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...long newspaper accounts of President Coolidge's award in the Tacna-Arica dispute neglected to mention the most interesting aspect of the whole matter. They failed to point out the economic background of the struggle. Two thirds of a century ago the desert provinces which later bred war and whose present place as a storm center of controversy was emphasized by the award, were regarded as worthless, and the boundary lines of Chile, Peru, and Bolivia in that territory were but roughly defined. Then the spread of scientific farming methods, and the inadequacy of the South American guano deposits...
...Commission representing Peru in the Tacna-Arica dispute (TIME, Nov. 26), soon to be arbitrated by U. S. President Coolidge, presented its final brief. The final brief of Chile, the second party to the dispute, was momentarily expected...
...That Chile should account to Peru for damages sustained by the unlawful occupancy of Tacna-Arica during the last 30 years...
...That all investments and improvements made by Chile during her ocupancy of Tacna-Arica were made at her peril and may not be recovered...
...That Peruvian citizens should be reimbursed for their property left behind in their flight from Tacna-Arica...