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...Pacific coast of South America, midway between Chile and Peru and separating Bolivia from the ocean, lies the ill-omened nitrate-pregnant area of Tacna-Arica...
Since the close of the Chile-Peruvian war (1882), these nations have been vainly attempting to hold a plebiscite in order to determine which of them shall have Tacna-Arica in perpetuity, though Chile has administered it ad interim...
...Chile and Peru, despairing of ever holding a satisfactory plebiscite under these circumstances, appealed to the U. S. for mediation (TIME, Nov. 26, 1923, et seq.). As a result, first General Pershing and then General Lassiter were despatched to try and hold an impartial plebiscite. General Pershing returned broken in health and disgruntled at the fierce contention which he encountered. Last week the cables reported further disquieting news...
...last week General Lassiter felt obliged to introduce a resolution before the Tacna-Arica Plebiscitary Commission (of which he is chairman) intimating that the holding of a plebiscite is impossible in view of the failure of Chile to guarantee fair voting conditions to anti-Chilean Tacna-Aricans. After several days of hesitation the commission adopted the motion...
Tacna-Arica. The Chilean Senate voted unanimously last week to demand fulfillment of the plebiscite to determine the sovereignty of Tacna-Arica (TIME, April 19 et ante) which is being desultorily proceeded with in that nitrate-pregnant region lying, as everyone knows, longitudinally between Chile and Peru and latitudinally between Bolivia and the Pacific Ocean...