SOUTH AMERICAN TURMOIL

Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 337, 26 September 1932, Page 5

SOUTH AMERICAN TURMOIL

(Press. Assn.—

trouble spreadvng rebellion and cjivil war over . a v/ide area BELLIGERENT SPIRIT

-By Telegraph — Copyrigrht) .

Ree. Sept. 25, 5.5 p.m. Buenos Aires, Sept. 24. Wsr has noi teen declared, but EG^.mally is a£ prosent flaming Giroughout Scuth America, coveriij^i thoasamis of miles of territory. It mcludes one undeclared war, orse, eivil war, and growingr foars of three iriteenatiosial coo;fl:cts ac '-ha result cf Peru's aheged forcible cccispatioa of a Colombian town. At least 250 Bolivians and Paraguayans are leported killed in the past few weeks in the hattle for i osses-ion of Fort Boqueron in the disputed Ghaeo area. Despite the coutmi-.od diplomatie etrorlr. of neighbcuring countries, as well as tbose of the eommission of neutuil.1 in Washington. at Boqueron, necerding to reports, 0000 Parnguaynns have surrounded 2000 Bolivians intending to hold the fort. Both countries are vushing reinforcements for a delinite engagement. Meanwhile ihe Brazil revolution, wliich lias bcen in progress almost three months, eontinues on a large scale. Federal troops leport continued ndvar.ees, b,ut no doeislve action. Both sides are concealing vast quaniities of war sur.plies imported from Fmopc- and the United States. The boundary territory dispute betwcen ('olombia and Peru is growing tontinually and beeoming mere menaeing v-.ith the war spirit inereasing in boih countries.