Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-07-15
U. S. Diplomatic Victory
I'm Peru-Chile Treaty


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Peru. The story of.the fasco our inter-
vention turned out to be is now known
to all the world.
The plebiscite which the Harding
Hughes arbitral award decreed neve.
came to pass, despite the best efforts OF
two distinguished American soldiers.
Gems. Pershing and Lassiter, to carry
out President Coolidge's mandate.
Meantime, Latin America looked on and
scoffed, more or less audibly. at the
political impotence of the Colossus Ct
the North" who presumeS, under cover
OF the Monroe Doctrine, to be the
arbiter of all destinies ON this side OF
the globe.
League of Nations Faeter.
Moreover. the danger constantly
lurked that the League OF Nations would
be called In to compose dinlcultv the
United States could not settle. Peru
actually moved In that direction, but
withdrew when Chile objected to any
League intervention. Uncle Sam never
relaxed his efforts to bring peace be-
tween Chile and Peru. because WASH
ineton craftsmanship is alive to the
extreme necessity OF maintaining the
United States prestige In Latin Amer
lea. Thanks to Kellogg's patience and
persistence, the desired end is In sight.
II is curious fact that although
Chile and Peru have had no sort OF
official relations since 1911. their trade
and commerce have suffered no inter-
ruption. Business between them has,
in fact, attained in the interval the
largest dimensions on record, Chile Is
far and away Peru's best customer.
The Chileans pay the Peruvians an
and get for II the lions share OF Peru's
output of oil, sugar and eottonseed.
peruvianS buy from Chile manufactures,
conner and nitrate. Chilean statistics
show that trade with Peru Is bigger
item In Chiles economies than trade
with all, the rest of Latin America put
together.
Procedure 10 He Fixed.
Just how Chile and Peru will now
proceed to tackle the Tacna-Arica busi-
ness cannot yet be foretoid That they
viii settle 1t between themselves is the
main consideration, and an overwhelm-
ingly important one. Spokesman Of the
two countries at Washington agree that
any settlement SO achieved Will leave
far less bad blood behind--no matter
which country comes of better from
it~~than any arbitral settlement de-
creed by an outsider would have left.
Resentment In the latter case would
have been great. II Chilean and
Peruvian commissioners, sitting around
the conference table. agree ON mu~
tually satisfactory disposition Of Tacna-
AFRICA, there1l probably be some az
grieved elements In one country or the
other But resentment, II Is predicted,
will not compare TO that which COM
pulsory arbitration would have created
Just how important. az u purely
territorial proposition. Is Tacna AFRICA.
anyhow" this writer asked one of the
diplomatic personages at issue In the
incident" Really" he replied. of no
Importance whatever. Chile and Peru
for several years have been trying TO
arrange boundary difference arising
out of the Tacna-Ariea affair. 1t con-
Germs the borders of a little strip OF
territory known as Tarata, The as
sessed valuation Of the land is 400. 0Oo
Chilean pesos The commission, which
Ia still milling over It. has already cost
both countries 4,000. 900 pesos"
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