Show SOUTH AMERICAN the atory that comes south america to the effect that chile aided by peru and argentina is to conquer and divide bolivia beems to have a foundation oun dation during the revolution in chile iti 1891 the insurgents secured the aad of the bolivians under the promise that i successful in the government ahey would deed certain territory to bolivia obtained by conquest from peru bolivia for at empting to beep the revolutionists true to their agreement has aroused the of chile and that country hae now formed a for conquest and division of spoils peru ia to get sack her nitrate lands and argentina and chile are to divide unfortunate bolivia that is a drastic way of dealing with an offensive country but it is thor ousby south american in method and at one time peru was the great power on the western shores of the southern continent tho wealth of her mines led her people to luxuries extravagance indolence and national decay to the south were abo poverty desert ensconced miserable chilian an enmity between the two nations developed ve and contrary to all expectation the peruvians disgracefully from every batlle field the beroe of capitulation provided for the cession ot two province in bouthern peru and the baj ment of a money indemnity that meant the bankruptcy ban krupcy ot that nation chill field that lav afforded an enormous revenue were afterward developed in the ceded territory it was this ol 01 country that made col north the niter king ot the world and through hie influence created a pro british sentiment in chili that was anything tint friendly to americana and needed only the opportunity auch as the capture of the chilian filibustering cruiser off the pacific coast during the rebellion in 1691 ta aake itself felt but the difference a between pern and calli are apparently to be reconciled by a combined movement against weak and inoffensive bolivia and with the division of that country is to be brought about the old lines of mar kation between peru aad chile a change in the map of south america thai no student of the southern be publics would have ventured to prophesy ten years apo |