Show a PERU THOUGHT itself a god deal more than n matah for Chili and willingly entered into tho present war which is proving so disastrous n r to both republic and especially tot i to-t I l tho former The Peruvians had a I i and at first boasted I jery fair navy I U Ljhat Cniha insignificant strength on the sea could not stand before its own ships yet Perud navy has disappeared disap-peared having either gone to tho 0 bottom of the ocean or fallen into the bands of the enemy Though Peru at first professed no fear it was glad soon after tha beginning of tbe war to form an alliance with its sister republic of Bolivia and thereby gain ff what assistance could be rendered by i that little power And yet the Chilians have been uniformly sue C tessful first whit ping the Peruvians and afterwards the allied armies and the last advices from the front were to the cflact that the Chilians proposed the bombardment of Lima the capital and chief city of Peru Lima stands a few miles inland its seaport being Cilloa already blockaded without hope of rescue or release unless there shall be intervention from I I r l11 abroad The Peruvian capital is eaid I to be the handsomest city in South I j America t Its population numbers about 175000 and it has many splendid public and private buildings and numerous handsome churcno with tall spires and gilded domes I t 5 0 The Rimac flows through the city i4 rand is crossed by a beautiful atone bridge of sir niches 530 feet iu lengtb built 265 years ago and 1 saventyeight years after the city was founded by tho famous Pizarro who after his assassination was burried in t the massive stone cathedral still standing the east side of the town t Lima is surrounded by brick walls nine feet thick and from eighteen to U l twentjrfiva feet high The circuit of these nails Is nearly nine miles C though the city proper is only about two miles square divided into 200 rectangular blocks SS6 feet each i I way The streets cross at right angles and are thirtythree feet wide e lf the Chilians shall fulfil their threat the beautiful cily will be p once again laid waste 1 as it has i 1 lCI IBD often been by earthquake It i J seems about time that civilized I JnAJtlons interfered to prevent these southern republics from further de During each other in their senseless J r tr1Teru eomo nitrate beds IbjB i0 1 Value of which in all time to come t cannot equal the real colt of the present pres-ent war and to three powers CE i gagei in it t Parliculaily should other 1 h 4 ihalionrgo in as med non or the rea S Bn that Peru Bolivia and Ohm are r all hopelessly in debt to foreign im j tionr They owe far more than they f will tvar be able to POol and are eren Indebt for the guns the ehipa and the war materials with which they are f I pirryiug on the bloody strife |