Evening star., 1932-08-16

wrought by war, according to the
Youngstown Vindicator, cannot be
overestimated," for sit may easily be-
come the corner stone Of the peace Of
the world" The New York Herald
Tribune feels that eff there is any
coercive force in international opinion,
1t will exert itself to prevent a war
would be- The San Antonio Express,
however. points out that apparently
Bolivia and Paraguay are not needing
the declaration by 19 other New World
nations, including the United States,
that territorial gains will not be recog-
niZed" and that immediate neighbors
have agreed to observe strict neutral-
ity." The Express urges that COM
mon sense eventually must prevail"
The Salt Lake Deseret News hopes that
"the influence Of both pan-America
and of the League of Nations will
bring sanity to the combatants." That
paper is convinced that "it Is really q
matter for surveyors and jurists."
Washington" as observed by the
Minneapolis Journal, extends to
South America. at this opportunity for
enunciation, the principle laid down
as American policy toward Manchuria,
which is to say toward Japan. This
policy of non-recognition Is relatively
new, and so its place in the diplomacy
OF peace, which includes the Kellogg
treaty renouncing war as an in
strument of national policy, must face
tests before its validity can be estab-
lshed. 1t sounds well-and yet, with
Japan In possession of Manchuria, the
puppet government there Is setting up
its own policies, the latest of which is
abolition of extraterritoriality where
fOrYf1arlu thaf r1fin0iYalo nff oinad .
Of the scheme of things in China.
Suppose we do not recognize the gov
ernment of Manchoukuo-what are
We going to do about its practices?
BY the same token. suppose we decline
to recognize armed accomplishment in
the Gran Chaco, the tract In dispute
between Bolivia and Paraguay? We
may ostracize either country, but we
must first settle the question Of ag-
gression, and that comprises much Of
the right and wrong Of the dispute
between the two countries"
X X X X
Neither Bolivia nor Paraguay" in
the opinion of the Indianapolis News,
can say positively where her boundaries
lie in O jungle area of about 100000
square miles. The ancient maps pre-
pared at the direction Of the Castillian
crown permit different opinions. Unless
Bolivia can extend her jurisdiction over
most of the Gran Chaco, she fears that
her material growth will be blocked by
Paraguayan success. Paraguay has kept
control of the Paraguay River, which
gives her an outlet to the Atlantic.
Bolivia continues to be the only land
locked South American republic. Even
more than wish to dominate virtually
all the swamp expanse for the natural
wealth it may contain, this exclusion
from an ocean port shapes her policy.
But Paraguay, without mastery of the
Gran Chaco, feels she forever will be
doomed to sovereignty over a compare
lively small district, for the Gran Chaco
is larger than Paraguay without it."
THE evil war spirit of the nations"
remarks the Buffalo Evening News, still
holds sway, and youths continue the
march to the slaughter, with parents
speeding them on their way with tears
and cheers Of joy" AS to the imme-
diate dispute, the Lincoln State Journal
feels that there is confirmation of "sus-
picion that these people are fighting
more for the fun Of it than anything
else"