Evening star., 1921-07-17
HOPES TO INTEREST
u. S. IN COAST CLAIM
bolivian Minister Here to Plead Favorable
Settlement Of Old Tacna-Arica Dispute
Sees President Harding.

such an arrangement as sought by
Bolivia might be agreed upon. But
Peru still must be won over. although
the loss Of a province. poor in COM
parison with those she already pos
sesses, would be little felt.
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Bolivia. with other republics OF
South America, Is just beginning to
brought on by the war. DIR. Ballivian
hopes to obtain a loan of approx
| mately $2,00O.0O0 for use by his gov
ernment in developing some of the
| country's u1exploited resources and
building railroads. He will start ne
gotiations toward securing the loan
within short time.
Oil is now being found in quantity
sufficient to warrant extensive ex-
ploitation, he states. and there are
| already number Of surveys in prog
| ress by American companies. Drill
! ing Is under way and many wells are
oper ating. The Bolivian government
| recently passed a law which Is con-
| sidered favorable for foreign ex-
ploitaNon. The~greatest handicap TO
development now, it is stated. is lack
| of transportation. and the government
hopes to overcome the obstacle by
construction of railroads, financed by
foreign banks.
| with the QISCuSSlOH oI
| for the great powers of the world, II
| is interesting to remember that In
1902 Chile and Argentina entered into
an agreement at Santiago TO curtain
their respective naval construction
programs and to make no moves TO
J increas their navieS without due
notification.
| The principles Of that agreement
are substantially the same as those
upon which the general disarmament
L s>N1
founded Chile and Argentina were
| feeling the harmful results. imam
f, cially of naval competition. The
agreement provided for the sale OF
! vessels then under construction IN
italy for Argentina and in England
for Chile. To establish a just bal
ance between the navies. chile dis-
| armed her Captain Prat, while Argen-
tine followed suit with two OF ner
battleships. the Garibaldi ana the
Pueryrredon.
five years, and the republics agreed
| TO take no steps during that time 10
increase their nayies without glvrns
i the other due notice OF the plan. Inc
notice was to be given eighteen
months in advance.
A meeting of the provisional board
| of the Gorgas Memorial Institute VIII
| te held Wednesday, in the PAN amer
| lean Union building. DR.; FrankIin n.
| Martin secretary Of the American
| College CT Surgeons, and DR.. Richard
| P. Strong. director of the Harvard
Schoo, of Tropical Medicine. VIII be
present. Ir. MARTYR has recently COM
| American rrrubiics made in the in
| terest of securing greater co-opera-
| tion between the medical societies or
the American republics. Dr. strong,
/ II is understood, may be onered tne
! dictatorship Of the Gorgas Memorial
Pear admiral w. c. Braisted. chair
man of the provisional board of di-
-ectors fer the institute, has received
! a letter from the Liverpool School OF
| Tror;csl Medicine, offering the co,
operation OF the organization and It's
! assistance through the loan OF mem
! bcrs Of tho staff and ayailble BOOKS
on the subject of tropical disease.
James ]. O'Neil and Walter ]. Don
nelly. graduates of the School OF FOR
eign Service Of the Georgetown Uni
the reception of the United States OF
the Venezuelan mission. which was
sent to present the statue Pf Bolivar;
| in New York city. to the state OF
New York. The report has oeen HI
| government publication on the SUP,
ject. Mr.. o'Neil and Mr.; Donnelly will
4, sail on the 27th of this month Tor
, Venezuela to present the report 10
I the government. They will be omcial
guests of the republic while there.
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Domingo Pena Toro and Armando
Fletcher have been appointed Chilean
consuls at Norfolk and Cincinnati re-
! spectively. Senior Toro has been in
the consular service for some time.
| serving at Calcutta. Brazil Peru ana
, once before at Norfolk. Both OF the
| consuIs are on their way to the Unit
| ed States.
DR.. Sylvanus G. Morley. associate in
American Archaeology of the Carnegie
Institution. has returned to the Unit.
ed states after an extensive trip OF
| exploration in Guatemala, which took
i him to many little known portions or
| that republic DIR. Morley has made
! number of trips to Central America in
! connection with his archaeological re-
searches for the Carnegie Institution.
He is the author of book which de-
scribesl his discoveries in Central