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From the first the Paraguayans have contended that it was their troops who were attacked by Bolivians; and the Paraguay chargé d' affaires at La Paz, Bolivia, immediately suggested neutral investigation of whatever had occurred in Gran Chaco. The reply of the Bolivian government was to break off relations with Paraguay last fortnight, and to send more Bolivian soldiers last week into Gran Chaco, where at least 200 humans met death in circumstances impossible to ascertain...
Antofagasta. Down out of the mountains which are Bolivia went 70 dignitaries and notables (including many ladies) from La Paz, across the nitrate plain which is Chile and so aboard the Maryland in the harbor of Antofagasta. Mr. & Mrs. Hoover lunched them all on the quarterdeck. In his speech, Mr. Hoover stated that the history of Bolivia and its hero, Simon Bolivar, are as familiar to U. S. schoolchildren as to Bolivian schoolchildren...
...been explained that Mr. Hoover longed to visit La Paz but did not like to step on Chilean soil, as would have been necessary, before paying his respects to Chile's highest officials at Santiago. The Bolivians had come to him after requesting permission from Chile to travel through what used to be Bolivia's corridor to the sea, the long-disputed Tacna-Arica district at the juncture of Bolivia, Chile & Peru...
President Hernando Siles of Bolivia was sorry not to be able to join the goodwill party. He was occupied at La Paz by an impending war with Paraguay (see page...
While the above monkey wrench was being thrown into the machinery of poly-national conciliation, the diplomats were even busier achieving a direct break between Bolivia and Paraguay. At the Bolivian seat of Government, La Paz, the Paraguayan Charge d'Affaires, Senor Elias Ayala, presented a request that there be no "repetition of the violation of Paraguayan territory by a Bolivian force." Thereupon the Bolivian Foreign Office replied that "in view of this insolent attitude" on the part of Paraguay, "you (the Paraguayan Minister) must leave this capital on the train which leaves Viachi Station at four...