Show statue held symbol of unity of two tao people senior daniel V del bargo consol general ot of chile in this country has given a most interesting description ot of the christ ol 01 the andes the inspiring sculpture which stands at a mountainous elevation ot of meters 1300 13 OW feet on the chilean argentine tron fron tier says the newspaper la verdad verdade ot of caracas venezuela senior del burgo fays says of this appealing figure that the suggestion for ita its establishment lish ment came from seeing the statue of liberty in new york harbor it Is seven mk tera high 23 feet and weighs three tin ins it can be seen for many kilometers on all the routes connecting the two republics of argentina and chile and Is held in veneration by the peoples of both ration rations because it was erected in 1902 to fical hii fehd luo vue beace ful settlement of the final dispute between the two great south amer lean ican republics it was the women of these two cint riis who collected most of the bunds necessary to defray the copt co of t tie le statue and its transportation and erection and whose influence was most exerted on the respective govern ments to provide a site and perpetual maintenance tor for the monument the christ of the andes stands in a lonely and desolate spot much the came same no doubt as the wilderness in which I 1 the man of sorrows barrows spent 40 days of his life in prayer and tasting fasting yet the statue Is no not really lonely nor deserted but visited constantly by thousands in their journeys to and fro who call it too the christ of amity for the statue Is the symbol of the bonds of friendship which hence forth aal forever knit these two peoples together in a christian fel howship |