New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1897-04-12

remains to be seen whether ms desire 10 De main
more term will be less injurious 10 him than u was
TO President Lerdo de Ie)ada ,b IN sSnisb a
ican Presidents whose overthrow vas mainly due
10 their staying for a second term In the Presden-
tial chair through modification OF the Constitu-
tion despite the Governmental TRADITIONS OF their
countries.
Political questions in Hayti have ever been con-
nactcd with or depended on financial problems TO n
larger degree than Is the case with most countries
This IS much In evidence just now. when new
,oan has been launched in the Paris money market
Inv tina Haytien Government, with guarantees which
ought 10 have secured more prompt placing or
the loan. But European and especially French; m
General Tresias Simon-Sam. was very popular,
afraid that he sg h nG nE
gramme. based upon general REFORM IN me az
minisraton Sf nT Is nenpv and nd oIo
quenty explained in a pamphlet recently published
General Legi.ime, the former President of the Re
public. and wel-known writer on politics, agri-
.Paper Money is IA strong plea In favor of the re
turn TO the system Of specie payments, under which
demanded now by the people in the Black Republic
There occurred recently In the Argentine Repub-
lie a tempest In a teapot on account or an Italian
decoration accepted by the President of the Repub
rc Senior Uriburu King Humbert had sent him
the Cross OF Commandeur of ST. Maurice and La
zare; and the whole religious press In Argentine
he stoned TO declare that President Uriburu. being
Roman Catholic should have declined an honorary
distinction offered him by THE monarch most hos
tile TO the Church..
A new periodical has beer started In the capital
of Peru Its title, "The Anglo-Peruvian Gazette
sufficiently indicates that the paper Will not be
oyer-friendy TO American interests On the Pacific
Coast. According TO its programme, II will defend
the commercial Industrial and agricultural inter
ests OF tho country without interfering with relg-
ious and political questions THE Anglo-Peruvian
Gazette" Is published In English ard In Spanish.
Bolivia ra rely ceases TO be In trouble with nearly
all her neighbors about questions OF frontier in
ternational conventions and treaties. Her dispute
Paraguay concerning the ownership of a
up the river considered as having been settled
by the Benites agreement. but that agreement met
with some delay In the Chamber AT Asuncon, AMI
the Paraguayan Government having waited too
long send Its representative TO Bolivia, the lat
ter country has withdrawn its Minister at Asun-
con. At the same time the Bolivian press was pub
fishing old official documents 10 prove that territory
In dispute between Bolivia and Peru belonged
doubtedly to the former. The war fever was at
high point on that subject and the National
Guards were preparing for active service and for
incorporation into the regular army Simultane-
ously opposition was displayed In the Bolivian
Chamber against the manner In which the Govern
ment conducted the negotiations with chill to OBJ
tain the port OF africa some other port on the
Pacific. The question Is still pending. and Bolivian
commerce Is yet deprived OF exit on the ocean,
which she had possessed until her defeat ~ Chill
at the beginning of the latter'B successful
against Bolivia and Peru. twelve years ago.