14:25.
Chile, Santiago Presidential Palace.
Pedro Monte Monte, finally met with the Brazilian ambassador Vares.
“His Excellency, His Excellency President Pedro Monte Montt, please stop interfering in Peru’s internal affairs.
Matters in Peru should be settled by Peruvians. This is their right and there is no reason for outsiders to interfere with them.
Now that the Chilean army is attacking Lima, the capital of Peru, is it trying to disrupt order in South America?
Do you want to start another Pacific War and further encroach on Peruvian territory? Brazil cannot accept such behavior."
Vares, who jumped right into the topic when they met, now had no interest in making polite remarks, and he was very annoyed inside.
Two hours ago, Vares, as the Brazilian ambassador, had requested an audience with the Chilean president.
However, this Chilean President Pedro Monte Monte asked the Minister of Foreign Affairs to come forward and make concessions with him, leaving him alone for a long time.
The reason for receiving him now is that Chile's goal has failed.
The Peruvian president has been killed, the rebel military government has retreated to the mountains, and announced that it will join Brazil, which now embarrasses Chile.
"Ambassador Varez, Chile is not sending troops to go to war with Peru, nor does it have any other demands, nor does it want a war with Brazil.
This time we were requested by Peruvian President Augusto Lekia Salcedo. He asked Chile to help him put down the rebellion, so Chile sent troops. "
Faced with the censure from the Brazilian ambassador, Pedro Monte Monte was well prepared and had some words in mind.
"Your Excellency Ambassador, as a responsible country, it is reasonable for Chile to help the legitimate government quell the rebellion!"
“Legitimate government!?
Your Excellency, Mr. President, you will know that Augusto Lecchia Salcedo was impeached and removed from office by the Congress the day before yesterday.
Vares also came prepared and asked the Chilean president.
"Where does Augusto's legitimacy come from? The Peruvian orthodoxy is Nicolás de Pierola.
Nicolás de Pierola is the former president of Peru. He was elected by the Congress. He is the true legal representative of Peru.
Augusto, a thief, came to power by wooing the dark forces of the army, and through conspiracy and fraud. Now that the people want to overthrow him, where does he get his legitimacy?
You, Chile, are carrying out aggressive activities! "
Brazil wants to overthrow the government of Augusto Lecchia Salcedo in Peru, but it has made complete preparations.
Nicolás de Pierola is the former president of Peru and Augusto's biggest political opponent. He has considerable power.
Augusto came to power after defeating Nicholas. Nicholas was unwilling to lose him and always regarded Augusto as a thorn in his side and a thorn in his flesh.
All conspiracies were used to prevent him from becoming president.
The power-hungry Nicholas, in addition to finding ways to remove his enemy through parliament, also let his supporters break into the presidential palace and demand his resignation.
Faced with this insulting request, Augusto refused, and was immediately subjected to an attempted kidnapping by Nicholas' supporters. Augusto resisted desperately and called for reinforcements.
Afterwards, Augusto prevailed, and the police force he infiltrated took action to carry out rescue. In the process, more than 100 people died in the incident.
Nicholas and Augusto are truly mortal enemies, the kind that will never stop fighting!
In order to defeat Augusto, Nicolas faced the Brazilians' temptations and decisively defected to Brazil.
He cooperated with the Brazilian Golden Gun Bureau and actively participated in political activities. Along with many Peruvians, he demanded that the country merge with Brazil.
Brazil made a lot of promises to Nicholas, and Nicholas worked very hard. With the cooperation of the Golden Gun Bureau, his political activities were vigorously carried out.
As Nicholas's activities progressed, in addition to the previous Indians and East Asians, under his influence, the mixed-race people also defected one after another, and as the situation developed, many white people also participated in the activities.
Nicholas's political skills were quite good. Taking advantage of his advantage, he passed the presidential recall bill in parliament, directly dismissed Augusto, and became the special interim president himself.
"Mr. Ambassador, the Peruvian regime is too chaotic. We made mistakes because we didn't understand the situation for a while.
We in Chile are peace-loving, and we definitely did not have any aggressive intentions in this operation. We sent troops to help Peru. This time we were also deceived by Augusto. "
With Augusto's death, Chile lacks a big card and lacks the legitimate behavior to intervene in Peru. The solution now is to get out.
If Augusto is not dead, Pedro Monte has cards to play and is not afraid of Brazil at all.
Although Augusto has been dismissed, this is not a problem for Chile. It can completely support him, help him kill Nicholas, and help him suppress the pro-Brazilian faction.
And even if he supports Augusto, the suppression campaign does not go smoothly and Peru falls into chaos. Anyway, as long as Peru can be plunged into chaos and Brazil's merger fails, Chile will not lose.
It's just that God didn't do what he wanted. Now that Augusto is dead, all plans are in vain.
“Has Chile really been deceived!?”
