New-York tribune., 1901-07-25


from European and American countries. anxious
% profit by the development Of the country's
sources. The government has issued decree
establishing a hoard of immigration the head
with branch Offices in several cities Of the republic
The Paraguay Monthly Review" which has
proved successful since its establishment six
months ago rs a seml-oficial organ under the
direction Of Sehor Carlos r. Santos former dele
gate OF Paraguay at the Philadelphia Commercial
Exposition and Chief Of the Statistics and In
formation Division the Ministry OF Foreign
Affairs publishes the latest message of President
Emilio Aceval the opening of the Paraguayan
Congress at Asuncon. That document congratu-
lates the republic upon being in friendly relations
with all her neghbors although treaties still
pending with Bolivia and Brazil. but with every
prospect of prompt and amicable settlement
With respect questions most directly interesting
the diplomacy and the commerce OF the United
States President Aceval has introduced the two
following paragraphs in his message:
our country has been represented in the pre-
lminary congress of the second international Con
ference of the American Republics Washington:
in the twenty-hfth anniversary OF the founding OF
the Universal Postal Union at Berne; In the Con
gress OF Public and Private Charities Paris: in
gress at Madrid in the Latin American Medical
scienc Congress at Montevideo In ,e timn
there will also be named delegate who is to
Congress. which will meet at the City OF Mexico
on October % of the current year.
In regard to the extension OF commercial rea-
tions with the United States, which Is strongly
popular in Paraguay that a whole township there
is named villa Hayes" President Aceval says
Tho government has received from the Paraguay
Development Company, of Philadelphia. through
our Consulate-Cieneral in that city a petition for
a subvention for line OF steamers which said
company proposes to establish between Paraguay
matter will in due time be submitted to your con.
sideraton Regarding the importance of this initia-
preferred attention thereto, taking specially into
commerce to search and establish new and larger nq
markets which, IA, ilitating their expansion would
ment These results cannot accrue to any county
without fomenting and protecting by all available
tion with the rest OF the world.
The newspapers of La Paz. Bolivia state that the
government of the republic has asked the Emperor
of Germany 10 permit two officers and eight SER
geants of his army 10 proceed to Bolivia where
they would be intrusted with the instruction of the
pected that the Kaiser VIII not refuse to Bolivia
favor which ne mas granted to several other South
American republics, notably to Chill.
The idea of submitting to arbitration all ntgious
questions of an international character is so deeplv
rooted in the mind of all South American govern
ments that former frontier treaty between Bolivia
and Paraguay having been declared obsolete the
Chamber of the latter country has voted il is said
as arbitrator TO settle finally the dispute about
those boundaries.
The disputed question of the Massacre River
which at time endangered the peaceful relations
between the republics of Hayti and San Domingo
because the capricious river had become a torrent
changed It's bed and consequently the international
commission of four members from each nation has
been appointed 10 investigate the question and
they were 10 meet in the Mancenilla Bay at the
latest dates by mail and proceed with examina-
tion Of the disputed ground.
The "Buenos Ayres Standard says that the bond
OF union established between the republics of Ar
gentina and Brazil by the visit OF President Roca
to Rio Janeiro and that Of President Campos saIles
TO Buenos Ayres Is the subject OF handsome
volume which has been published by order of the
Municipal lntendant of the latter capital 1t forms
complete and most minute record of all the fese
tivities ana proceedings during the visits and or
the incidents connected Herewith. The obiect Of
the book is Is 10 perpetuate by an exhaustive de-
scription the events which have created a spirjt
of fraternity between the people of Brazil ana