The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-25
peace" Maneuvers in Preparation
for World War!

The peace" maneuvers of the Pan-Ameri-
can conference at Washington in relation to
the Bolivian-Paraguay conflict follows the
aggressive line laid down in the lingo Armis-
tice Day speech of Coolidge against Britain.
The intervention of the Pan-American con-
ference, dominated by the United States
state department, in the dispute and its ac-
ceptance as arbitrator by both Bolivia and
Paraguay is blow against any attempt OF
the League of Nations, dominated by Britain,
to intervene in any dispute on the two
American continents. 1t is living demon
stration of the impacable position of Ameri-
can Imperialism that, although the Latin
American countries are members OF the
League of Nations, the influence of the
league cannot prevail in the Western hemis-
phere.
Acceptance by both Bolivia and Paraguay
of the mediation proposals of the Pan
American conference is also a rebuke to the
government of the Argentine republic, mas
much as it serves notice that only the United
States or it's imperialist tool the Pan-Ameri-
can union, can intervene in any dispute af-
IGCJlQQ
This maneuver is an act of insolent de-
fiance to the whole world. BRAND, renegade
socialist and foreign minister of France who
is also chairman of the council of the League
of Nations, after cautiously proposing that
the belligerent countries try to settle the dis
pute, and arranging to call an emergency
meeting of the council, instantly retired in
confusion before the aggressive hostility of
the state department at Washington, de-
livered through the medium of the ambasSa-
dor from the puppet government of Cuba to
the league, demanding that it keep hands off
and stating that all questions affecting the
two American continents would be settled
by the American republic" Argentine, though
accepted by both Bolivia and Paraguay some
months ago to arbitrate the dispute over the
Gran Chacho, backed down.
The facts already established prove con-
clusively that the aggressor was the United
States, working through its puppet govern
ment in Bolivia. The immediate motive was
the seizure of the Gran Chacho territory that
for years has been in dispute in order to
steal the rich oil resources recently dis
covered by the Carib Oil Syndicate, and to
furnish an Atlantic port for the shipment of
the products of Standard Oil and Guggen-
helm mining interests in Bolivia. A more
impudent piece of imperialist banditry would
be hard to imagine.
After the armed Bolivia invasion of the
territory guarded by the Paraguayan forces
and the unprovoked slaughter of soldiers of
Paraguay there were number of border
skirmishes. AS soon as the news of the con-
flict reached the rest of the world all the
devices of imperialist intrigue masquerading
as peace agencies" were set to work. The
league offer came from BRAND. Argentine
offered to act as mediator of the dispute, in
asmuch as it had already been chosen, months
before the outbreak, to arbitrate the terri
torial dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay.
Then the Pan-American conference at Wash
ington got in action with proposals to
mediate the fight. At that point occurred
one of the most contemplate pieces of du-
plicity ever perpetrated The Bolivian dele
gate withdrew from the Pan-American con-