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Show Wilson Offers Mediation. Santiago, Chile. Joseph II. Shea, the American nmhassador, today handed to President Sanfuentes a message from President Wilson offering mediation medi-ation in the question of the provinces of Tacna and Arica and expressing the wish of the American government for a friendly settlement of the controversy. contro-versy. President Sanfuentes thanked Ambassador Am-bassador Shef for the offer. He declared de-clared that the matter should he set-tied set-tied in strict conformity with the trenty of Ancon and In a manner dictated dic-tated by justice. At the same tim?. lie said, neither the government nor the. people of Chile wished for war anil in his opinion the controversy could be satisfactorily settled. |