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! PUBLIC LIBRARY
The Gran Chaco.
The boundary dispute between Bo-
| livia and Paraguay. which has been
the cause of a years intense fighting
| in the region known as the Gran
Chaco. is to have the attention of
an extraordinary session of the
| League of Nations. along with the
| question of an arms embargo. Books
and periodicals have little to offer
on the subject Such information as
is easily available is here listed by
the Public Library for the benefit of
students to whom the subject may
be assigned or others who are in
| tereSted.
The Regions Involved.
Bolivia American Nation Series No.
2. 1929 Pamphlet collection:
/ Reference room. central buildingD
A brief description of Bolivia and
her resources.
Paraguay. American Nation Series
| No. 16. 1880 Pamphlet collec-
! ton: Reference room, central
bulding)
Pictures and brief text giving
principal facts about the Paraguayan
republic.
Paraguay Latest Reports from Para
quay Official Sources. Foreign
Trade Series No. los. 1882
pamphlet collection: Reference
room, central building)
Trade statistics for Paraguay.
Green He'll: Adventures in the Mys-
terious Jungles of Eastern Bolivia.
by Julian Duguid. 1881. G997 D87.
The country which the author so
| feelingly describes in its perils and
terrorS is that in which the border
dispute between Bolivia and Paraguay
is being carried on.
An Unknown People in an Unknown
Land: An Account of the Life and
Customs of the Lengua Indians of
the Paraguayan Chaco by
w. B. Grubb. 1911. G99l .G92u.
The Indian natives of the Gran
Chaco as they were before war in
vaded their territory.
The Bankers in Bolivia: A Study in
American Foreign Investment, by
Mrs. NJ. C. (A) Marsh. 1928
HCQQ7 Mas
Americas stake in the fortunes of
Bolivia.
Magazine Articles.
The Chaco question is treated each
month in Prof. Henry Grattan Doyle's
summary of South American affairs
in Current History; a number of en-
tries are given to indicate the range
and character of Prof. Doyle's treat
ment of the subject.
Chaco War, by H. G. Doyle. Current
History. 50: 47475. July 1888.
Events Immediately following Para
guay's declaration of war against Bo-
livia on May TO- 1888.
Deadlock in the Chaco by H G.
Doyle. Current History, 38 598-
COL, August, 1888.
Attempts to end the war in the
Summer of 1888.
Chaco Muddle. by H. G. Doyle. Cur
rent History, 80: 1890, Septetn-
ber, 1888
Fighting goes on while the nations
make futile attempts to settle the
| problem by Intervention.
The Conference at Montevideo, by
H. G. Doyle. Current History, 80:
466-70, January, 1884.
Chaco before the Pan-American
Conference.
| Futile Chaco Truce, by H. G. Doyle.
Current History, 80: 595-97, Feb
ruary, 1884.
Failure of the 11-day truce, although
"the question of honor is not now
| parties can cease fighting with entire
| credit to themselves"
Chaco Insanity, by H. G. Doyle. Cur
rent History, 216-17, May, 1884.
dSudy dAlO oOllfld otlll
to their original positions and still
! maintain their policy-understand
enough-of jockeying for every advan-
tage."
| X
Peaceful Pawns in the Chaco Con-
f1ict, by r. K. Abercrombie. Chris
tian Century, so: 1l73-75, Septem-
Der 20, 1888.
The story of the Mennonite settle
| ments caught in the war between
Paraguay and Bolivia after believing
that, in spite of hardships due to
climatic conditions, they were at least
safe from persecution.
Pan-Americana, by Jonathan Mitchell.
New Republic. IT: 306, January
"a, 1884.
! South American intellectuals, with
out exception, believe that the Chaco
War has been in reality struggle
between the United States and