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May 2, 1926

Tensions were high on Woody Island when the Filipino cruiser Leyte steamed up early in the morning. However, as it was the Lord's Day, the two sides did not open fire. The launches from the Leyte came ashore and 47 of her officers and men attended mass with the crew of the Chilean Armored Cruiser O'Higgins.

May 4, 1926

Leyte departs Woody Island for Duncan Island around noon under the watchful eye of both the O'Higgins , and the French aircraft that are seen every few hours in the Paracels Islands area.

May 6, 1926

Battleship Capitan Prat is relieved of escort duty by the new light cruiser Guardia Marina Hyatt and the light destroyers Teniente Riquelme and Teniente Videla. The escort of the Filipino "peacekeepers" should last only about 20 more hours.

May 7, 1926

Collier Angamos arrived today in the Paracels Islands to recoal and resupply the Cruiser. The Collier is expected to remain in the area to help setup temporary structures to assist the crews of the cruiser while they await word from Chile on what the League of Nations says.

May 9, 1926

The "Peacekeeper's Escorts" return to their normal patrols.

May 11, 1926

Negotiations for American 8 inch cannon has been finalized and the payments will be made along with the construction of the new Coastal Defense Battleship.

May 12, 1926

Destroyer Capitan Herlock is investigating rumors of a pirate band that operates in the Sulu Sea. The destroyer has sent word to the Filipinos operating in the area of there presence and what they are doing. The captain of the Herlock has said he'd be willing to conduct the search together, but he is still worried about tipping off the pirates.

May 13, 1926
Ambassidor Fox departs the United States to visit Altantis.

Meanwhile....

Long running theater production "Constitucion", about the famous frigate of the United States Navy, has been cancelled today. The production crew says that after 18 years, the crowds just aren't what they use to be.

May 15, 1926

Ambassidor Fox opens talks with the Altanteans about naval arms and industry.

Meanwhile....

Protected Cruiser Blanco ets sail for the Pitcairn Islands to relieve the O'Higgins in 37 days.

May 17, 1926

The "Peacekeepers" have stayed too long in Peru. The Chilean Navy has dispatched submarine H-5 to shadow the Filipino Navy.

Meanwhile....

Tensions remain high today around Tierra del Fuego. The overcrowding on the seaways be warships has left a large number of civilians nervious and trade is down. The Chilean government is worried about the presense of both the South Africans and Japanese in close proximity to each other. Naval officials have asked the government to ask that the remaining "Peacekeeping Forces" retire back to there own seas, or reduce their patrols to patrol levels instead of task force levels. "They are making the locals nervious," said one fisherman from Punta Aras.

May 19, 1926

The Chilean Government has formally asked that the next seasion of the League of Nations deal with the issue of the Paracels Islands. The Goverment has also officially asked the Japanese and South African Governments if they would be so kind as to reduce or remove their "peacekeepers" as they are disturbing trade with the large number of vessels in the area. "A single battleship and a cruiser with escort and logistical elements should be all that is required now that the known threat from Argentina has been dealt with by the Argentineans." stated the Foriegn Minister today.

Meanwhile....

Hollywood has reportedly released a new film today. The "movie" is called "Revenge of the South". It appears to be historical fiction on if the Mexican and the American South had banned together after the American Civil War. They wait until the Great War then release their hidden industrialized army in the heart of Texas and spear the United States while its attention if fixed on the War in Europe. There are various subplots, but we will not review them at this time. The one comment from the Chileans is that it might be a better movie if one could fallow the action without having to read the dialoge on the screen every two minutes. Either the Americans have to stop making their movies so wordy. or they need to invent a way to make movies that can talk.

May 21, 1926

Amid some choas in the naval offices the press has managed to find out that the Peruvians have made a deal with the Filipinos. "It seems they are trying to sell that battleship to just about anybody" remarked Tochiro Oyama.

May 22, 1926

Submarine H-5 shadowned the Filipinos out of Lima, Peru today.

May 25, 1926

Submarine H-5 turns back to Chile today after deturmining the Filipinos will cruise to Mexico.

May 26, 1926

Cruiser Blanco arrived at the Pitcairn Islands, recoaled and left as quickly as possible for Port Moresby.

May 31, 1926

Submarine H-5 returns to Chile today.

Quoted

However, as it was the Lord's Day, the two sides did not open fire.

I'm glad nobody showed up late, then.

Interesting entertainment references and a lack of gunfire combine for a good news report.

The Manila Evening Times
13 May 1926

The Marina de Filipinas has denied claims by the Chileans that there is 'a pirate band' operating out of the Sulu Sea.

"We own the Sulu Sea," said a MdF spokesman. "Nothing goes in, and nothing goes out, without our knowledge. We can state with 100% certainty that there are no pirates in the Sulu Sea."

Then why did the Chileans make the allegation? "We yank their chain, they yank ours - that's how it works."

The Manila Times
31 May 1926

Under political pressure, the Peruvian Armada has cancelled its order for one of our Dagupan-class coast defense battleships.

"It seems that everyone from the Chileans to the Americans didn't like the idea," said a Marina de Filipinas spokesman, "and the Peruvians decided to take a different route."

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I'll be transferring 0.1 IP in Q3 as payment for that transport...

May 15, 1926

The Chilean Navy is collectively shaking its head. The responce of the Filipino Government to a request to assist potential anti-piracy operation near there own lands leaves the Chilean dishearted.

"We never claimed the Filipinios were pirates, nor have we claimed they support piracy," said Capitan Junta of Naval Operations Puerto Montt. "We simply informed them that we had a destroyer in that area following up a rumor, and asked if they would like to assist."

The Capitan Herlock is patroling near the southern islands in the Sulu Sea and British Malaysia.

"We apologise for the misunderstanding, we thought you meant there were pirates IN the Sulu Sea.

It is quite possible that there may be some operating in the VICINITY of the Sulu Sea. We can take it from here..."