The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-12-24
Question at Issue, However, Cannot
BE Considered by baron Edward
MacNaghten's Commission.
WAR PREPARATIONS CONTINUE
CHILE MANNING SHIPS AND ARGEN-
TINA MOBILIZING TROOPS.
Danger of n Clash I'm the Disputed
Territory-ChiIeanM Minister to
Leave BuenOs Ayres.

VALPARAISO, Chile, Dec. 23.-It IS re-
ported here that the governments of Ar
gentina and Chile have signed a protocol
by which they agree to submit the ques-
tions pending between them TO the arbitra-
tion of Great Britain.
LONDON, Dec 23.-The British govern
ment is watching the progress of the dis
pute between the Chilean and Argentine
republics with considerable anxiety. A
representative of the Associated Press was
Informed to-day that neither side has as
yet approached the British Foreign Office.
II both Chile and Argentina request Great
Britain TO arbitrate the matters in dispute
between them Lord Lansdowne the foreign
secretary. will promptly acquiesce. But the
statement of DR.. Alcorta, the Argentine
minister OF foreign affairs, that Argentina
has referred the matter TO. the arbitration
OF the British government under the agree
ment of 1898 appears to be inaccurate. for
the Foreign Office says the present conten-
ton is quite beyond the powers of that
commission. AS the Foreign Office under
stands the case it is not one relative to
the boundary between the two countries,
but whether Chile has the right to build
neutral roads in the disputed territory.
Naghten is president, has been sitting in
London for nearly two years and is now
alrneet ready to go and personally inspect
the disputed boundaries. For various rea-
sons. however. the departure of this COM
mission has been delayed and is likely to be
delayed for some time TO come.
The appeal of DIR. Alcorta has not yet
been officially communicated to the British
reach Downing street it will meet with the
foregoing answer. Although Lord Lans-
downe. the secretary for foreign affairs.
holds that the MacNaghten commission is
powerIess. ne will intimate the willingness
OF Great Britain TO arbitrate the difficulty
between the two countries. if Chile agrees
TO that proposition. Up TO a late hour to-
night neither country concerned had re-
quested Great Britain to take any ac-
tion. Opinion in Downing street is that
while the cause Of the dispute is petty
serious consequences may ensue unless
prompt action is taken.
According to advices received from Lon
don Feb. Is, 1899. The British government
appointed Baron Edward MacNaghten,
lord OF appeal in ordinary, Major General
Sir John Charles Ardagh. director of mill
tary intelligence. and Col. Sir Thomas
Hungerford Holdch, superintendent of
frontier surveys in India. a tribunal to
srbitrate the Argentine Chilean dispute
UNITED STATES FAVORS PEACE.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23.-Secretary Hay
has received a cablegram from United
States Minister Wilson at Santiago de Chile
confirming the report that the resources
Of diplomacy had been exhausted in the
effort TO settle the dispute between Chile
and Argentina, and that diplomatic re-
lations had been broken off through the
withdrawal from Chile of the Argentine
minister. Touching the proposition eman-
ating from the Argentine side to refer the
dispute TO Great Britain as an arbitrator.
the Chilean representatives claim that this
was their own original proposition. This
being the case IL is believed there is a
way open for peaceful adjustment of the
trouble
Both the Chilean and Argentine repre-
sentatives were at the State Department
to-day in reference to the controversy The
United States government is watching the
progress of the negotiations and is stand
Ing ready To aid in a peaceful solution i'm
any way agreeable TO both the parties
The submission to Great Britain is entirely
satisfactory 10 the authorities here and
they probably will assist i'm having both
governments accede TO this manner of So
luton.