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Show PERUVIAN AFFAIRS. Affairs in tho republic of Peru continue con-tinue to be greatly disturbed and tho political outlook for this progressive Latin-American state is not reassuring. The report of the assassination of President Pres-ident Lcguia has not been confirmed, a wire censorship preventing the outside out-side world from having a clear understanding under-standing of just what is happening in Peru. That the country is undergoing an upheaval is certain. The government of President Pardo was overthrown last July, when ?euor Leguia was proclaimed president, Tardo making his way out of the country in safety and reaching tlie United States only recently. The Lcguia proclamation proclama-tion was made by the Peruvian army and an attempt to have the new regime recognized by the United States failed for the moment. An election followed and Leguia was chosen president, tho United States immediately recognizing the new government. Last week several political leaders in -Peru were arrested on charges of conspiring for the, overthrow of the Leguia government iu favor of the old Pardo regime. Mot of these men have fled the country; others are awaiting trial. There is little of international significance in the political disturbance disturb-ance in Peru, that country suffering from the common Latin-American evil of contentious and ambitious leaders. TU: situation may, however, involve Chile, through the efforts of a distinctly dis-tinctly anti-Chilean party in Tcru to seize control of government in Peru's present political unrest. Chile was quick to resent any attacks arising from the disputed nitrate territory. These nitrate fields, torn from Peru by force of anus, eo:is:iiu;e an unending unend-ing source of bitterness between the two nations. |