New-York tribune., 1902-06-23
AMERICAN RIGHTS IN PERIL
RT-RBER SYNDICATE MAY LOSE Con.
CESSION. IN LAND OF ACRE.

Brazil and Bolivia are again growing over the
little land of Acre. Hid away behind the sumrnlts
Of the Andes where the waters Of the mignty
Amazon have their source. the land OF acre. 70
most minds of the outside world has been kinu
of no mans land. whose borders were as indefinite
as those of the land of the AnthropOphasi IN the
minds of the ancients Nevertheless. to the people
of the neighboring States of Brazil and BoIVla
Acre is regarded as a country OF great allhoush
practically undeveIOped wealth. where vast forests
of the rubber abound. where rubber may De
prepared for market and hoated down to the sea
by way of the Amazon and its tributaries for the
supply of the world
Brazil and Bolivia have been at swords point
over the land Of Acre many times before but whac
has most recently stirred them up is the action OF
Bolivia in leasing portion of the Acre region 10
an Anglo-American syndicate In consequence OF
this action it is reported that the Brazilian
Government has Informed the government of Bo-
that. unless the contract OF the lease IS re-
scnded diplomatic relations will Immediately be
suspended Brazil threatens. Furthermore. it Is re-
ported. to place every obstacle in the way or de-
veloping the country. and TO cut down the Acre
forests of rubber trees, II Bolivia permits the
Americans and English enter the Acre country
To add still further these diplomatic comphca-
tions. a hIibusterng movement is said TO be on
foot in the State of Amazonas. Brazil which bor-
ders Acre the east The purpose OF the hiiouS-
ters it is reported. is to invade Acre and to or
ganize revolution in this district against the
authority of Bolivia
because of their frequency and their vapory effect
on history. may not interest the average American
citizen. unless his pOcketbOOk is affected Then
the blow strikes hone 1t is for this reason that
the present cry The disposition of Acre has
excited alarm both in this country and in England
American and English capital was being Iaised <or
the purpose of developing Acre when the news Of
BraziI's threat was received At that moment
company was the point of being Incorporated
in New-Jersey. backed by August Belmont. Fred
eric p OIcott. president of the Central Trust Com
pany. and members of the firms of Brown Bros
& Co and Eermiiye & Co. Sir W. Martin Conway.
the well known English explorer. who is said to
have called the attention of the American capital
lists the industrial possibilities of Acre, would
for the uncertainty of the situation have been
one of the CorpOrators.
The who holds the concession from the Bo-
ivian Government is r w Whitridge, who lives
at No. IS East EIeventh-st., in this city. Mr.
Whitridse secured rights as a concessionaire by
act passed by the Congress of Bolivia. at
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The region of Acre, in Northern Bolivia has been
hnTTeve- an sG,reaIlent Nss sT1C11ncad hT- which
Brazil practically conceded 10 Bolivia the Iatter's
disputed claims 70 the area A protocol was signed
on October 30. 1899, and Joint commission was
appointed to rectify the frontier in accordance with
the tiealy OF 1Sh'- bolEld had es.aDIlS5ed a GUS
tom house at Puerto Alfonso. on Acre River, and,
according to the protocol. was allowed 70 collect
f>Ii Zoo ue,I s1rG1o GI IS6 @ T9 S ana "a cIb qb
status of tha region An iuslIrrectiOn vsS attennr-
ed in 1889 partly on account of Bolivian taxation.
The legislature Of the neighbOrfng Brazilian State
of Anazonas objected to the Ievyng OF such taxes
the ground that the district part Of its
territory. A few months later the sO-called Re
public Of Acre was set and the confusion was
still greater. The little republic sent representa-
tives the different nations and it's minister to
the United States.
ON arriving; in this country the minister from
Acre registered from ACreopolis. formerly Puerto
t 10 +Tia scana oF The troIIbTa No fphti1e Vss
necessary. and Acre capitulated. did Nev7-Am-
sterdau at the approach Of the English. By Au-
gust IS, 1850 the Bolivian troops had crushed the
rebellion. They remained IN the district. to pre-
vent a revolution. Since then it had beer
understood that the boundary dispute had beer
settled between Bolivia an1 Brazil. SenOr Fer
naudO z. Guachalla, Bolivian Minister to the
United States. announced that the matter had beer
adjusted
Acre occupies the rude fsosceles triangle between
the boundaries of Brazil and Bolivia and Peru an6
Bolivia. with the Benz River at the base The
of the triangle have been differently interpret
ed by the neighbOring States at different times
Bolivian maps make the boundary between Bo
Hvia and Peru straight line from the source
the Javaray River 10 Lake TitiCaca. The Peru
vians the boundary from the source OF the