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...Pacific coast of South America, midway between Chile and Peru and separating Bolivia from the ocean, lies the ill-omened nitrate-pregnant area of Tacna-Arica...
Since the close of the Chile-Peruvian war (1882), these nations have been vainly attempting to hold a plebiscite in order to determine which of them shall have Tacna-Arica in perpetuity, though Chile has administered it ad interim...
General Lassiter, as everyone knows, is considered one of the mildest-mannered and most ably diplomatic of U. S. officers. He was despatched from Panama to Tacna-Arica (TIME, Feb. 1) reputedly because his reputation for tact in dealing with Germans when his troops took over the Coblenz bridge head (1919) suggested that he might be able to cool Latin hotheads...
...Tacna-Arica. The Chilean Senate voted unanimously last week to demand fulfillment of the plebiscite to determine the sovereignty of Tacna-Arica (TIME, April 19 et ante) which is being desultorily proceeded with in that nitrate-pregnant region lying, as everyone knows, longitudinally between Chile and Peru and latitudinally between Bolivia and the Pacific Ocean...
...Chilean Senate's vote was interpreted as a polite rebuff to Secretary Kellogg, who has been attempting to mediate as to Tacna-Arica between the Chilean and Peruvian Ambassadors at Washington. The only other incident of note was President Coolidge's polite but firm refusal of a request by President Siles of Bolivia that that nation be admitted to the diplomatic wrangle over Tacna-Arica which has proceeded since 1883, the U. S. having been called in as mediator during the Harding Administration...