The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1916-1920, 1919-06-02
PRESIDENT OF CHILE
WILL TAKE A REST
Premier to Assume Duties of
Office in Absence Of Senior
Sanfuentes.
Special Gable Despasch 10 TEE sus.


SANTIAGO, Chile, June I.
President Of Republic to Rest-It is
reported in political circles that by rea-
son Of Ill health the President, Juan Luis
Sanfeuntes, desires to be relieved for
some time from his Presidential duties
SO that he may obtain a rest In ac-
cordance with the constitution OF Chile
the Chief OF the Cabinet (Premier). hav-
ing the title Of Vice President. viii take
the place Of the President during his
absence.
Labor situation-Thanks to the meas
ures taken by the Government to main
tain labor conditions on n satisfactory
roofing, any disorder in Chile has been
avoided. Up to now, notwithstanding
the Intense agitation In the Argentine
and in Peru, Chile preserves her social
tranquility. The labor party or demo-
| cratic party gave its votes to the con-
servative party In the last election to
| elect Senator for Santiago, which place
was left vacant by the death of Vicente
Reyes. head of the Liberals. In this
| election the Conservative. Don Juan T..
Concha Subercaseaux. was victorious.
| The Liberal candidate was Antonio
Hunneus.
Saltpetre Works CrisIs-To demon
| strate the inaccuracy of the view re-
garding Peruvian laborers leaving Tara
paca in large numbers by force it Is
| necessary to observe the enormous diff
| ference In the mining and expectation Of
| saltpetre during the first months that
followed the armistlce in Europe and
| previous years. In 1917. during the
month of February. the export duty on
| saltpetre was $7,3s2,133. In the same
month of 1918 the sum was $6,3S7,182,
| and in February, 1919, II was 81. 9S4,7 s4.
IL Is easy to understand, as was dem
onstrated in the Department OF Com
| merce of the United States, that the
kdesert provinces of the north OF Chile,
where saltpetre only Is produced. could
| not be oc ,upied by a great number of
| laborers after the industry of saltpetre
| had suffered such a crisis. In order to
live the Peruvian laborers. who had
worked there in complete liberty, had to
| leave the country. and many thousands
OF Chilean laborers. also without work,
had to be sent to ranches in the central
part of the country in order to give them
| employment.
Naturally, now that the ssltpetre in
dustry is going back to its old splendor
| with the renewing of agriculture in the
world. the Peruvian laborers. who said
|
bad treatment, an entirely false state
| ment, cannot recover their posts, and are
| being substituted by native laborers and
Bolivians.
British Steamship Company-The Pa
cific Steam Navigation Company is re-
viving its services to Chile in the same
or better form than before the war. &C
cording to announcement. Although the
services of the p. S. n. c. have not been
interrupted In any instance from our
| coast to Europe, the number OF ships and
the number OF voyages made By tho
ships have been reduced notlceably.
There have just been designated for
! this service the steamships Sorsta, Mex
| leo, Potosi, Orita, Oriana, Kenuta, Or
tega and Inca. With these new vessels
! service will be much better for passen-
gers and freight.
The traffic with Sweden also has been
renewed as in normal times. Before the
| war the Johnson Line. which Is one OF
| the most important Swedish navigatio
companies. sent for direct traffic between
| Sweden and our country four ships,
namely. FL Valparaiso OF $3.50 tons,
| Kronprinsessen Margaretta of $3.50
tons, San Francisco OF $3.50 tons and
| Pedro Christophersen OF $500 tons
These ships always carried products of
| Swedish industry, and took back in eN-
| change saltpetre and other raw ma
| terials. When the war interviewed and
the export of our nitrate was prohibited,
| the ships suspended their trips. But
now the same ships are again coming
to the Chilean coast and during the past
! month two OF them have come TO Chilean
| ports.
The interest which Europe has demon
strated in maritime communications with
Chile contrasts with the scarcity of ships
from North America which have come to
Chile. Up to now the only passenger
ship has been the Santa Luisa and a
few freight ships.
Don Valenun LeteIIer Honored-The
University OF Rio Janeiro. Brazil. has
authorized the title of honorary profess
sor TO the eminent Chilean philosopher
and jurlst Don Nalentin I.etelier, ex-
| rector of the University of Chile and
one OF the best known intellectual fig
ures OF the Latin American continent