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...President and Mrs. Coolidge held their first official reception last week. It was in honor of the diplomatic corps. The Ambassadors and Ministers of more than 50 nations, with their ladies and attachés, filed in headed by Señor Don Juan Riano y Gayangos, Ambassador from Spain and dean of the diplomatic corps. The members of the Cabinet and their ladies, Vice President and Mrs. Dawes and the Foreign Affairs Committee (House) graced the occasion. For two hours the Marine Band serenaded the 2,000 guests...
...Señor 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...
General Pershing was thought to have muttered something that sounded like, "Your compliance has been formal rather than substantial." The upshot of the matter was that Señor Edwards announced his intention of shortly reading a lengthy address to the Commissioners, and implied that Chile would appeal to Arbiter Coolidge if the Commission did not hasten the plebiscite...
...Ergo, Señor Leguía is even now forced to maintain an elaborate system of private guards and espionage to protect his life. Often it has been asked whether such an absolutist can justify his rule. Always Leguía has been able to point to his signal achievements in administering the finances of the republic and extending its commercial prosperity. Today he is in the habit of asserting that the national debt of Peru is smaller per capita than that of any other nation. Often he remarks with satisfaction upon the large investments of U. S. capital...
...Montevideo, the child of a man named Ramon Perez fell ill of pneumonia. Señor Perez sought the aid of one Dr. Lois, who treated the baby for a month. It died. Ramon Perez sharpened his knife and went to the doctor's house. The medico was not there. He had gone to the drug store. Señor Perez strode into the crowded shop, walked up to the doctor, stabbed him to death...