Imperial Valley press., 1928-12-13
H()PE: FOR
PEACEFUL
SOLUTION
South American Nations
Offer To Mediate I'm
Bolivia Paraguay Row.
BOLIVIA ADAMANT
Asserts Reparation Due
Before Government Can
Talk Arbitration.
BY LOIS JAY HEATH
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent

Omitted Press Staff Correspondents
WASHINGTON. Dec. Ii.-Rc-
ports that the \. b. c. powers
Argentina, Brazil and Chile had
INTERVIEWED in the Paraguayan-Boli-
Wan dispute in an attempt to avert
war between the two powers, were
circulated and discussed by dele
gates at the Pan-American concilia-
tion conference here today.
An earlier report, accredited to
4 member of one of the delegates
from the \. b. c. countries, that
Bolivian Minister Diez De Medina
had been officially informed of
such movement, was denied by the
minister.
He admitted he had heard such
reports from quarters not connected
with the Bolivian government here,
but said he had no official know
ledge of the reported negotiations.
Likewise he said lie had not been
instructed to participate in the de-
alterations of the special commit
tee of the conference dealing with
the BolivianParaguayan question.
\ meeting of the special media
tion committee was called for late
today, but Don Manuel Foster,
Chilean member, was not optimistic
over the possibility of the commit
tee taking any action that would
be directly effective in reconciling
Bolivia and Paraguay.
Foster indicated he believed the
most the committee could do would
be to adopt resolution calling upon
committee members and possibly
the conference rs Il whole to urge
upon their governments to exert
every possible means to avert q
acknowledgements war.
la PAZ, Bolivia, Dee. "a
Bolivia demanded satisfaction
from Paraguay in a note today an
swering Secretary Kcllogg's invi-
tation to have the Pan-American
conference mediate the pareguayan-
Bolivian boundary crisis.
The Bolivian note, WHICH was
signed by President Siles and For
cign Minister Palacios, said that af-
ter the satisfaction Bolivia
would be ready to follow along the
lines of international mediation
policy.
The note said Bolivia considers
that Paraguay had attacked Boil
vian dignity and sovereignty by
military force in a sudden and un-
expected aggression.
1t asserted that this injury must
be wiped out to restore the Bolivian
people to Il state of national mind
that would permit of arbitration.
LUCIANO, Switzerland Dee. Ia
Both Bolivia and Paraguay have re-
piled to the League of Nations Coun.
en- message urging an amieablc
settlement of their boundary dis
pute.
Paraguay placed the entire blame
for the affair ON Bolivia and de-
cIared its own action was justified.
Paraguay recognized the interna-
tioual obligations for pacific set
Element of the dispute.
bonNla merely acknowledged re-
ccipt Of the council 5 communication
and said a detailed reply would be
forwarded later.
The League Council already had
received Bolivia 5 informative note
on the affair. In that communica-
tion Bolivia informed the League
that drastic measures to exact
reparation, would be started. The
history of the dispute was reviewed
at great length and the communica-
tion ended with a bitter denuneia-
tion Of the Paraguayan attitude.
Thcn it was that the League Coun-
ell dispatched its messages to both
Bolivia and Paraguay, asking both
governments to settle their dispute
amicably.