Evening star., 1932-08-08
BOLIVIAN PLANE
SEIZED IN CHACO
Paraguay Sends New Protest
as AviatorS Are Shot
Down on Border.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
ASUNCION, Paraguay, August g.
Prospects for peace in the dispute be-
tween Paraguay and Bolivia over the
Gran Chaco appeared more remote to-
day following the shooting down of a
Bolivian airplane over the Paraguayan
lines on the frontier.
The plane was shot down as it
reconnoitered the Paraguayan forts, 20
miles east of Fort Chanar. in the mid
die of the swamps of Estero Patino
The two Bolivian aviators were cap
tured.
AS a result of the incident, the As
sociated Press was informed, Paraguay
was preparing to send a new note to
the neutral Central and South Ameri-
can nations. and to the United States
Reports from the front said Bolivian
troops had reoccupied the Paraguayan
Fort Carlos Antonio Lopez, 100 miles
west of the point where the Apa River
empties into the Paraguay This fort
was first taken by the Esolivians on June
Is and was recaptured month later.
Forces Are Increased.
Military leaders rushed preparations
for possible further clashes and there
we're reports both nations we're increas-
ing their forces in the Chaco.
Gen. Ayala, chief of staff of the
army. resigned and was replaced pro-
yisionally by Maj. Arturo Bray.
Another contingent of troops left
last night for the sector where the
Bolivians recently have been pressing
harder.
Although Asuncion was quiet the
people spending the holiday at the usual
neighboring resorts, public expectancy
was undiminished following the note
from the 19 neutral American powers
in which they warned that territorial
changes arising from warfare would
not be recognized.
There was a general feeling that the
situation was still critical, although the
importance on both Paraguay and
Bolivia of the moral pressure brought
to bear by the Neutrals' action was
recognized.
considerable group in Paraguay,
although pacifsts and not Vociferous in
the present controversy, was reported
to view with dissatisfaction the present
trend of diplomacy in connection
with the Chaco question, including
Paraguay'S unreserved acceptance OF
the Pan American proposal for arbi-
tration of the differences on the basis
Of the positions held by the armed
forces of the two nations in the Chaco
territory on June l.
This group was represented as be-
lieving that even had Bolivia accepted
the proposal unreservedly, it would
merely mean commencing again pro-
tracted negotiations without prospect of
a definite result.
10000 Men Are Ready.
Some leaders in this group had ex-
pected the Paraguayan reply to include
certain reservations, which may have
been erased as a result of President
Jose Guggiari's conference with the
United States minister shortly before
the cabinet finally approved Paraguays
note
A guarded but definite viewpoint was
finding expression that with the army
now well prepared to meet any ag-
gession, the Paraguayans would be
able to send approximately 10000 men
into the Chaco. There was doubt
among the Paraguayans that the Bo-
livians could provision more men.
which, with a belief that the Bolivians
would be unaccuStomed to the climate
in the disputed jungle territory, was
regarded here as giving Paraguay an
even or better chance.