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Show II PRESIDENT OF I PERU APRISONER Lj Suddenly Overpowered by a Revolutionary Move ment in Lima. 1. (HIS ECONOMIES DISLIKED Officeholders Had Resented the Cutting Down of Then-Fat Then-Fat Salaries. Lima, Peru, Feb. 4 The president of the Republic of Peru, GuUlermo BillingliurBt, was taken prisoner today to-day by military revolutionists. The rebels attacked the presidential presiden-tial palace this morning under the leadership of Colonel Benavides. General Gen-eral Enrique Varela, premier and minister of way, was killed in the fight which ensied. Dr. Augusto Djjrand, a former revolutionary revo-lutionary leaden took possession of the palace. The attack on1 the palace began at half past four (n the morning. Inhabitants In-habitants of Llna ran Into the streets, alarmed by the firing. Sol diers were ordered to fire volleys into in-to the air in order to prevent the for- i to the air In order to prevent tne formation for-mation of crowdp and by this method they kept the panic stricken people moving from pllce to place. A civilian bystander was killed by a bullet. Economy Program Unpopular. Peru's suddei revolutionary trou ble is due principally to President Bll Hnghurst's earnest efforts to place the finances of Ills country cn a sound basis. His sjhenie for doing this invohed the Jstrictest economies throughout the public service and naturally proval unpopular partieu lurly among officeholders, who saw their salaries nd estimates pruned with a niercilea hand At the end it last year, congress refused to votejthe budget and Pres idem Billinghutlt issued a decree de luring that thi old estimates would remain in forceltill the end of 1914 k Petitions frotf many of the provin res were presated to the president asking for the lissolutlon of the con I gress, but all tie political parlies op- Iosed thi'i stepjas unconstitutional. I President Bifnj- hurst 1 the son of an Englishufcn. but was born In I I'rrn JUs miT was a Peruvian 6 7 alQr-VmVoid. in C8W 'hits father (way. dnwned in a tidal wave Young Billnghnrst was edu ated in Peruvian ahools and was a brilliant scholar. He wrote several books in his early manhood. He 1 took an active part in the war be tween Peru anfl Chile and later be came mayor of Lima, the capital, lit became president in September, 1912. Dr. Augusto Durand, who today seized the government, has led several sev-eral revolutions in Peru He fought againsi President Pardo in 190S and against President Leguia in 1509. After Af-ter his followers had been defeated xnd had surrendered to the govern ment troops in the latter year. Dr Durand escaped to Chile, but he re turned to Peru some time later and rontlnued conspiring against the government. gov-ernment. Dr. Durand was generally supposed to be the leader of ne agitation againBt President Billingjhurst. President Billinghurst was later taken ta-ken by the rebels as i prisoner to Callao, from which port he will be sent into exile in a foreign country. II . rr |