Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1916-08-28
SOUTH AMERICA
IS SITTING ON A
POWDER MACAzNp
Boundary Disputes and r..
torial Ambitions Are Causira :
Friction Among the
Republics
CHILL WANTS PATAeoN,.
In Case of War Peru, Bolivia ra
and Colombia Might Be Drawn T'''
Into the Conflict

| BUBNoS AIRES, Aug. rRv 49,.
South Americas Republics todo,
ting over just such another powder SIT
zine as the one which exploded ,u,o ..s
ago In Europe. In many ways ,ha =, s'
ton recalls that existing I, o''ua-
just few years before the op,hr..s Sps
the present struggle. The recen, ~,
war between Venezuela and Per-, 49,.
lombia and Ecuador brought South Az
lea to sharp attention. They msh, ~.
do what the Balkan mix.up did IN .s'sV
There is the same feeling that NJ
spread clash cannot be prevented N.
conflict of interest, same warnings
preparations, same groaning undsr ~ y
weight Of these preparations and the 49,.
undercurrent of international ill.fesl,r- :.
and when war comes the two prlnolpoI =,
ligerents probably will be Argentina Z,
Chill.
Not country in South America Isc,.
/ boundary dispute with some other eo,,r..s
| Each is a little Alsace- Lorraine us'
Chill and Argentina had a NASTY A.
pute Of the kind in 1898. 1t reached ~.
point of mutual mobilization. Enrisna I.s ~
lerIereu ana arpltrateu' Argentina Fot
large area of land in southern patasn.,a
which Chilli claimed should have vonS =
her This has ranlled ever since
Chill Is very poor II she could ,.,
by force of arms that land she might y,
another portion as indemnity. II ron,s
give her all of South America along ~.
present eastern boundary as far south !,
the latitude of the Chubuk River, wh,sh ~
is about 1000 miles north of Cana How
tn thn
continent from the Pacific to the Atlantlr
This would transform Chill into n noS'
erately rich nation, for southern Patagonia
Is a fine cattle country and there are storls,
of rich petroleum deposits there.
This would mean war with Argentina
Here Is where Peru would get into ina
situation. In 1879, as result of war
Chill annexed the two southern Peruvian
provinces. Peru has been longing ever since
for a chance to get them back.
Bolivia Is an inland country with an am
bition for q window" on the Pacific
The two provinces Chill took from Peru
are bounded on the west by the Pacific and
on the east by Bolivia. On their coast
are the ports of Tacna and africa. Thess
would constitute a double window, Il
Bolivia could get them
Chill probably would turn them over 10
the Bolivians to defend from Peru.
Peru would be too strong for Bolivia
but Ecuador and Colombia would help give
Peru a trouncIng to keep the latter from
trying to enforce claim on parts Of the
Putumayo rubber country, concerning which
Sir Roger Easement made report few
years ago.
Parenthetically. Colombia claims certain
territory in northern Peru, and surely would
think the time favorable for grabbing It
This would be the cue for Peru's friend
Venezuela, to invade Colombia and secure
a slice of territory she covets.
North of Argentina is Paraguay. The
Paraguayans have lost territory to Ar.
gentina and are wild to recover It Many
South Americans believe Paraguay could
count on military support from Brazil
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