The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1932-10-13
WORKERS AND PEASANTS SLAIN in
PARAGUAYAN- BOLIVIA CHACO WAR
Anglo American Rivalries Behind Struggles;
Oil Interests Prime Mover
American Workers! Stop Munitions Shipments
From Ports of the u. S. A.

the side of Paraguay In this con-
conflict Argentina not only plays the
game of British imperialism but also
comes forward to the defense of its
own special capitalist interests. Ar
gentinan Investments in Paraguay
are next to the British and American
and are very closely linked up with
British capital. Argentina has mob
ilized some of its troops on it's 'front.'
iers under the pretext that they have
to see that there be no incursions
into Argentinian territory"
War Mongering in Uruguay.
In Uruguay, the "Batallista Party"
which sides with the British war
mongers asks through its press, ETC.,
that the Urugayan government de-
clare war on Paraguay and denounces
the government stand in favor of
Bolivia. The Uruguayan Minister in
Bolivia in a public speech declares
that his government will side with
Bolivia. Such tense situation has
been created that the governments
of Uruguay and Argentina have
broken off relations.
The Brazilian government took
sides with Bolivia at the beginning
of the conflict, undoubtedly due to
obtaining advantageous positions in
the railway that unites Brazil with
Bolivia. In contrast with the posi-
ton taken by the Federal Govern
ment the Southern rebels represent
ing the feudal-agrarian coffee in
terests which are closely connected
with British interests, took sides with
Paraguay and declared their opposi-
ton to the pro-American policy of
the Vargas Government.
The Neutral Committees.
Of course in all these moves and
counter we see a lot of vacil-
lations in the positions taken by the
political groups and governments,
vacillations which are dictated by the
force of the tremendous interests in
volved and by the active maneuvers
of Wall Street and London bankers.
A Neutral Committee has been
formed. The committee is composed
of the United States. Mexico, Cuba,
Colombia and Uruguay. Obviously
a neutral committee dominated by
American imperialism. British imper-
ialisln has answered this move by
the formation of another neutral"
committee, called the ABC-Peru,
composed of Argentina, Brazil, Chile
and Peru, which, because Of its
closeness to the warning countries
has more authority" to settle the
dispute.
At the same time that this COM
mitee is formed, the League of Ma
tons continues its neutral" activi-
ties to settle the conflict"
The Resistance of the Workers.
A clear picture Of the situation
would not be given of course, if we
were to ignore the serious resistance
and struggles against war carried on
by the revolutionary working class
and it's organizations Reports in the
capitalist press inform us that some
time ago Bolivian workers and in
teIlectuals were court martialled and
shot because they led demonstra-
tions against the war in La Paz. b.
livia. Also reports in South Aneri-
can newspapers inform that 500
Para guayan soldiers were disarmed
and punished because they refused to
go TO the front.
A number of conferences against
the war have been held in different
pNi1rotY.;oc T,, q roayf;,,a a., oy+i MO-.
conference was held and was attended
by 120 rasentatives of workers
organizations Of Argentina, fraternal
delegates from the General Confed-
Grafton of Labor of Uruguay and
political exiles from Paraguay and
Peru. In this conference a commit
tee was selected to prepare South
American anti-war conference to be
held in Uruguay in November.
September an anti-war conference
vas held in MonteVideo. Uruguay.
Also an anti-War manifesto was pub
lished and widely distributed, ON oc-
casion of the rupture of relation be-
tween these two countries, signed by
the Uruguayan Confederation of La
Dor and the Trade Union Classist
Committee Of Argentina.
A similar manifesto was published
signed jointly by the Trade Union
Classist Committee of Argentina, the
General Confederation of Labor of
Brazil, the Workers Federation Of
Chile and the General Confederation
of Labor of Uruguay and the Peruv-
ian Confederation of Labor.
Strengthening the Anti-W War Front.
The struggles and activities against
the Bolivia-P Paraguay war is being
carried en- mainly in the border coun-
tries and as yet has not taken the
wide character it should. This strug-
Gle is all the more important if we
realize that in Bolivia there is no
Communist Party but only small dis
connected Communist groups. and
that the Paraguayan Communist
Party is very small one and was