, 1879-03-29
CHILL AND BOLIVIA.


Tho touu,arv tuc,cu1tv 1,s.veon t,o rvo
t3nyernmnnts - Tim Uunuo nnd Nitrate
Nt.ne.-Thn Occupntlnn of iAntorogantn by
tho Gl.llinns-Ths 1'ollvinn md Ci,sllan
Armies. .......
t"rrfspon.ttncs Nt'e loFk Herald.
AItAnA'so' tnu', fen' a'-nl.s're oetwoeh
t''.o co''t's A''' n''''" "'c oee!n"'!s " M.
sa''e o. WY '"Ft@te""h aspcet. ~ '8 u'aota"1
"a5po't e..a3.y u'.'esb'nt'aS '''e merits u tne
lueslpo .'"t 70 Wy oecaslo' " 1n' p'ose"'
'.o"o'c. tM % 'o"E t"n" 'nere 'As ocen u!sa-
Crec0icnt ootwecn ttse L"n hcnupnee concerning
male to effect II aettlcneut OF the troublesome
uuost,on. mi n,1 arrononmnrtq hsvo hccn nf
4"oa'o", w.. WI A'A"ao'ue"1s "a'o oss, ~
ehots valoty, ana one or inc otef OF t''c Wv
ern'qents nus discarded the provisions Of the
effected. An eartv na 1877 thfre arnsn A ,ntsun.
,,.r.t .,",,,,r aho,. VI. ho,,n1.r,, Itro rn,,,
us'n.''"'"h -oo.s wv uoo""1'5 l''''. ea'',
Doliyla south to the twonty-sixth. Chill at-
teuiptcd TO take possesstop by force. md cap-
t,,rc,i m American ves.cl tbo snor, ana,. ,hnt
,ss',,,a .,,.ra - M,,.aua. 49,, I'D, ,,as
to caidcsa. The A'ncrlcuu Consul tntcr-
nused, and no further force WAS used,
hut tnovctncnta wcrs se. on fnot n,
oifert n co,nnro,nt.o hv .rh,,rn,,one Not,,.
inv dc0n,tr woa rr,cnri, ,,n,Il 1se1. wbnn n
trcn,v ,yn. .t,no, ,,tv,,,,, f,h,,t m az aoc and
Bolivia to % dcr., with an agrcomont TOT tbs
Joint control Of the two degrees bctwecn, With
IN eatal slars OF the proceeds Of the nit ratio
md p,ann snlce. INT this arrangement did
not always work hurmonioualy. Differ.
cnccs arose nnd threatened to cause trouble.
Again negotiations looking toward the per-
mancnt acttlemcrt NJ thc hounlory vera hc.
rmn' mn, IN 1s7a nav ~ ,r"a,v @ - ,v.. s,ynea ex,nr
.,' W., W. ~ .''1 = ~" t''"IJ "As sA"I@
provisions were included fu tho treaty. Chill
lad nlready granted cnartor tu the Nitrate
was from Santiago residents, and ihc asrecment
was that no export duty should bo laid
nitrate for Twenty-Five years. bolivia agreed e
carry out tho provisions OF this chartGr. Chill
deposits sonth Of y degrees.
PERT, which has a}su }hrgo uEtratd deposits, has
forsevcra years been charging MI export duty and
has been undeaTorllE to persuade Do1iyla To do
the same. that aho might have an equal chnngc
n foreign markets., A few months ago tho
bolivian Government, contrary to her treaty,
levied a tar Of 10 cents per qufhtai OF dtl
| nitrate exported from Anto!ogast, alejii1oncs,
ed to some 100000, tho Antofogasta establish
ttcut refused to uay, 1ttd When the custom or
Acer came to arrest him he took rrfuee on d
/ Cht1inn Nar-yesses that ctiautc1 to bu In tho
l. nay. 1le C1ll1H lQFGFnllG1L lnnGullLelY
took notice Ut this action on tho rast OF thc SIS
ter Republic, nl,ll pronounced tho treaty no
| longer valid, as 1t lad bern broken by Dnitvta
| Two iros,-clads, the O'lliggfns md thu Coch.
rane, were Immediately dispatched to All
| tofogasta to bo in readiness for anv
emergency. Smnlf computes Of soldiers
as they could be PIT Ii. order were sent
by stcatner a,ld placed OH board thcse yes
sells On tho 1ls!l lust. orders were sent from
Santiago to tic Commodore on poard the Cocl,.
! raae to occupy AntotoRasta ail Put IL under
martial law. On Thursday, the 18th, tic COM
modorc landed al.,l took possession of the town
without meeting with any resistance whatever.
Al oa} u}tenaente 1slayor), or possnastscr. and Gus
toms oflcvr appulnted' und circular issued
throughout the whole country that postage
would be tho same ua to othcr ports Of Chill.
Tic situation is unchanged. Chill holds tho
Bolivian ports, nll,l will not give them w With
out q Avhs, Three Peruvian iron-c'a.ls-tAe
Huascar, Ma,,cn Capac, MD inlcpcutIcnCiu-
Orer, ordered 10 proceed to Iuu!ouc, one Of ti,e
most southorly ports Of Peru, itnmcdatoy
Three Thousand soldtors were under orders
to nrocccd there alao az soon ns truus.