Daily Kennebec journal., 1905-08-25
Latin. American Topics.

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France, all papers are filled just now
with particulars about the woman suit
| Ter of a dragoon regiment who drew
| 1 zoo. 900 francs at the lottery OF tne
press. this kind of disguised gambling
| is being suppressed in some Latin-
American countries. II is true that
there, as well as in Spain and in Italy
the lottery craze has proved to be more
dangerous for the population than fof
| the people of Northern or central Eu-
rope. The evils caused by 1t were,
therefore, a greater incitement for en-
| lightened governments to forbid a
| longer continuation of the injurious
practice The movement against lot
teries in Latin America was inaugur-
ated in Argentina. which readily un-
derstood that it would be of no avail
to have the lottery suppressed at Buen-
os Ayres and other Argentine cities If
tickets could be freely sold in the
neighboring countries, notably Uru-
quay and Paraguay. 1t WIS on this
account that convention toward the
abolition of the lottery system was
signed last April between Senor Dam
iel Munoz, the Uruguayan Minister at
Buenoe Ayrcs, and the Minister of
Foreign Affairs of Argentina. Unfor-
tunately, says LA Tribuna Popular"
of Montevideo, delays have been inevi-
table, because the Senate has not yet
granted the necessary powers to the
UruGuayan President. Senor OrdoneZ,
definitely to conclude the treaty with
Argentina. This will surely be done
within a short time: but meanwhile it
ts, tr,-;v 70
mcnt of Paraguay and it's newly chos-
en- Congress have declared themselves
ready to cooperate with Argentina and
Uruguay to the best of their ability.
There has beer recently practical
proof of the benefit. moral and materi-
al. resulting from the treaty of peace
signed at last between Bolivia and
C;lili. 1t will be remembered that af-
ter Chill hs d vanquished both Peru and
her ally Bolivia a truce had been con-
cluded between the latter country ard
Chilli, in virtue Of which the important
port of Antofogasta and the whole Bo-
livian coast on the Pacific were to be
temporarily occupied by Chilian
troops until a final treaty of peace
should replace the truce and definitely
cede the Bolivian seashore in absolute
sovereignty to Chill. This was ar
ranged in 1882. and since then Bolivia
| constantly hoped that some fortunate
events would restore her Pacific PROV
inccs to her. Meanwhile she suffered
commercially. and she decided finally,
at the beginning of the present year,
to sign with Chill. instead of the form
er truce convention. a formal treaty Of
peace. which offers great commercial
and financial advantages to Bolivia as
a compensation for a few leagues Of
shore territory ceded in full sovereign
ty to Chill. Soon after the Bolivian
government sent to Santiago q delega-
ton. which arrived there last June. ana
which was instructed to engage Chill
:an masters for the schools of La Paz.
Sucre, Oruro and other large Bolivian
towns. This shows the friendship Of
both countries, and the influence of
Chill, for the influence of n country
over another canno;. as says Las Ul-
timas Noticias," of Santiago and VAL
parai5O, assume more noble and eff
fective form than the sending of teach
ing masters to instruct the new gener
ations of the friendly country
AT Rio Janeiro and Montevideo gov
ernmonts ana tribunals are still more
or less busy in settling the affairs re-
latInE to the attempted revolution of
last November in Brazil and that Of
Saraiva, which lasted eight months ir
Uruguay. 1t seems there is to be no
eniency shown to the rebels who have
been captured Those from Brazil
have been sent to the malariOus dis
tricts of Acre ard the Chamber of De-
putics has recently rejected the mo-
ton, mad by DR.. Barbosa Silva, ard
asking for information about the san
itary and other conditions of the de-
r,orted revolutionists. The heads OF
the government themselves leave all
responsibility to the chamber in regard
to such matters Of internal policy; and
as lie Bresil," of Paris said recently:
the foreign affairs of Brazil have. un-
der the direction of the Baron de Rio
i3rance. assumed an amplitude and ac-
tivity which have not been known for 4
long PERIOD