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Show CHILE AND PERU IN CONFERENCE BOUTH AMERICAN DELEGATES JOIN IN hFFORT TO REACH BOUNDARY PACT Distinguished Officials of World Powers Pow-ers Invited to Attend Opening Session at Scene of Arms Parley Washington. Clvilo and Peru, estranged es-tranged for forty yoars by tholr dispute dis-pute over Tacnn-Arlca, Jomod horo Monday In a new effort to compose their differences nnd romovo the "prdblcm of Uio Pacific" as a source of international frlcMon in Latin-America, The opening session of tho conference confer-ence was called to order in tho pros ence of official roprosentnUvos of ntl the governments of tho world and within with-in the Pan-Amerioan Union building, already mado historic in Uio annals of international concUatlon by the sessions ses-sions of the armament conference. As spokesman for President Harding, Hard-ing, which Invited the two governments to discuss tholr problem horo, Secretary Secre-tary Hughos was accorded the task of opening the oonforonco and sounding Its keynote In an addross expressing tho anxious but Impartial interest of Uio Unltod Stntos la an ngroomont. Luis Izquierdo was dolegatcd to respond re-spond for Clillo and Mollton Porraa for Pcnu In prepared addrosscs each de-cbirod de-cbirod the wllllnnoss of Ids delegation delega-tion that Uio aegotatlons would bo a succosa. One of the most dlsUngulshed gatherings gath-erings Washington hns sees la many years mado up Uio list of invited guests. At tho beginning of Uio real work of Uio nogotlntlom now roprcsontaUves of the United Statos will be preseeL Tho conference marks a renumpUoa of diplomatic rolaUons formally brok-a brok-a off la 1010, alUiough Uiore have boen a number of diplomatic exchanges slnco by roundabout channels. In tho spirit Vldch animated ttia opening day, dlplomaUc obsorvera here professed to seo unusual promise of success for the guUiorlng. In all her Kovlous expressions Peru has maintained Uiat not only the lit-Uo lit-Uo tract of Tacna-Arica was in dls-puto, dls-puto, but that she doslred a broad ad Justment of nil the oUior Issues grow, lng out of the war on tho Pacific. Chllo lias Insisted that the only la-' uo Is sovereignty over Tacnn-Arjca. ' |