File No. 723.2515/153.
The American Minister to Argentina to the Secretary of State.1
Buenos Aires, May 15, 1910.
Respectfully submit that because next week Chilean President and Minister for Foreign Affairs and the Peruvian Vice-President will visit Buenos Aires, adjustment Tacna-Arica might be reached by American Legation cooperating with Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs. Because Chile is overconfident that Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs prejudiced in their favor, arrangement might be reached submitting question to joint arbitration of United States and the Argentine Republic. Believe Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs would use all his influence to effect above arrangement because he would receive the public credit for it. Believe that he can deliver Chilean assent if he desires, but doubt his serious efforts to that end if Brazil were included as arbitrator. If foregoing in any way meets your approval, may I be favored with early instructions to permit me to open the subject with the Argentine Minister for Foreign Affairs before arrival of said Chileans and Peruvians?
- No response to this appears in the files of the Department.↩