Evening star., 1934-05-31
BOLIVIA APPEALS
FOR LEAGUE AID
Two Articles of Covenant
Are Invoked to End
War in Chac0.
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
GENEVA, May 31.-Bolivia ap.
pealed to the League of Nations under
two articles of the Covenant today tc
end its war with Paraguay in the
Chaco.
This development came at the end
of a League Council meeting after
representatives of both nations had
spoken to the assembled members.
First, Costa Durels, Bolivian dele
gate, invoked article 13, whereby dis
putting nations may ask arbitration.
He was answered by Caballero
Bedoya, Paraguayan representative
who said: I'VE cannot allow arbitra-
ton to be snare for the nations
good faith"
Then Costa Durels appealed for q
settlement Of the dispute under
article IS. which authorizes the
Council to make recommendations for
the settlement of disputes without the
vote of the disputants.
Authorizes Report.
The latter article is a step preced-
ing the possible application of mill
tary measures against an aggressor
nation. 1t authorizes the Council tc
publish a report of the dispute.
If the Council unanimously agrees
on its recommendations, the members
of the League undertake that they
will not 60 to war with any party to
the dispute which complies with the
recommendation.
The Bolivian representative an
nounced that his nation was forced
to resort to article IS. declaring that
Paraguay had failed utterly to bring
any hopeful contribution to a plan
of settlement
He said that, on the contrary the
Paraguayan representative had de-
stroyed all hope of regulating the
dispute under processes of mediation
Earlier in the session he insisted
that the proposed international arms
embargo would mean the finish" OF
Bolivia He charged that Paraguay
has a munitions factory.
Durels proposed that the war nc
longer be treated under the mediation
article of the Covenant, but be passed
to the arbitral clause, which means
that if his demand is granted the
dispute will automatically go to the
World Court of Permanent Justice
for settlement.
Insists on Inquiry.
Attacking the proposed munitions
embargo against the warning nations
which the United States has already
approved, Durels insisted an inquiry
to determine the responsibility for the
war should be held first.
Paraguay, he said, in addition tc
having a munitions factory, would al
ways be able to obtain arms and am
munition by river shipments, whereas
Bolivia, isolated from any port, would
be unable to do so.
communications charging that Para
quay was preparing for chemical war.
fare and that Bolivian prisoners were
being murdered were distributed.
After a survey of the history of the
Chaco War and a brief allusion te
it as "a war of OIL" the Bolivian rep
resentative said the Fundamental
claim of Bolivia is the right to pos
sess the so-called Hayes Zone"-the
arbitral division of the Chaco by
President Hayes of the United States
in 1879.
Insists on Compensatory Award.
Costa Durels declared Bolivia was
not able to recognize the justice OF
President Hayes decision and, at al
events, Bolivia insisted upon some
compensatory award in connection
with the ALLEGATION of various section.
of the Chaco to Paraguay and Bolivia
since, he contended, Bolivia had the
right to the whole Gran Chaco.
Caballero Bedoya, the Paraguayar
representative, replied mildly, denying
that Paraguay possessed a munitions
factory or resources for the manufac-
ture of war materiel.
Paraguay" he asserted, seeks an
immediate and final settlement Of the
conflict, but, as Edouard Herriot (vice
premier of France) said, we cannot
allow arbitration to be a snare for
the nations good faith"
He added that Paraguay was unable
to accept treaty of peace unless it
is accompanied by serious guarantees
of solid measures Of security.