| Show CHILE PUT pdt OH ON IS MRS this south Amer american icari republic thinks she should have an ambassador other lat n american cs were jealous and succeeded in heading off such a movement by their hated rival washington chile s failure to send a minister to washington to replace wall er martinez Martl nez who did not return home after the pan american confer ence at rio janiero last summer has caused much comment the neglect of the chilean congress to appropriate sufficient money to maintain the lega tion has been given as a reason for leaving the american mission in charge of alberto yoacham secretary of the legation but it has just be come known that the real cause was hidden deep in latin american poll ties tics chile decided it would be a good idea to have an ambassador in wash ington and steps were taken to dis cover what the united states thought of the proposed elevation of 0 the chil can ean representative to washington the suggestion that the chilean en voy might be raised to ambassadorial rank set all latin amen a on edge and a general movement was ansti buted by the southern republics to head off such a movement argentina being unfriendly to chile was espee lally opposed to the plan as brazil and chile are always rated as allies and argentina did not want her tac strongest rivals to outstrip her ID in american representation it has not been the policy of the state department to send ambassadors to any country which cannot be ranked as a world power and when the hos tilita of the rest of south america to such a change became known the united states decided that the question had better not be agitated further at this time |
