New-York tribune., 1902-01-12

vas oeposed from power just as he wanted to de-
pose Aceval twelve years ago, but there was then
no bloodshed. for the President was quietly en-
harked on the river steamer, which took him
down to Buenos Ayres, while General Esguzquiza
was installed in his place at the Presidential
palace. This explains why this ex-President was
also threatened with arrest and had to flee TO the
Argentine Legation The leaders of the revolution,
ex-Presidents Escobar and Caballero had been per-
mitted to return to and reside IN Paraguay by
their successors. who did not believe that political
differences would ever cause serious and bloody
troubles in Paraguay, and which had been always
quiet. for her international war of lS65-'70.
Paraguay has been described by North Ameri-
can explorer as being 'the paradise OF South Amer
sca, with delightful climate and a semi-tropcal
vegetation as luXuriant that of the Garden OF
Eden" Endemic diseases unknown, and those
of an epidemic character rare. In other warm
regions the European does acclimatize him
self until after long period. but it is not in
Paraguay, where the average yearly temperature is
about "a degrees. The great fertility of the soil
makes it possible raise all the products of tenn
perate and tropical zones.
IL was discovered by the Spaniards who in the
sixteenth century, passed from Paraguay to Peru
by roads quite unpracticable now. Pedro de Mem
doza started from Seville in 1884 for La Plata
River in order to find route to Peru. He died,
and his successor. Juan de Azolas, founded on
August Is, 1886, the feast day Of the Virgins
sumption. the city of Asuncon, the capital Of
the republic. Between 1910 and 1914 Paraguay freed
governed by the famous dictator Francia. who
closed the country Theoretically against communi-
cations with the exterior world. From 1Sn to 1862
Paraguay had for dictator Don Carlos Antonio
Lopez, who re-established relations with the other
nations, and was succeeded by his son, Solano
Lopez who took the title of President. Soon after
in 1865. began the against Argentina, Uruguay
and Brazil then numbering eighteen millions Of
people. while Paraguay counted a little more than
million. But its inhabitants fought coura-
geously for five years until 1870 when there were
only about three hundred thousand left in the
During the whole war the most important in the
history Of South America. the Paraguayans were
Their armament was of the old type. and could not
se.net tbe nt .hey ioagnt Ike Mons
This fight Of five years, unequal and so dis
estrous. ended with the death of President Lopez
March !, 1870. A provisional government was con-
stituted under the auspices of the Triple Alliance
nulsated as basis for the national regeneration.
on june z lsf6, the last Brazilian troops Of occu
patton evacuated Para quay. which proceeded slowly
TO recover its prosperity, under the administration
or several Presidents who succeeded each other
without bloody revolutions. until that which has
Just brought about the deposition CT President
and mace MS hrst studies IN the Catholic college,
army in 1861 at the critical period of the war
AT its end he renewed his studies and took his de-
gree as a civil engineer. After some years passed
in travelling through Europe the United states
ne returned TO Paraguay in 1881, and devoted him
was elected director of the Bank Of Paraguay and
later on president of the National Bank In 1892
part in the political strIgges siding With m the 3arfS
which elected General Esguzq uiza as President
War and the Navy and he Worked esf Of
20 improve the army and reorganize the ma ational
Emilio Aceval elected President and the coun-
Try seemed satisfied with his administration during
the last three years.