Excerpt from South American Opinions on the War: I Chile and the War; II the Attitude of Ecuador Too little has been heard of the recent movements of public opinion in the South American countries, in so far as these movements relate to the war or are caused by it. It is with no small satisfaction therefore that there are here presented two papers, one of them descriptive of the attitude of Chile toward the European belligerents, and the other descriptive of the attitude of Ecuador toward the United States. The paper on Chile was published early in 1916. The author, Sr. Carlos Silva Vildosola, was born in Santiago, Chile, in 1847, and he has won high repute in his chosen career of journalism. For many years he was the director of El Mercurio, which is perhaps the leading daily of Chile. He has been honored by his government in various ways and he has served as a member of several international congresses. Sr. Silva Vildosola is at present the correspondent representing El Mercurio with the Allied armies. The paper on Ecuador was published as a pamphlet at Quito in June, 1917, with the title "Nuestra Actitud." The writer, Sr. Nicolas F. Lopez, is a native of Ecuador and colonel of artillery in the army of that country. He has held several governmental posts, including that of consul at Buenos Aires. He is an occasional contributor to the periodical press of his own and neighboring countries. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."