Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 July 1909 — BOLIVIA RIPE FOR WAR WITH PERU [ARTICLE]

BOLIVIA RIPE FOR WAR WITH PERU

State of Siege Proclaimed In City of La Paz. STOPES HAYE BEEN LOOTED Arbitral Decision of the Argentine Republic, Which Is the Cause of All the Trouble, Will Not Be Accepted—This Stand Considered the Equivalent of a Declaration of Hostilities—Demand For Satisfaction Sent From Buenoa Ayres. La Paz, Bolivia, July 13. — A guard of 500 soldiers was stationed at the Peruvian and Argentine legations and the troops prevented the mob from setting fire to the buildings; The greatest disorder prevails. Many Peruvian stores have been pillaged and the demonstrations against both Peru and the Argentine Republic are exceedingly violent. A state of siege has been proclaimed. The Bolivian government, acceding to the wishes of the people and the newspapers, has decided not to accept Argentine’s arbitral decision on the boundary question. This is considered as equivalent to a declaration of war with Peru. Buenos Ayres, July 13.—The council of ministers at a conference decided to telegraph Senor Fonseca, the Argentine minister at La Paz, Bolivia, to withdraw from that country unless he is able to obtain immediate and complete satisfaction with reference to hostile manifestations against the Argentine Republic. Since the decision by President Alcorta of Argentine in a boundary dispute between Peru and Bolivia residents of La Paz have treated Senor Fonseca harshly, the minister with his wife being compelled to seek shelter in the home of the president of Bolivia.