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Show AHSWEfiSTO HE ARE. FRIENDLY Peru and Chile Reply to Message of U. SI; For-- For-- mer Indicates Wish for Aid of This Country. By Associated Press. JV AMIlNliTON, Dec. IX VV , Chile and Peru have re-1 r plied in friendly tones to the identic note of the United States urging upon them the supreme importance of adjusting amicably their controversy over the provinces of Tacna and Arlca and tendering the aid i of tile Trilled States alone or in con- f 'i;yt')n w-th other American s'i'tcs. j I Vru Is liiiucrMud to ha ve "Iiidual-d , ft. t Ish that the good off Ices of the. I'nited Suites mlfchl be employed to bring about a . ttleni-nt. while the Chilean government contented Itself with expressing appreciation of the spirit of the offer. Uoth of the replies, it was announced iC the ettte ih'iwrt merit furTty. were informal, transmitted verbally through diplomatic channels by the foreign of-. of-. fices of the South American countries, formal notes probably will follow. I |