Word: ancon
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...control of this new source of wealth is mentioned by Robert Bakeless in his prize essay on the economic causes of war as a clear example of the place of economic factors in stirring up armed conflict. The operations between Chili and Peru which terminated with the Treaty of Ancon in 1883 no doubt support his main thesis; but the settlement of the present dispute by the United States reveals its inadequacy. Economic rivalry may be a source of bitterness and quarrel; but that without more ado war will inevitably result from such rivalry is not true...
...That title and sovereignty and right of possession should be with Peru by virtue of Article 3 of the Treaty of Ancon...
...That Chile at the time of the negotiation of the Treaty of Ancon placed a value of $10,000,000 on the occupancy of the provinces for the ten-year period and therefore should pay Peru at least...
...case for Peru is that she claims that "the only just plebiscite, preserving the legal and moral interests of both Chile and Peru under the Treaty of Ancon, would be one which would reflect the conditions as to population prevailing in 1894." Continuing, the brief explains that the seizure of territory constituted " the greatest war indemnity the world has ever known." Peru claims, moreover, that the population of the two provinces was overwhelmingly Peruvian down to 1910, therefore "the plebiscite contemplated by the Treaty may for all practical purposes be regarded as having been held, and to have resulted virtually...
...Treaty of Ancon (1883, ratified in 1884) Peru lost forever the province of Tarapacá, but the provinces of Tacna and Arica were to be submitted to a plebiscite after a period of ten years had elapsed, and if the provinces were subsequently returned to Peru, that country was to pay Chile about $5,000,000. But when the time came to hold the plebiscite, Chile and Argentina were at loggerheads and Peru was convulsed with internal disorder over the election of a successor to President Morales Bermudez, who had suddenly died. Nothing could be done at that time...