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The Minister in Paraguay (Wheeler) to the Secretary of State
[Received 1:25 p.m.]
22. Paraguay’s reply sent yesterday afternoon to the last note of the League read in part as follows:
“Great as is our desire to reestablish peace we cannot lay down our arms before an aggressor country which has invaded our territory with the open design of conquest. This Government considers that to be efficacious the exhortation should be directed especially to the country which has provoked this cruel struggle and whose refusal to offer adequate securities causes the conflict to continue.”