Word: peru
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...inauguration, the President was very busy. Congratulations from all over the world poured in. Delegations from many states called. The Republican National Committee called. Secretary of State Kellogg dropped in for a conference. Mr. Coolidge signed his award as arbitrator of the Tacna-Arica dispute between Chila and Peru (see Page 12). He submitted a list of nominations to the Senate, including the renomination of Charles B. Warren to be Attorney General, the nomination of Postmaster General New to succeed himself (see CABINET) and the nomination of Alfred P. Dennis of Maryland, conservative Democrat, to succeed David J. Lewis, radical...
President Coolidge of the U. S., arbitrator of the Tacna-Arica dispute between Chile and Peru, handed down his award last week after 15 months of consideration by the U. S. State Department...
...Chile-Peruvian War. According to the Treaty of Ancon (1883, ratified 1884), which ended the war, the fate of the latter two Provinces was to be decided in 1894 by a plebiscite, after they had been under Chilean authority for ten years. If the Provinces reverted to Peru, the latter was to pay Chile $5,000,000; if the plebiscite favored Chile then Chile's right to the Provinces was to be considered absolute...
When 1894 came along, Chile was having boundary difficulties with Argentina ; Peru was turned upside down over the election of a successor to President Morales Bermudez. A plebiscite was then impossible. In after years, several unsuccessful attempts were made to settle the dispute; and an ugly situation was rapidly being created when U. S. President Harding suggested that the case be brought to Washington and submitted to arbitration. This offer was accepted and President Coolidge has made his award...
Warfare is more a result of a state of mind. Certainly this observation was proved true by the United States during the World War. A bellicose attitude may have its origin in economic rivalries, such as the Chili-Peru nitrate quarrel, but often it is likewise the cause of economic rivalries. During what Seelye calls the second hundred years war between France and England it was a belligerent attitude that sought expression in economic and political rivalry, as much as it was economic rivalry seeking solution in warfare. It is the hope of the future that these states of mind...