The Stratford Evening Post With which is Incorporated “THE EGMONT SETTLER.” (Established 1890.) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1933 Little Wars

Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 178, 23 February 1933, Page 4

The Stratford Evening Post With which is Incorporated “THE EGMONT SETTLER.” (Established 1890.) THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1933 Little Wars

THE. difficulty of keeping the peace between nations, even with * the League and the Kellogg Pact, is shown by the present conflicts in South America. After a century of peace between the two Republics,'hostilities have broken out between Colombia and Peru, and Paraguay is said to be contemplating making its unofficial war on Bolivia into an official one. The unofficial war between these two countries has lasted for eight months, and it is said that in this undeclared war the casualties have!' been greater than anyone cares to tell. Efforts have been made at conciliation both by the United States Government j and the League, but no success has attended these attempts to bring peace. Argentina, Chile, Peru and Brazil also attefnptea, tp arbitrate,,.and are now' said to be contemplating a blockade of the Bolivian frontier in order td force; 1 a cessation & • PetflPitself has come to blows with, Colombia ' pf, ground that hath in it no profit but the name,!* country is rather out of court as an arbitrator. This latest war ds alniost to make the League of Nations weep. Early in civilians seized the Colombian River port of Puerto Liticia, 2500 miles up the Amazon. This littlp place, described a's consisting of one brick building and a few wooden shacks, was ceded -by Peru to Colombia a lew years ago, A war spirit at once flared up in both coun- ' tries, and the Colombian navy was sent from the Caribbean Sea to the mouth of tne Amazon on its way to the up-river port in its own territory, a detour of thousands of miles. The I an-Amencan Conciliation Commission had already taken a hand, but without success. Finally the Council of American Bondholders tried to prevent the war on the ground that the would-be combatants had not paid their interest; but, as has happened before, these South Americans preferred "honour to dollars, and we have been informed that war has actually broken out. It is all very discouraging.