Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-09-16
Between Peru and Bolivia
Has Been Reached.
Bolivia Recognizes President
AIcOtta's Decision.
South American War Clouds Now
Seem TO Be Dissolved.

Rio Janeiro, Sept 15-The Journal
of Commerce in it's issue of yesterday,
said that kilograms from the Pacific
coast announced that an agreement
between the governments of Peru and
Bolivia on the recent boundary dis
pute which at one time threatened
to plunge these states into war, had
been, Or was on the point of being
signed. The basis of the understand
ing is the decision in this dispute hand
ed down by President Alcotta of Ar
gentina on July 9 last and this deci
sion is, by the terms of the new agree
ment recognized by Bolivia.
According to the Journal of Com
merce Peru surrenders to Bolivia a
very small extent of territory lying
between the Madre De Dios river and
the Acre, traversed by the rivers
TahuamanO and Buhamaro, which, to-
gerher form the river orion, an afIiu-
ent Of the Benz river. This territory,
with an area of about C500 square kilo-
metres, was discovered and colonized
by Polivians who today are iE pos
session of numerous prosperous INDUS
tries there. Peru gets possession of all
the upper course of the Madre De
Dios, from its headwaters to it's con-
flucnce with the river Heath.
Such a slight modification as the
foregoing from the decision reached
by the arbitrator in no way molests
the Argentine Republic, says the Jour
nal Of Commerce. The work OF an ar
bitrator terminates when he has com
nunicated his ming. and Argentina
has no objection to generous relin-
qllisl ment of territory on the part of
Peru, an act undertaken to assure
friendly relations between Peru and
Bolivia.
Concliatory arrangements deserve
he appreciation of all who desire peace
and concord in South America, and
we are persuaded that the Argentine
IS sincerely DESTROYS of seeing j policy
of peace carried out.
1t has been said that the monaco
ceptance of an arbitral decision
amount to an offence to the arbitrator
but it is not necessary to look out
side Of South America for a precedent
in which an arbitrator has not shown
offence when his findings were ignored.
The President of the French republic
decided a frontier question between
Colombia and Costa Rca, only to find
that his judgment was accepted by
neither party. In this case Colombia
and Costa RIGA decidedly mutually to
modify their frontiers, and neSotla-
tons to this end were in progress
when the independence of Panama
made their continuance useless.
The sentence of the Queen Regent
of Spain III the frontier question be
tween Colombia and Venezuela was
lombia Venezuela did not want to
accept the finding and Spain neither
protested nor indicated that she was
offended. Venezuela and Colombia
have just signed a treaty settling the
sovereignty in favor of Venezuela, OF
a vast stretch of territory on the right
bank of the Rio Negro.
In the Ceruttl question, between Co
lombia and italy. the arbitrator, VIII"
was Grover Cleveland, decided in ia
vor of Italy. The diplomatic repre-
sentative of Colombia at Washington
in an official note declared that his
government could not accept this de-
cision, but the American government
did not expel the Colombian govern
ment, nor did it strive to impose the
sentence of the arbitrator ON Colombia.
1--WE believe that the Brazilian gov
ern'nent." the Journal of Commerce
continues, lin no way participated it,
the negotiations that have been con-
Quoted at La T'aZ and Lima, and furth-
ermore we are aware that the Peru
Wan government has recognized ano
declared it's belief in the correctness
Of the course of Brazil in this qUes-
ton. Public opinion in Brazil is sin
cerely DESTROYS that Peru, in the in
terest of peace and concord, show her
self friendly to Bolivia, her neighbor
and former ally and concede to her
the little she asks. Such step would
mean no important sacrifice to Peru.
nor would it show any lack Of courtesy
for South America is that the present
and difficulties be done
away with as soon as possible. 1t is
today impossible to forecast the dan
gerOus consequence of a continuance
Of the recent situation. The present
difficulty once composed, the road will
DE open for reconciliation between
Argentine and Bolivia which, it is hop
ed, other nations also will follow"