Evening star., 1933-05-22

Better peace machinery may De ex-
pected, according to comment in this
country, as q result Of the recent for
NAL declaration Of war between Para
quay and Bolivia, incidental to the hos
tilities which have been going ON for
months between these two nations over
the Chaco district. Failure OF the pres
ent agencies to prevent war Is recog-
nized. Violation of treaty restrictions
and inability of the hostile nations to
negotiate their differences Is deplored,
with commentators pointing out that
wars destruction of life and property
fail to produce results Of value to either
country.
OF the opinion that 'it means that
the Kellogg BRAND pact. outlawing war.
again has been considered mere scrap
of paper" the Boise 1daho) Statesman
records that the dispute arises from the
fact that Bolivia claims all the Chaco
district between the Pilcomayo and
Paraguay Rivers, whereas the Para
guayan claim cuts Bolivia of from the
Paraguay River" In its review OF the
conflict, the San Antonio Express states
Bolivia and Paraguay-neighbor lands,
sharing common tongue, faith and
culture-are struggling to possess the
ICSlOti. Dull LLlA6OAOhAkS AAo'N FSS-NN
troops into the Chaco Boreal during the
past eleven months and are planning
further mobilization. Their soldiers
hold practically parallel lines running
through a wilderness for 200 miles. Each
belligerent has $4,000 to $4,000 officers
and men in the war zone. Argentina
bordering upon both warning nations
sent a considerable force to the Pilco-
mayo's southern bank some time ago,
The bearing of this dispute on gen
eral peace conditions interests the New
ark Evening News, with this statement
of its relation to the effectiveness OF
peace agencies: Apparently, the kei-
logg- BRAND pact doesn't apply because
Bolivia is not a signatory OF that pact
So it Is thought Paraguay's action Is
not In violation Of that treaty. There
is less doubt that the League Covenant
has been violated. but the United States
and other nations that have been most
active in trying to effect a settlement
are either not members Of the League
or are out Of sorts with 1t. the I'M
portant thing for the world at large Is
disclosure of the incompleteness OF our
peace machinery The kellogg Brland
treaty, the League Covenant and all
other agencies for preventing war, dis
guised or undisguised. will be frau reeds
to lean upon until all the nations nave
been brought into them, giving the
peace-loving nations courage ana
strength to deal with such situations as
Manchuria. Leticia and the Chaco. BY
co-ordinated effort the Paraguay-Bo-
livia war should be liquidated without
great difficulty. Perfection of the means
to peace remains the great problem.
That this, "the first formal war there
in half a century" Is an indication that
things are no better In South America
than they are in Europe" Is the CEN
clusion Of the Charleston Is. c. Eve
ming Post With its proposal that the
strong nations of South America ought
to unite among themselves to prevent
these senseless wars between their les
ser neighbars," and that Argentina,
Brazil and Chile should keep their con-
tinent in order" the Evening Post
recognizes that unfortunately in these
same countries, richly developed as
they are and with resources for mag
nificent civilization, there Is turmoil
and strife for control OF the govern
ment and a vast confusion of au-
thority."
This country and 10 other non-com-
batant nations in the Western hemi-
sphere" says the Akron Beacon Jour-
nal, exhausted their efforts to patch up
the troubles between Paraguay and Bo-
livia In spite Of good intentions they
had to give it up. AS for the war itself
not much is to be said. For half q CEN
tury Bolivia and Paraguay have been
glowsring at each other, and without
coming to grips. There was not even
much blood-letting until the last year,
whsA they resorted To general slaugh-
ter that threatened to dwarf the casual
ties resulting from traf1e accidents In
our Nation. \ adjudication u turned