Red Lodge daily news combined with Carbon County news., 1933-07-19

a Gem Tween Two Oceans" Both of then
trace their name back to one man. the daring
navigator who is commonly regarded as the
"discoverer' of the New World-Christopher Co
lumbus.
Within the last year two events have turned
the eyes of the North American republic to
ward the South American. One of them was the
dispute between Colombia and Peru over the
violation OF a treaty whose purpose II was to
define the boundary between the two countries
The headwaters of the Amazon river are far
up In the eastern slope of the Andes which
forms the back country of Peru, Ecuador and
Colombia.
In 1922, however, a treaty was signed defn.
Ing the boundary, which for the most part fol.
lowed the Putumayo river, q northern branch OF
the Amazon. which it joins In Brazilian terri.
tory. In order to give the Colombians access
to the Amazon, Peru ceded to Colombia the mar.
row corridor from the Putumayo along the Bra
lillian frontier to the Amazon and including the
AmaZonian port OF Leticia.
Despite their resentment at this arrangement,
1t was accepted by the Peruvians of this eastern
back country-of which the Amazonian port of
Iquitos Is the principal center-until revolution
overthrow the government of President Leguia,
who had made the treaty. On the morning OF
September ! of last year the Peruvlans seized
Leticla and drove out the Colombian officials.
AT first President Sanchez Cerro was inclined
to disavow this action, but later supported It,
alleging that the treaty OF 1922 was not valid
because 1t had never been put up to his people,
although the treaty was ratified by the congresses
of both countries.
Thereupon the League OF Nations took a hand
in the affair. After an examination of the be.
ginnings of the conflict 1t issued q report which
condemned Peru's attitude and asked for the
restoration of the seized territory to Colombia.
President Sanchez Cerro refused to comply and
thus brought Peru into conflict with the league.
The league council at length proposed a plan
which, on May rs, was accepted by both coun-
tries, whereby Peru will e~vacuate Leticia and
the corridor. turning the Jurisdiction thereof
over to a league commission which will act to
enforce order and use therefore such interna-
tlonal forces as 1t may select; the entire ex-
pense of this operation being born by Colombia.
The four members Of the commission. Col. AT.
thur Brown. representing the United States.
Capt Francisco Tglesias. representative from
Spain, Or. Armando Mencia OF Cuba, and Lemos
Basto, the league representative from Brazil, are
now on their way to Leticia to fulfill their duties
as league administrators
Along with international praise for the efforts
OF the league In e~ffecting an amicable settlement
OF the situation, credit also belongs to the sue
cessful negotiations between Peru's new presi-
dent. DR.. Oscar Benavides, and DR.. Alfonso Lo
peg, Colombian minister to England, who, with
President Enrique Olaya Herrera Of Colombia.
have established a closer earnest accord be-
tween the two nations.
The other event was the celebration last Jan.
nary Of the four hundredth anniversary of the
founding of Cartagena. Colombia. with a pro
gram of festivities and an elaborate exposition
designed to recall the wealth and romance and
travail which four centuries had brought to this
Carthage of the New World"
A port of call for noted navigators of the
world, from Columbus to Lindbergh. Cartagena
has had q history more colorful and turbulent