Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 March 1920 — BOLIVIA QUITE SORRY [ARTICLE]

BOLIVIA QUITE SORRY

REGRETS.ATTACK on PERUVIAN amends. Foreign Minister Porras of Peru Asks Material Reparation and Arrest of Men Involved. Washington, March 19.—Chile was asked to act as an intermediary between Bolivia and Peru to prevent an outbreak between those two countries, which are now facing a crisis. Under Secretary of State Polk held a conference with Chilean Ambassador Don Beltram Hathieu and asked him to urge his government to take steps to preserve peace between Peru and Bolivia. La Paz, March 18.—Great indignation has been caused here by an attack upon Col. Comes of the Bolivian aviation service by a party of 40 Peruvians. He was attacked with stones and sticks and painfully Injured. Lima. Peru, March 19. —The aide de camp of President Guerra of Bolivia, according to a dispatch received here, called at the Peruvian legation at LaPaz yesterday and expressed the Bolivian government’s regrets for the attack on the legation last Sunday night. Foreign Minister Porras forwarded a note to' La Paz asking for material reparation for the loss incurred and for the arrest of officials Involved In the demonstration.