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Show CHILE WOULD PUTJN IS This South American Republic Thinks She Should Have a i Ambassador Other Latin-American Republics Were Jealous and Succeeded In Heading Off Such a Movement by Their Hated Rival. Washington. Chllo'H failure to send a minister to Washington to replaco Walker Martinez, who did not return homo after tho Pan-American conference confer-ence at Rio Jnnloro last summer, has caused much comment. Tho neglect of tho Chilean congress to appropriate Btifllclcnt money to maintain tho legation lega-tion has been given nB n reason for leaving tho American mission in chnrgo of Alberto Yoachnm, secretary or tho legation. Hut It has Just become be-come known that the real cause was "hidden deep In I-ntln American politics. poli-tics. Chllo decided It would bo a good idea to havo an ambassador In Washington Wash-ington nnd steps wore taken to discover dis-cover what tho United Stntes thought or tho proposed elevation of tho Chilean Chil-ean representative to Washington. The suggestion that tho Chilean envoy en-voy might ho raised to ambassadorial rank sot nil Lntln-Amerlca on edge nnd a general movement wns Instituted Insti-tuted by tho southern republics to head off such a movement. Argentlnn, being unfriendly to Chile, was especially espec-ially opposed to tho plan, as Rrozll and Chllo aro always rated as allies nnd Argentlnn did not want her twe strongest rivals to outstrip her In American representation. It hns not been -tho policy of the state department to send ambassadors to any country which cannot bo ranked as n world power, and when tho hos tlllty of tho rest of South America to Biich a change beenmo known, the United States decided that tho question ques-tion had bettor not bo agitated further at this time. |