Evening star., 1928-12-11
BOLIVIA lNSTRUCTS
DELEGATE TO QUIT
PARLEY MEETINGS
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NIT the present conflict under the terms
of the Gondra convention of May %,
| 1923. which Paraguay invokes, because
that convention was made to prevent
conflicts and settle disputes which
could provoke a war"
But in this case" the note continues,
''the conflict has already taken place,
and Bolivia thinks that there is no coun-
| try in the world which would submit
| its dignity and the life of its citizens TO
| the investigations of strange tribunal.
as Paraguay wants under the terms OF
| the Gondra convention. It Is now TOO
| late to invoke that convention because
the Bolivian government would not ac-
cept any kind Of negotiations without
having first received complete satlStac-
| tion and moral reparation from Para
quay"
Expresses Surprise"
On her part, while for the present
kRepir1e her delegate in the Washing
ton conference. the Paraguayan gov
ernment also expressed surprise" 70.
day. according to information Obtained
from the legation Of that country, at
the attitude of Bolivia in this crisis, IN
view Of her attitude and that OF her
sister republics at the Pan-American
when the first steps were taken to for
mulate a general treaty to Danish war
from the New World.
At this mornings session the confer
ence split up into its two main groups,
the committee on arbitration and the
committee on conciliation. The latter
committee held brief session and or
ganized, by the appointment OF of1icers,
at once.
The committee on arbitration will
meet later this afternoon, after which
1t is probable that the special commit
tee selected yesterday by Secretary
Kellogg, with the approval Of the con-
ference, to attempt peaceful settle
ment Of the Bolivian an-Paraguayan dis
pute will convene.
Cables Kept Busy.
Meantime the cables are being kept
hot between Washington and the capi-
the other Latin American republics
are keenly interested in the critical sit
uation which has arisen and their
delegates to the conference and their
Ministers and Ambassadors here are in
constant communication by cable with
their home governments with regard to
every move that is made or contem-
plated in the effort to avert the threat
ened war.
DR.. Fernando Gonzales Roa, one of
the two Mexican delegates, was chosen
this morning as chairman of the COM
mittee on conciliation. The most i'm
portant officer Of this group Is the re-
porteur DR.. Jose Pedro Varela, dele
gate from Uruguay, was selected for
this office, and his duty will be to draw
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treaty for the peaceful settlement OF
disputes between the republics Of this
hemisphere, which will be used as the
basis for the future deliberations Of the
conference In reaching a final conclu-
sion as to the terms Of the treaty.
Paraguay's Case Stated.
The Paraguayan legation sent note
to the State Department formally set
ting forth its side of the dispute. A
copy of this note was delivered to the
conference, so that the special commit
tee on the Bolivian -Paraguayan affair,
when 1t meets later today, will have
both sides of the question before 1t.
After its breif organization meeting,
the committee on conciliation adjourn
ed to meet at the call Of its chairman.
The members of the conference stood
around for more than an hour In little
groups earnestly discussing the crisis in
South America and in the affairs of the
conference which has been precipitat-
ed by the severing of diplomatic rela-
tions and threatened war between Par
aguay and Bolivia.
| For the present all of the other i'm
portant questions with which the con-
| ference must deal have been relegated
into the background, while all efforts
are concentrated on preventing actual
warfare on the South American con-
| tinent.