Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, With the Annual Message of the President Transmitted to Congress December 7, 1909

File No. 534/17.

Minister Stutesman to the Secretary of State.

[Telegram—Paraphrase.]

American Legation,
La Paz, July 13, 1909.

Reports that there was a hostile demonstration in La Paz on Saturday and Sunday last on account of decision of the Argentine Republic acting as arbitrator in the boundary dispute between Bolivia and Peru. Says the Argentine and Peruvian legations and Peruvian business houses were attacked by mobs, but no one was seriously injured and very little property destroyed. Adds that the mob is under control, and that the situation is now tranquil.