New-York tribune., 1909-07-21
CAUSE OF THE RUPTURE.
.47rard Of 4cre Terrjtory-Resources
of Countries.

When Argentina was made srbiter ot the bound
arv dispute between Bolivia and Peru, Bolivia was
perfectly confident that The decision would oe en-
firelv IN her favor When. therefore. President
Al-oria Of Argentina rendered. on July ?. A de-
csion not as favorable as had been hoped. the
ace Of thA Ralivian popUlaoe broke bounds. The
new frontier thus decided follows for the most
mart the sah meridian dividing the contested Acr>
territory almost equally between the two countries
Nevertheless u somewhat favors Peru
The announcement that Bolivia might lose some
Of this valuable land through Argentinas decision
was followed once hy an attack oy MOB on
the Argentine legation in la PaZ- Senior Fonseca.
the Argentine Minister feared for his life. Crowds
ran through the streets crying Death to Argen-
,5ra and Peru" Troops guarded the Peruvian
legation and prevented threatened attack there
Tho shock to Bolivian nerves brought about by
this award was particularly acute because Just De-
fore the announcement A arss and influential party
On bolivia had proposed that Bolivia cement the
az. =, trIandsbin with Argentina. It had been pre-
,,iousIv proposed that the dispute be taken to The
tague hut the leading statesmen of Bolivia, rely
ing on Argentina's supposed friendship preferred
leaving it to her. never lor a moment doubung
favorable outcome.
so,ra time ago II was charged in Bolivia that
t,aro,, Fio Franco Brazilian Foreign Minister. had
sought 10 get Bolivia to cede the Acre territory
commission met at Petropolis 10 decide on the IN
der,nitv due on account of the recent war ana 10
consider the disposition OF the Acre tract On ac-
Of territory, Brazil paiu HoNla S4oVV'V'-
-, tso,i,ia however. popularity charged
,+ largo mart Of this sum. perhaps all OF IT, had
beep absorbed during the session Of the Petropohs
,,,,,,ission AT the same time Peru put in her
claim and demanded arbitration, It never oc-
a 10 BOLIVIA that this claim would be found
valid ...-
The Argentine Republic consists OF fourteen
ro,ircas and ten territories. with population or
aar1,, 70 600 OOOO It's constitution is almost iden-
It'll With that OF the United States. The Presi-
dar+ is elected for a term OF six years and has
saIarv of $4,000 n year Dr. jose Figueroa Al
80 now president, was formerly Vice-Presi-
zor+ and succeeded to the chief magstracy on
The death of President Quintana, In 1905
Dtuitar,, service is compulsory. giving an s'aH-
I'll torca Of 100000, including a standing army
80 1oono The navy consists of two battieShips'
to,- armored cruisers. three protected cruisers
teo tornedo gunboats four destroyers' twelve tor
,,ado boats and one submarine me io'al per
soDne1 oF the navy is about 5000 men.
poliy,a has a population of about 100000 Her
President is elected four years by direct poPu
,r ,oto and cannot be reelected. She has an
odpcationaI qualification for the suffrage The re-
,,bli is divided into eight departments. 90 prov
tncas a27 cantons and 24S vice-cantons' governed
by appointed officers.
RoIivia has no navy. Her effective standihs
a,, is under three thousand men. All men from
+nont,, IN hfty years Of age. however are subject
to military service, and II is estimated mat nearly
tbree oundred thousand thus available.