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Coolidge Expects Kellogg to Keep Seeking a Tacna-Arica Settlement
The Evening Star’s dispatch says Peru’s new note rejects ceding the provinces to Bolivia; the President awaits the official text.
President Coolidge expects Secretary of State Kellogg to continue seeking a solution to the Tacna-Arica dispute through his good offices between Chile and Peru, unless study of Peru’s new note shows every hope is exhausted, the Associated Press reported on Tuesday.
The Evening Star’s version of the dispatch said the Peruvian memorandum rejects Kellogg’s proposal that the disputed territory be ceded to Bolivia. Bolivia had accepted the proposal and Chile had agreed to it in principle, it added. Peru replied that since the plebiscite had not been held, Tacna and Arica “continue to be Peruvian,” and asserted that it could not accept the proposed cession.
The President had not received a detailed report and would decide on his next step as arbitrator only after examining the official text of the note.
Sources
- Evening Star (Washington), Jan. 18, 1927: the Peruvian note, Bolivia’s and Chile’s positions and the President’s expectation <https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1927-01-18/ed-1/?sp=1>
- New Britain Herald, Jan. 18, 1927: the President’s expectation (opening paragraph of the dispatch) <https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn82014519/1927-01-18/ed-1/?sp=1>
This article was drafted with automated tools from the sources listed, checked by a review pass, and published by Daniel Varrone. Corrections: editor@monochromechronicles.com