The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-02-04

ome'ai through TIE tHstrEmrnIalIty uf Com
mauier Lynch, W." wa once a British .ubiec,
the V5Itc5 eviicnIly being to obIter.fe ali sfow
ot orderly guTecnLHcut. and to make s., imnossthIe
Tor Per" - treat with Chile except bya nominal
government which would as>en, Z, All the Dc
mauds o. the conqutrcc-. whic, ! maDd. are
backed by English capitalists T-e.r !, another
point toreshaC1wed IN SECRETARY B.atls> ,rtper
VIZ: That tine United >-a.e~ vii not rsn-.-- 2.
british or otner foreign itr.-r,vuri5n ia .h. affairs
OF the South American Republics Saicu shall he
IN any way 10 the prejudice oI ;he later. That
has been the sensitive point in IAe matter of the
Panama canal. European guarantees 1T nan-iu,er-
Yention, a gwen at all. must be secondary L, the
better and more important guarantee winch the
Government Jf The United States give,. The It
tempt 10 ie>trDy the nationality ut Perm j. Il
matter %! special concern - tHe Uuited States
II Is a" attempt 70 blot oct a sister Republic BY
military force, backed by A~ngio-Ghilean capital
lists ws'O are perfectly Indifferent to the tate of
any Republic, either in South or North America.
Now, 1t was precisely jhI~ influence which
Drought On the war between Gale on one side
and Peru and Bolivia on the other. The re-
sources OF Peru were rapidly exhausted by the
war, because she had n revenue either from tue
inter beds or the sutuo dep1,i;s. and had no
foreign capitalists to back her. Chile was not
exhausted, because practically she had in Ter pos
session both the inter aud Guano deposits, and a
syndicate OF Anglo-Chilean capitalists TO back
all her operations. That was just the difference
III ICoOuicee, duu the difference was made IN lust
the manner pointed cut.
In 1866, the boundary between Chile and
Bolivia had been settled by Il treaty which i'm.
medlately took effect. That houndlr was mark
ed on the Oath degree Of south latitude. There
was, however, this ~hang-naIl left. The revenues
10 be derived = from the It rage and ext urtatiGn
OF minerals between The 23d and 25th degrees of
snuth latitude, were to be equally divided
between Chile and Bolivia" English capital
poured in under Chilean names, and the trouble
began. Then came another treaty in 1872
between the same countries. BY that time an
English company were owning the Antofagasta
Railway and were working about all the valuable
mines IN Bolivia. The latter country bad passed
Il law layIag an export duty on nitrates. That
law had been kept in a~beyauce for two years
through the influence Of Auglo-Chilcan capital
lists. AT length the Bolivian Government un-
dertOok to enforce the law. Tue Anglo Chilean
capitalists refused to pay. In 1879, the Bolivian
Government annulled the law which had made
those important concessions. Chile at once be-
gan aggressions against Bolivia, and two months
later, declared war against Per- on the ground
that the latter WAS secretly aiding Bolivia. 1t
was a war begun by A~nglJ-Chilean influence,
and 1t was carried on by that influence to it's
termination. Precisely that influence is now
excited to wiring terms from Peru which are
equivalent To the loss of national existence. On
the one hand we have Il group of Anglo-Chilean
capitalists who, having furnished the SInews of
war for Chile, now demand protection for the
risk they have assumed before ali other consider
atoms. On the part of the United States, as
foreshadowed by Secretary Blaine, we have an
assertion of State policy-a declaration in sub
stance that a Republic should not be blotted out
because Il syndicate of Anglo-Chilean capitalists
demanded this sacrifice as the browning result of
"A speculative venture.
1t is now about sixteen years sin e Spain, in
the progress of a quarrel, took possession of the
Ch'ncha Islands, belonging TO Peru. The United
States notified Spain promptly that she would not
be permitted To hold any territory belonging to a
sister Republic. That admonition was needed
1t satisfied both Peru and Chile. and was a good
office rendered to both Republics. What was
equity then Gun be hardly less SO now. Chile
has practically taken possession of Peru by the
aid of foreign capital. The Anglo capitalist
have been foremost In proposing and asserting
that Peru should be annexed to Chile, and thus
u sister Republic practically extinguished. The
policy of the United States, foreshadowed by
Secretary Blaine. is not a new one. 1t bad been
asserted on former occasions. When the time
comes it will be practically asserted again. That
is the reason that Secretary BIalne's recent paper
is not just now relished by Chile, and especially
by the syndicate in the background. That is
probably the reason of the buster about what a
Chilean fleet could do in case the Government OF
the United States should be drawn into any closer
relations with the Peruvian Republics. f.
Bulletin.