The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1924-07-16

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Paraguay Fought to Last
Paraguay provoked the war and
she was beaten, but it took Brazil,
Argentina and Uruguay several
years to do it.
Paraguay's Consumption age
limits were - to 20. She was
beaten because her males between
those two ages practically We're
all killed, from President Lopez
down to little boys.
More recently Peru and Bolivia,
on one side, and Chile on the other
side, had a war-the one in which
Peru lost Tacna and africa, and
Bolivia lost her window on the
Pacific" Chile won.
A regiment of Peruvian cavalry
happened to be encamped at the
top of a high cliff. overlooking the
sea, at the time the news arrived
OF the Lima governments sur
render.
Heck" screamed the Peruvian
colonel. They can't lick usr'
Unsheathing his sabre, put
spurs to his horse, galloped
straight for the edge Of the cliff
and jumped off. 40ON or 500 feet
into the Pacific ocean. Every sin
gle man in the regiment followed
him. All persisted.
A ridiculous stunt. OF course!
But not what you'd call comic.
BuenOs Aires Uprising
A few months after the world
war ended there was a soviet
uprising in Buenos Aires. Argen-
tine Republic. The government
concentrated a force of troops in
front of the houses of congress.
The rebels-men. women and little
children-charged them. They
kept it up. against machine gun
fire, until 500 and some-odd were
killed.
-- These were police figures. They
were too small. Even after that.
the fighting lasted two days more.
A revolutionist was shot during
a fight in Gale Suipacha, one Of
the principal streets Of Buenos
Aires. He wasn't killed, but he
fell. A f1reman-they use fremen
as soldiers in South America in
Observation-Disclosures up to him
and blew his head to pieces.
happened to see this little oc-
currence from my own doorstep.
It simply illustrates how comic"
Latin-Ameriean revolutions are.
Republics All Jealous
South America is ripe for trou-
Bile. The South American repub.
lies are Jealous of one another. No
two Latin-American countries adj
join which haven't a boundary dis.
pute.
The United States has intensified
their rivalries lately. 1t has sent
one naval mission to Brazil. to pro-
vide the Brizilians with a navy
strong enough to domineer over
all her neighbors. She has sent
another mission to Peru, to pro-
vide the Peruvians with a navy
/, to get back at Chile. Peru is only
too anxious to get Tacna and
africa back from the ChiIeans.
Brazil and Argentina are ira
ditionally at loggerheads. In con-
nection with the present trouble
in Brazil, the Rio de Janeiro gov
eminent has complained that Ar
gentines have encouraged the Bra
lillian rebels.
Brazil has about 80. 900, 900 popu-
lation. Argentina has about s.
100000. All the same. in a fight,
it's no cinch that Brazil would
win.
Secession Possible
Southern Brazil is by nature a
good deal more Argentine than
1t is Brazilian in makeup. And
the southern Brazilian states geo.
graphically adjein Argentina.
Southern Brazil. the garden spot
Of the new world, hates the half
breed government Of the northern
Brazilian states It's only a ques-
ton Of time before 1t cuts loose
from them. 1t may do it now or
a little later. In the end it's sure
TO.
One of two things may happen:
Southern Brazil may join Argen-
tina Or it may establish a repub-
lie of It's own.
In either case it will absorb
Uruguay.