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Show KILL THE WOUNDED ; Terrible Slaughter in the 1 Revolution in Paraguay K55Sj. s j , Now York, Dec. 26. Interesting dc- . tails of the revolution In Paraguay, V which have never reached the outside !;' world, wore related hero today by a il- . New York lawyer, who has just ro- r turned after a five months stay In r Paraguay and Uruguay. t ' According to tho first-hand Infor- ! . ination which ho received during hlu p- trip, the strlTe has been bitter and. j is marked by much greater blood- ' I shed than Is generally known. Fresh ' ! 1 Interest has been added to tho situa- I ' lion In Paraguay by tho recent, warn- ' ' ' Ing given by both Argentine and Bra- ! j zil that they would out permit tho J bombardment of tho capital city, ' Asuncion. ' i ' Largo Interests whjch the lawyer ' ' has in South American countries j i caused him to withhold his namo but 1 i ho talked freely concerning conditions ' i there. "The news of the civil war, which began ln January and which has ' reached the world, has fallen far short of showing the real nature of the revolution. In a battle In March, il near the city of Aauncion, there were , 900 dead and no wounded. It ib staled t tl (till Hint, uuu mm imiiic, i.uj . a victorious larmy went through tho ranks of the vanquished, bayoneting I and cutting tho throats of the wound- i ed." . , , ri A struggle of flvo factlops for con- I trol of the government Is responsible for the present situation, according to - ' tho lawyer, and at present thero is no indication ot what the outcomo will 1h. aiartial law has prevailed for w many months in the capital. Even ! gjj the churches aro used for barracks $ and buincBs has been brought to a j ;.' standstill. Every man is liablo to f ' orve In tho army and few trouble to ," take up regular occupations. Evory- i whero tho women do tho hard work. j Thoy "man" the shops, tho farms, and oven tho slaughter-houses. |