Los Angeles herald., 1907-04-15
CHILE, TOO, IS
GETTING SULKY
ROOTS RECENT VISIT FAILS
TO BRING PEACE
Rearet Felt In Diplomatic Service In
the United States That Shake-up
and Promotions Have Not
Resulted
snecial to The Herald.

Special to The Herald.
WASHINGTON, April 14.-In spite
of Secretary Roots recent Visit, III
spite of Andrew Carnegie's gift OF sew
eral hundred thousands OF dollars Iol
the building of a peace palace Ior Ine
bureau of American repuoncs' an IL
not harmony between the Latin-Amerl-
can renuhlics and the United States
Scarcely had Secretary Root returned
with words OF praise for all he saw
below the equator, becore Nicaragua
and Honduras fell out over loWiy
mule and resorted to fisticufts. Uncle
Sam is preparing to spank them. NOV
IT is Chile that has caused the TIL
in the lutte.
Chile is sulky. The long-drawn-out
republic that takes up much oL lue
space on the western coast or South
America. believes it is entitled TO a
more dignified representation here In
washington than it has enjoyed In the
mast. Grateful under the ovation given
him at VALPARAISO and Santiago, Secre-
tary Root lent a willing ear TO the
Chilean appeal and prospects seemed q
bright that the little republic Woulu
gain its ends. -, :.
Then there was trouble. Brazil is
the only South American nation that
has been deemed of sufficient I'M
portance in the past to entltle ~ 10
an embassy here. When Chile stroVe
to get into the Brazilian class there
was an uproar in South America that
rocked the Andes and made the mlghty
Amazon run backward in It's channel.
CRIES of "caramba!" rang from peak
to peak and protests piled UP in WASH
ington.
Then negotiations took a sudden
drop. Secretary Root shook on 's tne
eneryating effects of his southern trip
and intimated politely and diplomatic
ally to Chile that its requests mucn as
he regretted. scarcely could be COM
piled with at this time, whereupon
Chile. which had withdrawn its min
lister. Senior Waller Martinez, to take
mart in the Pan-American conference at
Rio de Janeiro, showed it's pique by fall
ing either to permit him to return or TO
apnoint a successor. AS result or the
disappointment Chile is maintaining
merely q hollow show OF representa-
ton, and Alberto Yoacham, secretary
Of the legation. is twiddling his
thumbs over a featureless job and
wondering how long the position Will
last.
The disappointment, however. was
mt entirely confined to Chile and Its
representatives. 1t was believed IN
automatic circles that the raising OF
the Chilean legation to an embassy ana
the sending of an ambassador to the
Chilean capital would mean a general
shake-up in the United States diplo-
matte service, and consequently
number of promotions. 1t was gener-
ally conceded that the post of Chilean
ambassador would have gone to Her
bert C. Squires, the present minister
to Panama, for his record practically
entitled him to the new berth, had 1t
been created.
Minister Squires, who left the army
In 1891 to enter the diplomatic service,
has had a stirring career. He first
served in the embassy at Berlin and in
1893 was assigned to the legation at
Pekin. During the siege Of that city
by the Boxers he was made chief of
stan of Sir Claude Macdonald. and for
his services In protecting the foreign
legations he was warmly thanked by
the British government. From 1902 to
1905 he was minister to Cuba.
But all this does not console those
who are disappointed by the hoped-for
promotions i'm the diplomatic service.
Chile is not the only one that is sulk-
ing.