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the inhabitants were to decide under which 
country they preferred to remain. The Chil 
eans, despite the repeated requests of Peru, 
have failed to observe this condition of the 
peace treaty and these territories with all their 
wealth still are under the control of the con 
querors. The methods employed by the Ger 
mans in Alsace-Lorraine have been used here 
by Chile, and the chances are that this district 
will always remain in the hands of its present 
governors. 
A President and two Vice-Presidents, to 
gether with a legislative body of two branches, 
a Senate and a House of Representatives, con 
trol the destinies of Peru. 
Peru contains 687,600 square miles, and is 
bounded on the north by Ecuador and Colom 
bia, on the east by Brazil and Bolivia, on the 
south by Chile, its western boundary being 
washed by the waters of the Pacific for its en 
tire length of 1600 miles. For purposes of 
comparison Peru covers as much territory as 
Texas, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico and Ari 
zona.