There is a little strip of territory between Peru and Chile, called Tacna-Arica, which both countries claim and nobody really owns pending a plebiscite ordered by President Coolidge as arbitrator. If there is any man who really rules the little strip it is General John J. Pershing, President of the Plebiscite Commission, who is sitting tight in the little town of Arica.
Of recent years the Chileans have been dominant in the strip which they have held by force, and feeling is tense as the time for a plebiscite approaches. In the...
To continue reading:
or
Log-In
