File No. 723.2515/126.
The American Ambassador to Brazil to the Secretary of State.
Petropolis, April 2, 1910.
My March 17. Brazilian Minister for Foreign Affairs, March 28, confidentially informed me Chile had declined to consider his proposals or anything in the nature of arbitration of the Tacna-Arica question. He asserted Chilean Minister for Foreign Affairs is prejudiced by unfounded suspicion of some secret understanding between Brazil and Peru consequent upon recent settlement of their boundary question. Brazilian Minister for Foreign Affairs intends therefore to leave the matter in abeyance pending the arrival of President Montt on this coast.
Have advised Buenos Aires.