officers, and men all told. The Argentine mill
,ta inc INCLUDES al every = y, ble-b s%d Cd t, citizen 4 6 sss cen
about $1,000 men. So while the regular ar
Argentine militia far outnumbers the CHILEAN.
On the other hand. the CHILEAN forces have
had had eAnPsrisIhGe far beyond Tbt that of any part q, of Of
Peruvian fight and Of the civil war, when Bal
maceda was oyerthrown are the leaders Of
zeal preferment in all Spanish American coun-
pesIsll lis1 50 tf ln rbil, ta aSd Rn Isss ssDs Sgs %Os ss 1 Is
the aspirant-cven literature having been known
ssh a ! a na man OF on soS Ghil Am Is |gsresminently the
Another matter not to be overlooked in con-
sidering the fighting qualities of the two ar
mics Is the difference in the origin of the
citizens composing IL. In Argentina there
are tens of thousands of Italian and tens OF
thousands of Englishmens; Bpenos Ayres
blood. A. great majority of these people of
pure foreign blood are Argentine citizens by
virtue of birth. but they are almost wholly des-
titute of any patriotic regard for the country.
Among the English especially there is n strong
feeling OF contempt for everything Argentine
except the. Argentine opportunity to get rich.
The English never vote at elections; they do not
take part in national festivals or rejoicings:
they have no part In the national life beyond
urably, better citizens. but cannot be de-
pended on for an enthusiastic defence OF their
adopted country, because, like tho English,
they went to Argentina hoping to get rich and
return TO the homes of their youth and live In
luxurious idleness.
On the other hand, Chilli has a great Ger
man element among its immigrant population.
and 1t is the testimony of an English traveller
who crossed the Andes from the head waters
Of the Rio Negro to yaldivia that the m
most OF whom are found IN that region, are at
once progressive In their ideas and enthusi-
astic in their devotion to their adopted coun-
try. Moreover, Chill has imported q consid-
cradle number of Prussia's experienced army
officers, and these have been for years engaged
in training the CHILEAN soldiers according TO
German methods. and with considerable sue
cess. In Its personnel the Chilian army is