The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1928-12-15

- COhIlRued from rage One
will not permit its puppet govern
ment of Bolivia to agree to any
Thing with the other Latin Ameri-
IAN nations.
MEMORY COllapses.
What about 4 certain Fiscal
Commission dominated by United
States bankers ?" Kellogg was
asked. at is not true that if these
bankers don't want Bolivia to make
war, war will not be made?"
Il don't know a thing about that, +"
said Kellogg, eff there are any such,
they are private loans and I know
nothing about Them
NNow, Mr. Kellogg, there are re-
ports made that the Gran Chaco re-
gion contains oil deposits, and that
oil is mixed up IN the Bolivian Par
aguayan dispute, What about that ?"
"0il? Never Heard of IT.
"Never heard oil mentioned.
don't know anything about oil being
there" And he went into a talk
about the wildness of the country
and tried to get out of tight hole
by saying that he was very busy"
$50 there is nothing in the files
OF the state department to indicate
why this great wilderness has sud-
denly become so attractive?"
well, there might be. Yes, the
department has information, but
could not indicate it. 1t is a large
territory, and the nature of the
country I don't know. Mr.. Scott,
here pointing to the departments
Latin American expert), knows
more than l do. l haven't time to
look up those things. But I never
heard Of oil there. I understand
there are Indians there"
Strong on Indians-Weak on Oil.
Mr.. Scott: eyes, there are In
dians there. 1t is very sparsely
populated"
"Has not the region been pros
pected for oil ?"
eyes, there have been borings.
They have looked for oil. l don't
think they found it"
1t being apparently impossible to
find anyone in the state depart
ment of the mightiest nation on
earth who knows, or will say he
knows, anything of consequence, we
took our hat and our departure.
Carefully Selected.
But we wish to remark: Isn't it
strange that Kellogg knows nothing
of Wall Street control of the Boil
Wan government and loans given it
for arming, while he has put pres
sure, for imperialist purposes, on
4 European nations with statements
that loans should be discouraged
until they stop arming?
And isn't it strange that Kellogg
"never heard a word of oil" in
Bolivia or in the Gran Chaco, while
his department is deeply interested
IN protecting every U. S. oil tanker
afloat and every oil tank of Rookie
teller in Central China?
So we go to see the charge daft
fairs of Paraguay, Juan Vicente
Rameriz, and later, Senior Ayala,
ex-president of Paraguay and its
delegate here to the Pan-American
Conference on Cancellation and
Arbitration.
Oily Caprice.
Both these gentlemen are appar-
emily quite mystified rs to why
Bolivia is so aggressive. Senior
Ayala calls it a Bolivian caprice"
We point to the likelihood that
Bolivians were possibly as capri
cious ten years ago as now, and
ask why the sudden eruption of "ca-
price" in the direction of oil. Alas,
they know nothing of oil in the
Gran Chaco. Not even as much as
Mr.. Scott of the state department,
who admitted borings were made
there. Senior Ramirez even dis
counted the idea that Bolivia is
fighting for port that opens on a
sea route.
He showed US a map to explain.
Just beyond the northeast corner of
the Chaco, tiny piece of Bolivia
fronts on the Paraguay river and
a branch stream. Bolivia has a port
there, Port Suarez, but it is far
from the sea on a shallow river. So
he tells us that Bolivia wants a
chunk of Chaco to the south big
enough to give them port at Bahia
Negra, because they think it is a
better port. But the Bolivians are
foolish, says Rameriz, as Bahia
Neeta is just as bad as Port
Sua1;ez.
Senior Ayala adds the important
information that Paraguay has Of
fered to give Bolivia the Bahia
Ne8ra port, but it wants more.
Pal$sguay offers more. 1t will give
CT XTorJor If Tnoro A