The Honolulu republican. [volume] (Honolulu, T.H.) 1900-1902, 1901-11-24

conference, in order that there b
no discussion. ucr intention OF dis
cus-iou u ether subjects other than
II Csc included On the program
AnT sort o. commercial arrogance
Oh tbs part OF tha United States
SAYS the PrsnSz 6Bugnos Ayresl will
b. vigorously resisted n sl South
America This Argentine journal
continues Argent mes. PsruvIalIs
and BoIiyia1s viii net forget thst
the Tn ted States have abdicated il
favor OF Chile upon the question o.
arbitration AID thereby given no
their former views This viii be a
very important cause for the failure
Of the congress
The NotiEfa OF Rio Janeiro. how
ever (pubIirhed in Po-rugussef,
strongly protests against the idea
that. in inviting the South American
nations to E conference the United
States intends TO display before the
world the spectacle OF their discort-
ancies. their hatreds and their weak
nesses. elements which c0H0el them
to exist in a state OF oscillation be-
tw'xt ANARCHY and tyranny. without
one generous desire 70 unite them
selves in peace" The Notizia does
not auurehend anv interference By
the United States in purely South
Amer lean affairs. II saws:
THE South American peoples are
not only provided with the labor and
capital necessary for their develop
ment. but. these countries also have
sufficiently proved to the world at
large that thew are capable of indie
pendent self government. and are
equal To the settlement of their diff
ferenees without foreign d'ctation
The delegates authorized TO repre-
sent the 7 atin-Amerjcan nations are
fully capable OF Judging and deciding
upon such questions as may be sub
mitted to them in the Pan-American
Congress.
the question of arbitrator Is, in
brief. the unwillingness Of Chile TO
give up the provinces she conquered
from Bolivia and Peru in 1sS2-S3. As
a result of the war of that year. Bo-
livia was deprived OF her maritime
provinces and Peru of her coast ter
ritory in the south. According TO the
treaty of peace. Chile was to hold
these territories for ten years. at the
end OF which time the inhabitants of
the districts in question were to de-
eide by vote to which country they
should permanently belong The ten
years expired in 1894. but the vote
has not yet been taken, as Chile does
not care TO run the risk of losing the
provinces. There is. moreover. a
dispute as to those entitled to vote.
Bolivia and Peru deny the right of
the Chilean settlers in the provinces
10 have a vote, and also charge the
Chilean Government with pursuing a
deliberate policy of COLONIZATION"
sending settlers into the disputed
territory to influence the vote. Chile
an journals have repeatedly declared
that their Government would not
participate in the congress il the ar-
bitration idea was made applicable
to disputes now pending. In all fu-
ture questions Chile is willing to
submit to arbitration Peru and Bo-
livia, on the other hand, hope to gain
from arbitration. The Temps (Paris)
warns the disputants to patch up
their differences. The only possible
way to resist North American en-
croachments. it says. is by South
American union. Even then success
ful resistance may not be possible.
The Epoca (Madridl believes that
the whole congress is doomed to
failure. It saws: If before the muir
der of President Mckinley the con-
gress at the Buffalo Exposition failed
utterly. what more can be expected
of the assembly in the City of Mex
ico?"