Show PERUS DEBT I Will Be Paid Without the Cession of Territory NEW YORK Jan 14A special to the Herald from Lima says The government has sent a message of importance to both houses of Congress Con-gress asking that measures of legislation legisla-tion be prepared authorizing the executive to pay annually a certain amount in liquidation of the public debt and to settle all pending questions ques-tions home and foreign VicePresident Billinghurst in a speech declared that President Pierota would resign and in fact that he would cut off his right hand rather than sign a cession of the provinces of Tecna and Africa Your correspondent In Bagota sends word that a banquet was given In honor of Minister McKInney last night Among those who were present were the Venezuelan minister the abinct ministers and many other distinguished distin-guished personages Several speeches were delivered complimentary com-plimentary to the citizens of the United States and their I representative in I Colombia and a message from President Presi-dent Caro was read in which President Presi-dent Cleveland was congratulated for the attitude he had assumed on the Venezuelan Question |