Peru has broken off relations with Germany, offered the use of her ports to the Allies and seized the German ships at Callao. Bolivia, Ecuador and Santo Domingo have broken off relations with Germany. The exact position of Santo Domingo is not easy to define. Since May 1916, the administration of that Republic has been practically controlled by the United States; and this intimate connexion with a belligerent power may perhaps be regarded as constituting a state of belligerency for the Dominican Republic. Mexico, Salvador, Venezuela, Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Paraguay maintain their neutrality and their diplomatic relations with Germany. CAMBRIDGE: PRINTED BY J. B. PEACE, M.A., AT THE UNIVERSITY PRESS [Illustration: SPANISH & PORTUGUESE SETTLEMENTS IN AMERICA] [Illustration: THE LATIN-AMERICAN REPUBLICS] * * * * * Transcriber's Notes: Unusual punctuation and spellings retained when used consistently (for example, dispatch and despatch); otherwise changed to majority use, with the following exceptions: P. 24: Greek word transliterated ~apoikia~ appears as Greek script in original. See utf8 or html for original script. P. 76: hyphenated "to-day" retained, as quoted from other print source. P. 76: "organization" retained, as quoted from other print source. End of Project Gutenberg's South America and the War, by F. A. Kirkpatrick