Show Lassiter Hopeful Chile an and Peru May Compromise PA-A PA IA June 29 AP- AP Major AP-Major General William Lassiter who succeeded suc- suc G General Pershing as head of the Tacna-Arica Tacna l com com- hlf vf there It is still a a. c. c Chance of composing the differences between ChIle and Peru b by direct negotiations The general returned from Arica yesterday I went to Arica he saId with the earnest hope ot of aSSisting In carryIng carrying car car- out a plebiscIte which would solve the Tacna Tacna-Arica problem and thus heal the differences which have hae So long existed between Chile and Peru It would have been a matter of pride for tor me to be associated with I such a solution and to have Contributed contributed con con- i somethIng toward it It But after In close con con- I F 1 tact with the conditions existing in Tacna and Arica I found those con con- wholly Incompatible with carrying out a plebiscite that 1 could certify to be expressive exp o of the will or of the people or that Indeed would accomplish anything toward a solution solution tion or of the problem As I could find no way to alter Or improve e those conditions and as consummation ot of ofa a farcical plebIscite was out ot of the question It finally became necessary to termInate the pro pro- |