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arbitration; and will now name further only some
of the latest date.
In 1887 a lengthened dispute about
boundaries between Chili and the Argentine
Republic was adjusted by arbitration, through the
mediation of the United States Ministers in the
two countries. After a complete and precise
fixing of the boundary line, an agreement was
added: That the Straits of Magellan shall for
ever be neutralized; free passage shall be
secured to ships of all nations, and the erection
of forts or other military works on either of its
shores shall be forbidden.
Fresh in the memory is the passionate
quarrel between Spain and Germany about the
Caroline Islands. That was submitted, on
Prince Bismarck’s proposal, to Pope Leo XIII.
for settlement, and was adjusted by him.
Most people now living remember the
Afghanistan boundary question, which was
happily solved by the friendliness on both
sides of the Russian and English
Governments. The whole world followed for a while
that dispute with anxiety and disquietude.
The press unhappily, as usual, employed its
influence in stirring up the national passions in
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