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Excerpt from The Tacna and Arica Question: Historical Antecedents; Diplomatic Action; Present State of the Affair The Northern boundary of Chile. - Treaties between Chile and Bolivia from 1866 to 1874. - The Revindication. - The secret treaty of 1873 between Peru and Bolivia. - The war with Perri - The treaties of peace. The Treaty of Ancon, which terminated the war of 187 9 - 83 between Chile and Peru, fixed the compensation that should partly repay Chile the expenses and sacrifices imposed upon her by the war. This treaty gave Chile immediate possession of the provinces of Tacna and Arica, leaving the final and definite nationality of these provinces in suspense for ten years, at the termination of which period the popular votation, or plebiscite, of their inhabitants should settle the question. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.