Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-07-04
From the New York Tribune.
The CHILEAN Demand,

Perhaps no foreign Minister was ever
subjected to greater humiliation and nor
LITIGATION than was Mr.. Trescot wnep, as
he was abont to communicate to the Chill.
ian Secretary of Foreign Affairs the views
Of the United States. he was quietly in
formed by that dignitary that his instruc-
tons had been withdrawn. From that
hour Chilli naturally conceived that for
some cause the United States government
had grown timd and she could have it all
her own way in the adjustment of terms
Of peace with Peru. With the papers
supporting Mr.. Frelinghuysen's foreign
policy applauding him for saving us from
dangerous war with Chill (Heaven save
the mark y. that little Republic naturally
came to exaggerate her own Importance.
With less population than Indiana and ten
thousand miles away. she yet believes that
the United Sta es shrank from conflict
with her from fear of the result.
With the United States thus thoroughly
frightened. Chilli has proceeded to admin
lister on the estate of Peru. At first Chill
sought only to annex Tarapaca; but find
ing after she had got the United States
well scared out of every form of interview
ton that she could do as she chose. she
has also quietly added the rich provinces
Of Tacna and AFRICA. These three prov
inces. as we are informed by the message
Of the Gillian President to his Congress.
are to be Incorporated in the CHILEAN Re-
public bv the expeditions process of a
joint resolution preceded by whereas"
No treaty with Peru. no conference with
other nations. no adjustment. no compen-
sation to the dismembered and disrupted
State. Chili's war expenses never reached
thirty millions of dollars and her army of
occupation has been supported by levies
upon the Peruvians. And now beyond all
these she takes from Peru territory
whose loss to that ancient Republic is rel
atively as great as it would be to take
from the United States every acre that she
owns west of the Mississippi river.
Out Of such spoliation peace cannot
come. Peru, reduced to despair. will fall
into anarchy, and the west coast Of South
America will relapse possibly into con-
dition bordering on barbarism. Firmness
Of tone at the proper moment on the part
Of the United States would have evoked
order out of chaos. have brought forth an
honorable settlement between the two
Republics, and made both of them our fast
friends. But Mr. Frelinghuysen taught
Chilli how to insult the United States. and
she has improved on the lesson. Her
President snubs US for our interference be-
fore We we,s asked. MIR. Godoy on de-
livering his credentials rs new Minister.
assumes the airy tone of = superior. and
Mr.. Martinez. the retiring Minister. in
suits Mr.. Frelinghuysen merely for rec
rsation. Perhaps the newspapers that
congratulated the United States on es-
Gaping that dangerous war with Chill will
begin to see that We have fallen indeed
upon an actual peril and not one Of i'm
agination. Perhaps they will find that in
order to discredit one Secretary of State
and build up another, il is hardly worth
while to sacrifice the honor of the United
States. and consign sister Republics to IA.
pine and anarchy.