Evening star., 1928-12-17
RECEIVES MEDIATION OFFER.
Paraguay Expected to Accept Pan
American Conferences Services.

Paraguay Expected to Accept Pan
American Conferences Services.
BY the Associated Press.
Notification that Paraguay had re-
reiyed the offer of the Pan-American
conference to assist in mediating the
dispute with Bolivia, and an indication
that 1t would be accepted, was given
the State Department today by Dr
Juan v Ramirez. Paraguayan charge
d'affaireS.
Definite acceptance of the offer has not
vet been communicated to the confer
ence or the State Department, but
spokesmen for the two countries nave
indicated that they were agreeable TO
the move, although Bolivia has been
expected first to require reparatlons
from Paraguay as an OutgroWtn OF the
attack on Fort Vanguardia.
Earlier in the day the Paraguayan
legation sent to the State Department
a note setting forth its position IN the
most recent hostilities, charging Bolivia
with having opened warlike activities
on the frontier near the Pilcamayo
River. The note explained that Para
quay was taking the most urgent meas
nres for its defense.
Committee Inactive.
The Pan-American Conferences Spe-
ciai committee on the controversy is
inactive pending acceptance by the IN
volved countries of the mediation of1er.
DR.. Victor Maurtua of Peru, chairman
of the committee, said he thought 1t
best to await replies from both Para
puav and Bolivia, but indicated that
he might forego this formality II re-
ports from them should continue to
indicate a state equivalent to warfare.
Pope Plus and King Alfonso OF Spain
have offered their good Offices toward
settlement of the quarrel The com
mission at Montevideo, Uruguay, set up
by the Gonda treaty, called meeting
for today to consider note to Bolivia
and DR.. Maurtua, chairman of COM
mission named by the Pan American
Conference, promised action If war
like activities continued. He said that
If reports of further clashes proved
true he would consider that the two
countries were in state of war, even
though formal declaration had lot
been made. The conference, called to
consider means of lessening the danger
of war on the American hemisphere,
was not in session yesterday.
Among significant and ominouS de-
yelopments was a decree issued by the
Paraguay government mobilizing the
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This was declared necessary for defense.
In a dispatch to its legation here Para
quay stated that the government had
been forced to take urgent measures
''for the defense of its territory"
CabIegram Gives Details.
The cablegram to the legation said
that Bolivia had opened war activities.
attacking military positions near the
De- ~
garrison of about 80 men.
I'm view of this new aggression,
greater, deliberate and unjustifed." the
cablegram said, ''the government of
Paraguay had to give way to the over
whelming necessity of taking the most
urgent measures for the defense of its
territory"
The cablegram also asserted that b.
1ivia was only seeking a pretext to pro-
woke "the war which she has been pre-
pairing against Paraguay"
These charges were only a part oi
the charges and counter charges made
through the Bolivian and Paraguayar
legations during the day.
Juan Ramirez, Paraguayan charge
d'affaires, accused Bolivia of seeking
war for territorial aggrandizement, and
of using loans made in the United
States for preparing for war.
Denies War Sought.
Minister de Medina of Bolivia coun
tered by denying that his countr,
sought war or had used loans made il
the United States for ornaments HI
said there was no doubt that Paragtla'
had been the aggresor in the first clasl
of troops at Fort Vanguardia on De
cenlber 6, and claimed this refuted tn
claims of Bolivian aggression.
There are also different versions o
what happened during the latest fight
ing. though both countries say arme'
conflicts took place. The capture o
Fort Booueron by Bolivian troops wa
indicated in most of the dispatches
though the commander of the Para
puayan forces in the region where tn
Clashes took place in his communiqll
said the Bolivians Withdrew "badi
beaten"
In a message to the League OF Ma
tions Bolivia said that further clashe
had taken place and that after san
culinary battle" the Paraguayan fort a
Bouueron was taken. Unofficial report
from Bolivia were that more than 10
Paraguayan soldiers were killed Will
Bolivian losses were light, and that tn
Bolivian troops had captured 80 wagon
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