| Show peruvian legation replies to brazils statement republics flatly contradict each others statements and brazil comes out with third statement way 8 in view of the statement made by the brazilian legation defining brazils position in the boundary dispute with peni the peruvian legation today made a counter statement to the following effect peru has never admitted in brazil any right whatsoever to the territory actually tn dispute the treaty of 1851 contains no recognition tion in brazil rights as alleged by the brazilian legation the treaty is one of amity and commerce and made no reference as to the territory now in dispute according to late reports it would seem that the government of brazil instead of framing its policy in accordance with the provisions of its constitution which provides tor the settlement of international disputes by arbitration tra tion has assumed hostilo attitude and taken steps by no means conducive to the pacific solution it has pledged itself to seek the brazilian legations statement that peru took advantage of brazils trouble with bolivia to send military forces to the headwaters of the rivers and purus Is unwarranted as a peruvian population always has existed there as well as email garrisons to preserve order peru today Is desirous at resorting to arbitration without damage to previous conditions unnecessary to governments really wishing to teach a prompt just and pacific settlement of their differences this she can offer as the best proof of her good faith and fraternal sentiments toward her alster republic washington may 8 the brazilian legation tonight issued the following additional statement regarding the boundary dispute with peru in the message addressed by mr alves president of brazil on the occasion of the opening of congress may 4 the following Is said in regard to alio relation between brazil and the republics of bolivia and peru the difficulties which existed between brazil and bolivia were bottled by the treaty of under a loyal execution will contribute to strengthen the friendly relations of the two peopled and develop their commercial intercourse jay that treaty brazil recovered nearly all of the territories of the alto purua and alto which had been ceded to bolivia by the treaty of 1867 and contained for many years a numerous population and acquired moreover a right which bolivia claimed on tha basin of the to the north of eleven degrees southern latitude the peruvian government wished that her representative participate in the negotiations tiati ons and soon after proposed thai the boundary questions between the three countries be submitted to arbitration such was the conduct of brazil in her boundary questions and auch was the course also followed by peru when in 1851 she first negotiated with brazil and afterwards with ecuador and colombia and in 1887 and 1890 with ecuador flirt and then with colombia the attempt made in 1894 to settle simultaneously these three boundary questions in a conference of plenipotentiary ies and through a triple arbitration did not have the result expected by peru up to this date these disputes continue unsolved now since the treaty of Petro polls peru Is in a position to negotiate separately and settle with less difficulty her boundary questions with brazil and bolivia the rights peru pretends to havo were reserved brazil does not refuse 0 o take cognizance of her will not cn ter into discussion before the military forces bent by the peruvian government to the alto and alto purus are withdrawn brazil cannot tolerate that during the dispute raised by peru and whose grounds are unknown to her the brazilian living peacefully in those regions be governed by peruvian authorities 1 |
