New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-05
CIIILI AND PERU.

10 the EdItOr Of me TribUHe.
SIR: The appreciation in which THE TRIBUNE
is Egd m Chill prompts us to choose It's columns the
meiiul through 10 say a few words in Ch's be-
haiti The action OF ny ooun'rymen arrestins the
Ccf Magistrate OF Peru regarded by many a. most
extraordinary aud Co, fully warriutng American inter
ference. confess that fail TO II In that light.
regard Li. arrest the natural result OF hs piridOus
conduct toward the Clinn forces which placed him
and maintained him in MA nigh position when his own
cauutp mc4 were against nln. III, elevation tine
muai uHder utdus That he should accept Chllis de-
mauI, AND pl-r tur.r accordance by Congress. lie has
ulLicd nome oi D. pledges; urged by his countrymcn
hy G,uth broken tnrm, with no alternative 10 his
Iat. supporters other taau bis arrest.
Ia tins long interval since tue fall OF Lima, the
conduct OF the Chliiuns has boon most praise
worthy. Their administration has been character
wed by that s.inc moderation and wisdom
winch marked the progress pf ther trumphal arms The
prcacncc Of the Chhau soldier has been the sole barrier
between the hrcbruud of the Communists and the fire
side ~ the stranger. Lima had nothing To fear
from the entrance Of the Chliaus but she has
fear FROM their withdrawal II the Peruvian Dictator
had mmiulJ remained AZ bis post, and maniuliy ac-
copied the Inevitable, Peru would not now suffer the
huntLauun oi having Tue Nlluhn soldier patrol the
stree, 81 her capital, and the tnnu Cuz.u collect the
W"udH tribute iu her custom houses Even Hiier the
DICTATOR uhi ~ War months before ihc fciuFhn7 hhd
the cour u i"rm ven the nhnce OF gov tInmcht'
ru thoroughly lad the conquest drWHruuLrd them The
enemies "l 'mh condemn htr l"i dtWdhdhE TERRITORIAL
rut rusaflHu Bat hOw else could sue uv compensated
Nations dn uO now war Tor glory duuri ihr age OBJ Louis
AlN.lH past the ago oi common stusc ha5 placed H.
Tr couuirJ rrapgd great glory u Mexico; but the Mex
leans found to their cost that the Americans wanted
some thing NOR, substantial than glory. Germany
pro-UT- was uu, grand march 90 glory. from tAr lsne
go the ucar of France yet 10 demanded Two provinces
and yast u 1us be.or, 10 Was satisfied should chill be-
backward u following such Ilusiuou- examples Are
her CLAIMS uuTrI-, uulc tu4u those of hc Aucri
or the G,rWaus We're Peru hIr not cent u her
treasury, nor prospects 81 getting any Ia compensate
Chin, IArI,ltr, she must l. with what she hur, TER
ritury Hence Minister HuIbut cannot protest without
exposing Dob, country Co tho cuarsc ui Inconsistency;
W.tuoui violating tuC traditional policy ot uotcrIrr-
aud wiuout mourning tac Cumiy Of the Yankees
oi south America"
t. has been charged that Chill has taken &" adj
yuntages" over her conquered rival / confess H.
the ga advantages ID were superior courage, sAlu
and couFcOusue-, Of rgut winch hrr soldiers took ON
the battlefield. To protest against them would be
apologize Tor right ono OF your contemporaries has
charged chill with Introducing the methods OF 1ureH
and BismarcA INTO the diplomacy Of the age. Call her
diplomacy what may, she has done no more thal
Russia did n Central Asa. England IN south Aic- ANA
France IN North Africa. NJ nation can condemn hrr
without cuudruulus itself U CHlLlNO.
Ihitddoip hta, Nov. 80, 1881.