Evening star., 1935-03-07

Some American newspapers find that
the League Of Nations failed to show
good Judgment in handling the dispute
between Bolivia and Paraguay. Fight
ing continues and Paraguay has given
up its membership in the League.
"Paraguayan critics Of the League.
according to the Indianapolis News,
assert that Bolivia and Paraguay had
been fighting for more than year
before the League took notice. 1t
began negotiations late in 1893 to
bring about peace. Paraguay sent
notes objecting to its plan for estab-
lishment of q neutral zone in the
Chaco, to be policed by neutral forces
as impractical and complained that
the arbitration plan did not define
the territory concerned. Paraguayan
officials complain that Bolivia earlier
in the war repeatedly refused to
accept peace plans proposed by
neutrals, and nothing was done"
"Paraguays intensely nationalistic
governing group" explains the San
Antonio Express, sis determined to
defy world opinion and continue the
war with Bolivia" The Express notes
that the Paraguayans have thus far
been victorious in the struggle over
tine Chaco Boreal, and continues
Paraguay probably considers that a
Bolivian defeat at Villa Monies would
overthrow the present government at
La Paz and that its successor would
be willing to relinquish the Chaco
Boreal. However, Bolivia hardly would
cease to fight even should it lose via
Monies. It's nationalistic leaders are
in no personal danger. They are will
ing to send conscripts to the front as
long as the patient, brave Aymaras
accept their assertion that the Cnaco
Boreal must be retaken because 1t Is
an integral part Of Bolivia.
1.-THE League has, in article 10 OF
the covenant" says the PROVIDENCE
Journal. "an ominous means. on paper,
of compelling Paraguay TO Suomit.
That article provides that any nation
which resorts to war in defiance OF the
covenant shall be considered to have
committed an act OF war against an
other members of the League. but
PARAGUAY is ready to take her chances
as To that. She has all but won the
Chaco struggle and she proposes 70
hold ON to her desperately acquired
noodle. League or no League. Inc
Geneva organization is thus up against
another epochal difficulty.
"The Leagues policy IN authorizing
heavy shipments of arms to BOLIVIA,
after Paraguay turned down the ar
mistice," contends the Rockford I'M
Morning Star, was extremely dubious.
The best way to stop war is to cut
of war supplies; in this case, to throw
both countries back on their own
rather primitive resources. BY open
ing the way to further shipments to
Bolivia, the League has simply con-
tinued the belligerency, at the same
time putting itself on record as a
confederate of Bolivia"
Some 40 900 men on each side are
fighting, and go, 900 men have died, in
the senseleSS war;" says the Brooklyn
Times Union. ALTHOUGH a smaller
nation, Paraguay has been winning OF
late, and her armies have made their
way through the waste. are now near
the Bolivian border and threatening
the Bolivian oil fields. Oil Is really at
the bottom Of the trouble"
THE way Of the peacemaker Is diff
cult" proclaims the Boise Qdaho)
Statesman, with the comment that
"the League of Nations always seems
to run into grave difficulties when It
tries TO fulfill one Of It's principal
avowed purposes-that Of preventing