Show fsr aff THE REPUBLICS OF THE SOUTH A few days ago abo telegraphic re bort readied us aliat the governments rl ho hostile broo st ties of chili and ru ibave accepted the of mediation maclo by the united stales nce that further learned tunit have mt for pie peace arrangements with the us of tho U S minister thus all the indications point towards an early 01 tho feud ha and dova over fair linda and happy homes it aoa high time for peru that the loudly intercession of abo united states was acceptable to all tha belli parti from the very beginning of the war the chances cea had been decidedly the ollied forces ofle bolivia and to judge from the course the cam has taken all along it was oily a question of time when the chiliano Chi lians would march into and occupy tho capital of peru 11 ll ma there to dictate their own conditions of paco to bo subscribed by the conquered and vanquished allies that conditions of peace would bo a deal harsher in the latter case than if a treaty is now entered into is evident and it ii also a reason in do peru s gladly accede to the proposition of the government at washington some time ago it wt darkly rumored some european powers had been or vere about steps towards a cessation of hostilities but this appears to have been an unfounded or misunderstood since llie of the united states has been unanimously abc acc apted by tha belligerents the preliminaries of peace will not be long forthcoming As chili has not suLi ined anny cerioni defeat in the bul has rather manifested its cirl military superiority dver peru and bolivia it is more than eliat the first condition of peace will be made the attainment of he ends for choso whoso sake the war was declared hard as tin condition m ly appear to peru this ill advised aJ ill barrod land of the incas will have 10 with good grace making wine an magats good to the bad giac although the war between peru and bolivia on one side and chill on the other has attracted only a limited measure of attention north of the equator as it can have only a remote course of human ahli lory it is still of interest as presenting the fascinating spectacle of a struggle between the best ordered state of south america and a sate brought to the verge of ruin by negligent administration and con stall revolutions it is soto speak a contest between barbarism and chiv illation ilza tion ft is true he gauntlet of war was thrust by chili but thai only after the government goven ment in santiago had obtained irrefutable proof that peru and had concluded an alliance for the purpose of visiting with the terrors of war the flourishing neighbor state and to get possession of the rich saltpetre salt petre beds of the an district the declaration of war was oven hastened because peru after llie consummation of the alliance with bolivia feigned a desire to enter into friendly communications with chili with an apparent intention for a adjustment of pending difficulties but really with the purpose of deceiving the chilian government to take it by greater surprise thereafter but the coup was abortive and instead of the expected acquisition of abo ditre nitre beds of Anto fagota the boundary between chili and bolivia the peruvians are menaced by the lots of the whole province of Tama rugal where the large saltpetre salt petre deposits re existing forming the chief revenue for peru this consequence of the war would bo ns evere irremediable blow to the prosperity and further deval ot peru the more o as the instead of devoting theia principal princ efforts and energy to the sturdy but aheady pursuit ture is BO favorably situated in the rich koil and lovely climate 01 keiu ibave sought the source of theia wealth in the leas laborious remunerative deposit of guano and ditre nitre those easily worked resources however have no only not contributed to thea melior alion ot the national welfare but seem rather to have bad i demoralizing effect the nation al debt which on may 30 amounted only to hai to tha enormous sum of or almost the tenfold in th fiort time of 11 years largo ho national revenue from tb exposi I of guano and ditre nitre was i wag more than swallowed up by th payment of the interest on tho boudi moreover the management of bus ne in abo Bilt peler was eo itally incompetent that that source of weal hi resulted almost to bo a of ill C ili however attell or acred administration and although inconvenienced under the burdens imposed lythe wa it can burtain tho iretis far better than iff it detato debt 11 only about a little over ono fourtly the an chilian government in london at 00 alio peruvians bland a low a 11 and those of bolivia have dropped below lie freezing point ot ho exchange ex long ago As eru would bo unable o pay any considerable indemnity in will hait on enlarging its territory at the of the vanquished foe and liua is in alio a cendana cen dant tho land of the proud and great on the downward road toward national obliteration |