Varez quibbled and snorted at Chile's president.
"The rebels received a secret treaty at the Presidential Palace, which is related to the reason why Chile actually sent troops this time. Does the President want to know?"
After hearing Varese's words, Monte's heart skipped a beat and he knew something was wrong.
Augusto, this bastard, is really not honest enough, and he is more than capable of revealing things. The secret cooperation treaty between the two parties was not kept, and now it has been revealed.
Chile, this is very passive now!
“From 1879 to 1883, during the South American Pacific War, your country showed great power and won victory with one enemy against two.
During this war, your country occupied the Peruvian provinces of Tarapacá, Tacna and Arica, as well as the Bolivian Maritime Province.
However, according to the Treaty of Ancon signed by Chile and Peru on October 20, 1883.
Peru simply ceded the province of Tarapacá to Chile. As for the two regions of Tacna and Arica, Peru did not cede them but gave them to Chile for 10 years. "
When Vares said this, he paused deliberately.
He stared at Monte who was trying to maintain his composure and manage his watch for a while, then continued.
"Dear President, the Treaty of Ancon was on October 20, 1883.
Tacna and Arica were only managed by you for ten years. It's now 1909. Why haven't you returned them to Chile?
When Augusto came to power, he said he would take back this area. The relationship between the two countries has always been very unfriendly. Why did you, Chile, suddenly help him?
After the rebels breached the presidential palace, they discovered a secret treaty signed by Augusto.
This secret treaty is related to territory and shows why Augusto received your help and why Chile sent troops to help him suppress the people. "
Chile, why should we help Peru?
Opposition to Brazil's annexation of Peru was not really the key, the real key was the secret treaty signed at Augusto and the promise to Chile.
The British government has already expressed to Chile that Peru belongs to Brazil's sphere of influence. If Chile goes to war with Peru and Brazil, they will not intervene or help Chile.
According to the Treaty of Ancon, Chile should have returned Tacna and Arica long ago, but Chile has been delaying, hoping to create a certain fact.
If Brazil annexes Peru, Chile may not be able to keep these two resource-rich areas.
But for these two regions, it is not worth risking a war with Brazil.
The alliance signed between Chile and Argentina is only a defensive treaty, not an offensive treaty. Argentina has no obligation to attack Brazil with Chile.
In Peru, Augusto is not stable at all. The Peruvian people's request for a merger with Brazil this time is very sincere.
Chile had suspected that Brazil was manipulating, but the Chileans were so unpopular in Peru that they could not collect intelligence on Brazil's secret operations. It would be difficult to counter Brazil.
Chile would not go to war with Brazil because of Augusto, the famously anti-Chilean president.
"The Sword Comes"
Just when Chile was extremely sad and ready to give up intervention, Peruvian President Augusto sent a big gift.
Augusto asked Chile to send troops to help him suppress the rebellion on the secret condition of ceding Tacna and Arica to Chile.
Chile, I didn’t expect that this president, who is known to be anti-Chile, would actually sue for peace with Chile.
However, Chile agreed to this request.
With the request and request of the President of Peru, it is legal for the Chilean government to send troops to intervene, and Brazil cannot find any reason to oppose it.
For the rebels, Chile is confident of countering the rebellion.
A counter-insurgency operation will bring two resource-rich areas. As Chilean President Monte, of course he must seize them.
However, Chile secretly sent troops, and one day away from Lima, Monte received the news that Augusto had been dismissed.
Augustus lost the legal authority of the president. Monte hesitated and debated whether to withdraw his troops. Finally, he convened the cabinet to make a decision.
In the cabinet resolution, those who supported continuing to send troops had the upper hand, so Monte continued to order the army to attack and accelerate the advance to help Augusto.
According to the plan, Chile took control of Peru before the opposition and Brazil could react. They helped Augusto stabilize the situation and create an established fact.
However, Nicholas and the opposition acted too quickly. They had just dismissed the president and stormed the presidential palace the next day.
too fast!
The Chileans arrived late, now that Augusto is dead, it is now an act of aggression, and the secret treaty has been exposed, Chile is now very passive.
"Mr. Ambassador, this is a misunderstanding, and we in Chile are willing to admit our mistakes."
In Chile now, it is too late to say anything. The right way is to admit our mistakes quickly.
The uprising military government gained legitimacy and immediately announced its merger with Brazil, which Brazil recognized very quickly.
Now Chile is attacking Brazilian territory, and the alliance between Chile and Argentina is a defensive treaty.
If Brazil uses this incident as an excuse to attack Chile, Pedro Monte Monte is not sure whether Argentina will help Chile.
Pedro Monte admitted his mistake simply and said to Vares: "We are willing to negotiate compensation with Brazil, and we can also negotiate territorial disputes."
Brazil's national power is stronger than Chile. Without the support of the British, Monte would not want a war.
