The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1907-05-03
Wants More Digniiied RepressH-
tation at Washington.
EQUAL TO THAT OF BRAZIL
Caused upheavel in South American
Affairs and Request Was Turned
Down by the Gcvernment--Meant
Promotions in Diplomatic Corps Too.

WASHINGTON, May lin spite Of
Secretary Roots recent visit, In spite
OF Andrew Carnegie's gift of several
hundreds of thousands Of dollars for
the building of great peace palace
for the Bureau OF American Republics,
all is not in harmony between the Lat
in-American republics and the United
States. Scarcely had Secretary Root
returned with words OF praise for all
he saw below the equator, before Mic
aragua ana Honduras fell out over q
lowly mule and resorted to fistcuffs,
Uncle Sam ls preparing to spank them.
Now 1t is Chill that has caused the
rift in the lutte.
Chill is sulky. The long drawn out
republic that takes up so much of the
space on the western coast OF South
America. believes 1t is entitled to more
of dignifled representation here in
Washington than 1t has enjoyed In the
past. Grateful under the ovation Civ
en- him at Valparaiso and Santiago,
Secretary Root lent a willing ear to
the Chilitn appeal, and prospects
seemed bright that the little republic
would gain its ends.
Then there was trougle. Braxil is
the only South American nation that
has been deemed OF sufficient import
ance in the past to entitle 1t to the
honors OF an embassy here when
Chilli strove to get into the Brazilian
class there was an uproar in South
America that rocked the Andes and
made the mighty Amazon run back
ward in its channel Cries Of "Caram-
bal" rang from peak to peak and pro-
tests piled up in Washington.
Then negotiations took a sudden
drop Secretary Root shook OF the
enervating effects Of his southern
trip and intimated politely and diplo-
matically to Chill that its requests,
much as ne regretted, scarcely
could be complied with at this time.
whereupon Chill, who had withdrawn
it's minister, Senior Waller Martinez.
to take part in the Pan-American Con-
pique by falling either to permit him
to return or to appoint a successor.
AS a result of the disappointment
Chilli is maintaining merely a hollow
show OF representation, and Alberto
Yoacham, secretary OF the legation, Is
twiddling his thumbs over a feature-
less job and wondering how long the
position viii last
The disappointment, however, was
not entirely confined to Chill and its
representatives 1t was believed In
diplomatic circles that the raising of
the Chilian legation to an embassy
and the sending Of an ambassador tol
the Chilian capital would mean a gen.
eral shake-up In the United States
diplomatic service, and consequently
a number Of promotions. 1t was gem
orally conceded that the post Of Chilli
an ambassador would have gone toI
Herbert G. Squiers, the present min
lister to Panama, for his record prac-
tically entitled him 20 the new berth,
had it been created.
Minister Squires, who left the army
in 1891 to enter the diplomatic SER
vices, has had a stirring career. He
first served in the embassy at Berlin
and in 1898 was assigned to the lega-
tion on at Pekin. During the siege of
that city by the Boxers he was made
chief of staff to Sir Claude Macdonald, |
and for his services in protecting the
foreign legations he was warmly
thanked by the British government.
From 1902 to 1906 he was minister to
Cuba.
But all this does not console those
who are disappointed by the hoped-for
in the diplomatic service.
Chile is not the only one that is sulk-
ing.
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