| Show CHILE CHARGED BlOCKING a BOUnDARY VOTE VOlf C Commission Takes Action on tion by General Lassiter r Cht CO Jun June 15 13 AI A Ato to determine th the que Of N IJ tit ultra I nty of tn the tn prow pro Ii t 0 Of Tacna ami nd Arle Arica claimed cLaim lute d tad and Peru u U le declared 4 tard Im Im- r. r ta In a re adopted M by I y i lon which o. o Ass t r a aIn in the way of ot m a Me ee gait a. 2 The Th enat to in D tea aM ea w t whoa t took action on n th the aM dor Introduced by o. o wal L lAwit r. r UM the American a. a Chairman lart that tut Chile had tb th tM award ard of ot the arbitrator tor and tha Iba therefore abor a pI plebiscite bl was raa a. a Impracticable Beth General and At VA want head hed of the he Chilean ChUran delegation dele del ulan gation poke spoke General La lt r went ent at e r great rat I. b to eh Ih the 1 legality Uty of uI hi hi bl proposal to end the Ih- I sitting Senor nor dwarda took look th the theop op t. t viewpoint a that thai th the Ita did not notha I ha hav bar the lb rW right to decree a CL pie plebiscite OUTRAGES ALLEGED R Reference ernee to 10 the re record orda of ot the thee e comet foa said ld General Sand and cI of ei the American delegation Uon develop the lb fact rUI that without come goma co go- me rDa further lurth back baek than January there then th a. a are found In the flies ru hundreds hundred a of report reports and complaint of outrages against nat Peruvians Peru It Jt has baa been im- im bl to fu tiny y tave te thus CM erases but the number and variety to of ol th the Ih report reports based baNd on the tM personal observation atton n of DC IDe members of the staff cleft of 01 the president of 01 the commission and evidence adduced in cases that have hare been subjected to detailed In Investigation In can ean an leave l.-au no doubt la In lb h mind of a. a any Impartial examiner Into the facts fae that thai t. t there that existed and tail un ul in the territory territory terri tern tory tery conditions condition utterly Incompatible with the th exercise 11 by Peruvians of DC the he the legitimate activities essential to a free tr and fair expression pru- pru sion on of ot the will of the qualified elec- elec orate borate under ands the lb award aard DEPRIVED OF RIGHTS The In Inescapable bJ conclusions must moat be arrived at that the tIe Peru Peru- ran lan electorate h. h bat baa been n physically reduced below its Ie b proper figure by such uch measures fure a as forcible de deport tio ions tlona departures Induced Idue b by violence vio lenca lence DC or threats yea unexplained d disappearances I sa li d discriminatory military conscription and even lion ion that t Peruvians who ha have hae e been driven riven or frightened out of 01 tary Ir ar territory have ba not been glen given by y the Chilean authorities due opportunity op- op Or r facilities to return and nd to 10 vote Yote that there these h. h has ben been een widespread ot of Pe Pea brought about through violence vio vio- I lence t to persons ron and Iro property and anil I through threats of ot oppression and I. I fr T H that Peruvians baveI have bave I generally to t. unlawful r tractions mol molestation t Monn I In II and other forms of Interference ence nr with rights that the Peruvian official personnel has baa b Men been en impeded even subject to assault In an effort to discharge the necessary appropriate l pt ht duties that there have l en general del deliberate 1 berate misrepresent sent and suppression of ot real farts facts by the local Chilean authorities tiE ties and nd Implied approval of ot the authorities but In many OH rasps with their connivance evl- evl M Ii 11 g td Y arata tit kt eert called patriot AM I aa who e s operations have b bean aa att or by evl- evl de deuce c o or f official t daJ support and aDd approval ap ap- HOPE OF ARBITRATION TIt The ho hopes of mankind are t. t fas tu toned apes i a arbitration aa as a means mn perhaps ha the Ih only oab means mean now no available avail avail- available able liable for tor settling dispute between nations and anti preventing the desolation desolation desola desola- tion of war at But even eyen tb these cons considerations con could not justify me In InI inclosing I closing lit m my eyes erea to the truth or In deliberately sanctioning a lW proceeding proceed edIna ed Ina ing which I am m convinced con by force of ot Indisputable evidence would have M Men been not only enly In conflict with the an rd of the tb arbitrator but contrary con con- 1 t. t to ao the tb t for ary agreement aHmen r a pie not DOl of ot the rights of one OM of the nations nation concerned i Arbitration was never intended aa as aaa asa 1 a cloak doak for ucla such a wro wron Notwithstanding th the failure of this thU great reat effort let un ue ho hope that one come means manna m. m may yet t be found for fors s In IB a peaceful tul and lust just manwar man- man war asp the controversy over oyer Tacna and aDd vt Aria which baa ban for so eo many years year troal troubled lt the ehe relations between Chile and re Peu U. 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