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Show J 'T J B0LTY1A' WANTS Widl BUT BRAZJL 13 NOT SO ANXIOu'jW FOR TROUBLE. 1 t But In Caso Trouble Comes, Brazi1! Will be Prepared, Havlnu Decided i , toiConcentrate Troops. 1 ( Tho Brazilian legation at Paris! has issued an official statement by th-i Bra. zlllan govornmont explaining tho lot-tor's lot-tor's position toward tho Aero dispute and tho projected expedition into tho Aero territory ot President Pando of Bolivia. Tho statement declares that tho Brazilian Bra-zilian government has given Bolivia to undorstand that tho contract with the Bolivian syndkato is a monstrosity on law, slnco It entails thopav'tlal allona. tlon of sovereignty to a foreign com. pany, and that tho concession Is void, inasmuch as It disposes ot territory which is at tho present tlmo tho sub. joct of dlsputo with Peru. Tho statement state-ment proceeds to say that Brazil has always given a liberal interpretation to tho treaty of 1867, Booking to favor Bolivia by procuring hor facilities of communication of tho Amazon and tho, Paraguay. But Bolivia, having alien, ntod to a foreign syndicate tho right concodod to hor in tho Acr territory, Brazil will now sustain tho strict in. torprotation of tho treaty. Aftor recounting tho various proposals propos-als which havo been mndo to adjust tho dlsputo, tho statomont concludes: "Bolivia having refused all theao pro. posals, and President Pando having do. cidod to march against tho Brazilian subjocts In Acre, tho prcsldont of Bra.' ell has docldod to concontrato troops; In tho adjoining states of Malto Orasso. and Amazonns." ' - f |