Show statue held symbol of unity of two people senior daniel V del burgo burge consol so I 1 general of chile in this country has given a most interesting description of the tha christ ol of the andes the inspiring sculpture which stands at a mountainous elevation ol of meters feet on the chilean argentine frontier says the newspaper la verdad verdade of caracas venezuela senior del burgo says of this appealing figure that the suggestion for its establishment lish ment came from seeing the statue ot of liberty in new york harbor it Is seven meters high 23 feet and weighs three tons it can be seen tor for many kilometers lillo on all the routes connecting the two republics ot of argentina and chile and Is held in veneration bi b the peoples ot of both nations be cause it was erected in 1902 to t seal and commemorate the peace ful settlement of the final dismut between the two great south bouth amer airier lean republics it was the bomel ot of these e two countries who collect ed most of the funds necessary t defray the cost of the status statue an am its transportation and erect loi and whose influence was most ex ei arted on the respective govern meats to provide provida a site and ual maintenance for the monument the tha christ or of the andes standi in a lonely and desolate spot mud the same no doubt ns as the wilder ness in which the man of sor rows spent 40 days ot of his life ilfe li it prayer and tasting fasting yet the statue is not really lonely nor deserted but visited constantly by thousands in their journeys to and fro who call it too the christ of anitta for the statue is the symbol of the bonds bondi of friendship which henceforth and forever knit these two peoples together jn in a christian fellowship low ship |