Word: chileanization
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Simultaneously the State Department announced that the General will return to the U. S. within a few weeks. On the day following this announcement President Coolidge at length authorized the statement that he had received a Chilean appeal respecting the Tacna-Arica situation. The text of this appeal was not made public, although it was supposed to have reached the White House almost a fortnight...
...utterly impossible to cajole or coerce Chile and Peru into agreeing on the terms of a fair Tacna-Arica plebiscite. Naturally Chile was supposed to concede the final break on account of the "appeal" to President Coolidge, and because of the recent Pershing-baiting tactics of Senor Edwards, the Chilean representative on the Commission (TIME...
...cabled: "I desire to offer to your Excellency felicitations on your induction this day into the high office of President of Chile and best wishes for the successful administration of the affairs of your republic, conducing alike to your own fame and to the prosperity and happiness of the Chilean people...
...Freyre, the Peruvian representative on the Commission, naturally supported General Pershing. Señor Edwards, the Chilean Commissioner, who withdrew a fortnight ago (TIME, Dec. 7) as a protest against the Commission's "needless delay" in holding the plebiscite, was again on hand and demanded that Feb. 1 be set as the voting date. He again contended that Chile had no intention of coercing the voters and said that the Commission's instructions had been complied with to the letter...
Dispassionate observers reluctantly opined that Chile appears to be nervous lest General Pershing should announce that he has discovered further Chilean attempts to "fix" the plebiscite during the period of "needless delay...