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Show New President of Liberia. Aicnur Barclay, the newly elected president 3f Liberia, is cf pure African stock, born in Jamaica, whence his parents emigrated to the African republic re-public when he was still a child. He has already held several government positions there, among them those of postmaster general and secretary of the treasury. At his inauguration, which takes place in December, Mr. Barclay will become the thirteenth president, since Liberia became independent inde-pendent in 1847. |