Evening star., 1925-04-09
President Holds His Decision
=. Was Final, Is View
Held Here.
SILENCE MAINTAINED
AT STATE Department
Those in Close Touch With Sit
uation Have No Doubt of
Stand Taken.

! President Coolidges reply to the
Peruvian memorial in the Tacna- africa
arbitration award to be forwarded to-
day is believed by those who have
followed the developments to be un-
favorable to the requests submitted in
behalf OF Peru.
In these quarters it was said the
President would naturally maintain
that his action as arbitrator was final
and would have referred to the
plebiscitary. commission. which will
supervise the voting in Tacna and
africa only a portion of the requests
submitted by Peru for additional safe
guards.
Some RefusaIs Certain.
Among the specific requests which
it is believed the commission would
not take under consideration are
those requesting that Peruvians resi-
dent five years In the two territories
and subsequently expelled be made
eligible to vote, and the suggestion
that Peruvians disqualified on the
theory that the charges were trumped
up against them for political pur-
poses.
The Presidents communication was
delivered to the embassy by State
Department messenger. 1t was sign
ed by Mr.. Coolidge as arbiter apd
countersigned by Frank B. Kellogg
as Secretary of State.
Sends Letter Also.
The communication was accom-
panied by covering letter addressed
to the Ambassador.
1t is probable that the, Peruvian
| memorial and tie Presidents reply
will be made available for publication
tomorrow. Arrangements to that end
are under way between the State
Department and embassy officials here.
The interval before publication will
be allowed In order that the Lima
government may have an opportunity
to receive copy. of the reply by
ca BILE in advance.
Nature Is Unknown.
No word as to the nature Of the
reply was forthcoming at the State
Department at the time announce
ment that it had been delivered was
made The only authoritative state
Presidents attitude toward the re-
quest submitted in behalf of the
Peruvian government for additional
safeguards to surround the Tacna-
africa plebiscite represented Mr.. Cool
| idge as feeling that the original
| conditions provided in the award to
govern both registration and voting
at the plebiscite were ample to insure
| fair result.
Not Apt to Reopen Ii.
| 1t has not been disclosed whether
| the reply takes up the phase of the
| Peruvian memorial, which is under
stood to have questioned the correct
| ness of the viewpoint of the arbitra-
tor in regard to Interpretation to be
| placed on that clause of the treaty OF
Ancon between Peru and Chile which
contained the original provision for q
| plebiscite. The impression has beer
current in Washington, however. thai
Mr.. Coolidge regarded the award as
final under the protocol signed by the
two governments involved and waf
not disposed to reopen the case as tc
| the fund.- entail decision to oShold 9
| plebiscite.
There is also sufficient reason to be-
lieve that any suggestion for dis
placemnt of Chilean military and
other armed forces in the two prov
inces by American troops for the
! plebiscitary period has been rejected
as beyond his powers by the arbitra-
| tor. The Peruvian suggested alterna-
| tive for establishment of a native
constabulary probably has been re-
ferred, with other appropriate sug
gested safeguards, to the commission
| headed by Gen. Pershing. which will
| supervise the plebiscite.
FAVORED IN SOUTH AMERICA.