Show statue held symbol of unity of two people senior daniel V del burgo consol general of chile in this country has given a most interesting description ot of the christ ol of the anle andes the inspiring sculpture which stands at a mountainous elevation of meters feet on the chilean argentine frontier says the newspaper la verdad verdade of f caracas venezuela senior del burgo says of at this appealing figure that the suggestion tor 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 on all the routes connecting the two republics ot of argentina and chile and is held in veneration by the peoples ot of both nations because it was erected in 1902 to seal and commemorate the peaceful settlement ol of the final dispute between the two great south american republics it was the women ot of these two countries who collected most ot of the funds necessary to defray the cost of the statue and its transportation and erection and whose influence was most exerted on the respective governments to provide a site and perpetual maintenance for the monument the christ ol of tho the andes stands in a lonely and desolate spot much the same no doubt as the wilderness in which the man of sorrows spent 40 daya of his hia life in prayer and tasting fasting yet the statue to is not really lonely nor deserted but visited constantly by thousands la in their journeys to and tro fro who call it too the christ ol of amity tor for the statue Is the symbol of the bonds of friendship which henceforth and forever knit these tw two 0 peoples together in a christian fellowship low ship |