Evening star., 1928-12-19
BOLIVIA GIVES OUT
PARLEY NOTE TEXT
Asks Vanguardia Attack In.
vestigation First in Ac-
Ceptance.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
LA PAZ. December 19.-The foreign
Office last night made public its note "a
Secretary Kellogg as president of the
Pan-American Conference in Washing
ton accepting the good offices of that
body.
The note read:
government accepts the good Offices OF
the conference for conciliation and
arbitT alton over which you preside.
In this regrettable conflict created by
the unjustified aggression on the part
of Paraguay the Bolivian government
limits itself to the stand imposed by
| the unacceptable necessity to protect
| her dignity and sovereignty and to CON-
form to the most rigid principles Of
international practice.
Bolivia has not modified her army,
| as the conference knows. Paraguay
after attacking Bolivia and for the
their offense Immediately took recourse
to and solicited application of
the Gondra pact, which had not been
ratified by Bolivia and which it was
not possible to accept because of the
serious crisis in public opinion in my
country caused by that act of violence.
ION entering upon your good offices,
Bolivia requires that you investigate
in the first place the attack on Fort
Vanguardia without involving in the
preliminary inquiry the questions at
| the bottom of the dispute, which have
been intrusted to arbitration within
| the procedure established by the
Argentine suggestion Of December, 1927,
and which was accepted by both
countries.
MY government has expressed to
President Yrigoyen of Argentina respect
| for his good offices for the purpose OF
renewing efforts for a settlement OF the
| dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay.
Bolivia accepts the good Offices of
the Conference for Cancellation and Ar
bitration, renders homage to the spirit
| of the Americas and reiterates her ad-
| hesion to the principles of justice which
| inspired her conduct and policy.
"(Signed) THOMAS MANUE ELIO,
Foreign Minister"
The foreign office last night officially
| informed President BRAND of the Coun-
| Gil of the League of Nations of Bolivia's
acceptance of the good offices OF the
| pan-American conference and reiterat-
| ed her intention to conform with IN
ternational obligations.
The note said: 81 have the honor to
| inform your excellency that in accord
with the lofty suggestions from the
League Council, the Bolivian govern
ment has accepted the good offices Of
fered by the Conference for Concilia-
ton and Arbitration meeting in Wash
ington.
BOLIVIA begs leave to point out the
constancy with which once more she
maintains her loyal submission to in
ternational pacts. In accepting the
good offices of the Washington confer
ence she will request, in the first place,
an investigation of the attack on Fort
Vanguardia, without taking up the
fundamental questions at the bottom
of the dispute These are being sub
mitted to arbitration on concretely de-
fined points.
MY government has declared con-
stantly, and reiterates now, that her
attitude has not provoked conflict and
has been maintained within the most
severe standards of international law.
"(Signed) TOMAS MANUEL ELIO,
Foreign Minister"
Acceptances of mediation followed
closely on Bolivia's notification to the
League that the commander of her
frontier forces had been ordered to
cease attacks and not to advance.