ARGENTINE'S WARLIKE MOVES

Chronicle (Levin), 8 April 1946, Page 5

ARGENTINE'S WARLIKE MOVES

Received Sunday, 9,5 p.m, ' NEW YORR-, April 7. Argentina is building a "magnificent' ' serjes pf troop barraeks all along the Chilean i'rpntier, reports the New York Times' correspondent, Frank jpuchkohjj, 4n a dispatch .from Santiagp. The troop concentrations in this area are remipiscent of tbbse seen before the war along .the horders Pf sus-. pipious Raikafl ^tatgs.,\. , ,, , . . • -The Argefltihi^ns: fhg^' that there is npthiiig slnister ih the camps, which stretch for hundreds Qf miles from Mendoza State to Tierra del Fuego. The building Qf hases and roads along the border hegan after Colpnel Pero.n, who was once military attache to Chile, becajpe Minister of War in the Mili- ! tary Government. The correspondent quotes a story, which he admits may he apocryphal, that Feron has said that all Argentina now needs is a Facific port. The Chile ans are worried over these warlike activities and are taking coimter precautions, Rluckhphn, in another dispatch, predicts that Chile, despite Leftist leanings, will follow Brazi.1 and Ecuador in offieially informing the United States that it regards the American Blue Book pn Argentina 's cpliahoratiori with the Nazis as interestiiig, hut of little present importapce. The correspondent alsp forecasts that Chile, like other South American countries, is expected to insist that Argentipa be included in a coptineiital defence pact. The t'hree mpst power.ful South American countries, with at least §ome smafier ones, aye insisting that a defence paqt, including Argejxtipa, Should be aighed as soon as possibie, wheieas America has declared that she will hpt S.ign a defence treaty which includes Apgeptina, Jt ig olear fhat, unless the U.hited States roodjfieg its position; . an impasse will arige, thrpatefling cpntinental solidarity a»d the entire good-neighhonr policy. There is a widespread feelyig pf reseptment in Chjle at the United States' handiing of the Afgentipa situation, coupled with a hefief that a strong-arm poficy may lu future he directed agaipst any Latin American country. Chile 's attitude is that, now the Nazi and Fascist dqctrines have heen defeatpd, their centres of radiation can find little suitahle soil for new adventure in the western hemisphere. The cprresppndent adds that averywhere in sputh America there is under the supface a feap of the United States, particulariy aiace the war and victory have demonstrated the f'ull extent of its poweir.