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Major-General Lassiter: that a plebiscite to determine the sovereignty of Tacna-Arica cannot be held (TIME, June 21) because of coercion by Chile of Peruvian voters. . . . "Lassiter has no right to accuse us of such an offense, the U. S. robbed and took by force the territories that she now owns and which before belonged to Mexico and other nations. Nor should we forget that she usurped territory from Colombia. It is not, then, a General of that nation who has the right to accuse...
...Washington the Chilean Ambassador informed Secretary Kellogg that: 1) Chile considers General Lassiter's conduct "illegal and exceeding the powers vested in him"; 2) Chile will no longer participate in the informal Tacna- Arica negotiations instituted at Washington by Secretary Kellogg (TIME, April...
Significance. Since 1882 Chile and Peru have been attempting to hold a plebiscite to determine which shall possess in perpetuity the region of Tacna-Arica, wrested at that time by Chile from Peru. During the Harding and Coolidge administrations, the U. S., acting by request of Chile and Peru, sent first General Pershing and then General Lassiter to Tacna-Arica, there to supervise the holding, if possible, of a fair plebiscite...
...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...
Seemingly the only hope of settlement lies in the heretofore abortive efforts to negotiate a diplomatic settlement at Washington (TIME, May 17), which continue among the Chilean and Peruvian Ambassadors and Secretary Kellogg. The latest proposal to be seriously discussed was the creation of a Bolivian corridor through Tacna-Arica to the sea-Tacna-Arican territory north and south of the corridor to be held respectively by Peru and Chile...