| Show COMPULSORY ARBITRATION PRINCIPLE APPLIED BY LATIN AMERICAN CONGRESS I I Decision Also Provides that Guarantees Guaran-tees hall be Given for Faithful Performance Per-formance of Conclusions Reached Washington Nov 25 Dispatches from Madrid received In official diplomatic diplo-matic quarters here make the first announcement an-nouncement that in the debates before the LatinAmerican congress whose sessions have lust been concluded the principle of a compulsory arbitration urged by the Peruvian delegates was approved by almost unanimous vote Chile alone holding out any protest against the action taken The decision HOt only favors compulsory arbitration In disputes between the American republics re-publics but also provides that guarantees guaran-tees shall be given for the faithful per formanco of the conclusions reached by tho arbitration tribunal I Aside from tho Immediate questions Involved the decision of the eonjrcsH i Is regarded In South American quarters as a significance l Or tin alignment of 1 the southern republics on the Increasing I Increas-ing differences whlMi have arisen of late and which itre threatening to bring about u general I rrlsls Involving I mom I if not allof the SputhvAmerlean countries V Several Incidents have occurred recently I re-cently indicating n wldcsprqad movement move-ment Peruhas been making desperate I efforts to regain her provinces of Tacna and Arlca which arc a sort of border hostage held for the last ten years by Chile Bolivia Is involved In the same controversy as when she lost her seacoast sea-coast to Chile and Is now seeking to save a part of It The latter question was recently brought to l direct Issue by the presentation of a demand from Chile generally construed as an ultimatum ulti-matum requiring Bolivia publicly to I acknowledge by I treaty the sovereignty of Chile over the seacoast In question I About a month ago Chile adopted the compulsory military system under which every male citizen on reaching the age of 1 years must serve as a I soldier This hair caused widespread I concern In South America and has led other countries to take steps toward similar military equipment Ecuador has declared Its purpose of adopting a system like that oc Chile and Peru I which now has only 2000 soldiers has j taken steps to have ageneral enlist I I ment In Its National Guard I But the chief concern has becn ex prcopcd In Argentina and Brazil as It I Is the feeling In those countries that the powerful ainiuuncnts of Chile arc I not required against such enfeebled 1 states us Peru Bolivia Ecuador and I the other northern republics but will I be used against Chiles more powerful neighbors In the south Argentina and Chile are separated by l long boundary line which Is now In dispute The boundary frequently has threatened an aVmed conflict and each country has bcrn steadily Increasing Its nrinamcnt land nnd naval I Is estimated mated by one of the prominent observers observ-ers In Washington that each country has spent about 50000003 on armament I during the last ton years Brazil n cently hay been brought Into alignment by n cordial restoration of good feeling with Argentina For a time they were oppofrQd l over a boundary contest but by the arbitration of the United States the award was made In faor of Brazil i and Argentina has heartily accepted I the result The Presidents of Brazil i1 and Argentina have exchanged visits j I and during the stay of President Sales I at Buenos Ayres recently consideration was given to united action on some of these pending South American controversies contro-versies The several arrangements have had I the effect of establishing a common basis between Bolivia Peru Argentina and Brazil While there is no suggestion thus far that the united republics would I I use force against Chile yet It ls appreciated appre-ciated that the situation mn y lead to i i more serious results The Chilean I IcEullH Chiean army I Is directed by uble German ofttccrs the 1 commander being Gen Koncr n Gorman I I Gor-man olllcer who was placed at the head I of the army about ten years ago Some forty other foreign officers chlelly Gorman I Gor-man also occupy leading places on the staff and line I |
