"IRREFUTABLE RIGHTS"
Received Thursdav, 8.40 p.m. SAXTIAGO, Peb. 18. "The irrefutablc rights of Chilean sovereignty over these remote areas, derive in the first plaee from authoritative and eompetent deeisions of the Spanish Crow n to whioh we are the legitiinate sueeessors in this part of the world," said President (Jonzalez in a speeeh on O'Higgin's Land today. Chile 's proximity tn the area aloue would give us the. rights of dominion," he added. lle was eertain that the Chilean people would know how to maintain virite sovereignty and unity over the terri tory from Ariea (the northernmost city in Chile) to the South Pole. Reuter's correspondent at Port Stanley says two Argentine eruisers and six ilefjt royei's were reported from Buenos jAires tonight to. be due at Lashuauia, Tierra del Fuego, ea route fo Ant arejic waters wtiere Argenfina and Ch'ile are disputing the British elaiin to the Palkland Dependencies.
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Chronicle (Levin), 20 February 1948, Page 5
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