The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1880-01-10
pERu.-pIERoLA AND rnADo.

President Prado. of Peru had arrived
there. and received the news that he
had been s~upplanted at home by Gen.
Pierola. who proclaimed himself dicta-
tor. 1t was also stated in the dispatcb
that Prado had evidently anticipated
denos;t;on from tbe nres;darcv and
therefore chosen to take'a foreign O
for the benefit of his health.
The above facts influence ms 10 re.
count n cbapter of the later history
of Peru. which Mt this time is very in
teresting.
s.Pern. ,, saws Commodore E Simn-
son. u. s. N. s.has existed for MANY
wears in a normal state of ravo,ntion
Certa;p leading mo, cboose IN cons,dsr
themselves as the oatural guardians Of
the state. and these. divided by marty
lines keen the country in n constant
state of excitement. II is n remarka.
bile fact that the Peruvian gentleman is
seldom found in business rs n merchant
His education ia for the law. and his
career is politics. The merchants in
Perm are mostly foreipners and the
banks are controlled by foreign houses
The developers leo far as thew are de-
yeluped) of the agricultural and miner
al of the country are foreign
ers.n
This admirably concise summary of
the condition of things in Peru. ex-
plains to all understanding minds wby
revolution is the normal condition Of
that volcanic republic. A whole VOL
ume of EXPLANATION is expressed in the
statement that the natives are piyen to
politics while foreigners are permitted
TO attend to business and develop-
ment.
1t follows that the chief glory in life
In Pern according IN Tho native stand.
ard ia tn become imhned in n~ol;t;cs
All cannot he eaders. hence revolution
succeeds revolution. so that il is n rare
execution for n president To comn,ete
his term of four wears. and rarer still ia
it for a civilian To fiji the presidential
chair Politics are Centralized Inv ,ba
military. success ia ALWAYS ON the side
of the most bavone,s Uence n ,snrn.r
il very likely To loon find his own now
er usurped and So on nd infn;t,tn
Mr. Prado the self ,xiled presiden,
of Peru and Gen pierola tho nresept
dictator Of that nnbapnv country have
nlaved very nrominent narts in tho
later history of Perm
Pierola ia said INV Commodore s;m,.
con n he .-,recoon;zed. in Tho country as
n standipo revolnt;on;st ALWAYS re.dv
tn take adv,nt,oe ~ nm onnort,ni,v
and ALWAYS sustained nv the chrrcb
marty. in fact ha 90 tha ,eader ~ tho
nnnroorass,va p,tramont,na n,r.v IN
par, ),
Tn ,-5 p,sro,, s,,r,od HE frat r.vo,,,
,,on I, mas .;n,oa ~ , oo,ornman,
of President pardo tho only civ,,;a,
p.rp evar had as chiaf axac,,;,a
Pierola had tbropob agents secnred
an Enc,;sh war vossel tho uTo,ism.r ;,
under false renr-esen,at,tio and lard
al her n, n small mort wh.ra . ,,rna
nnmber n, orm, u.ro ,,,o.da5 po;nn
discovered bv tho ooy.r,me,t the
.sTalism,n. mt IN sea upd.r command
of pierola hnt w,s soop c,,t,red nv
tho uUn,scar ;, n,de, Cantain cr,u
Neanwb;le p;erola escanad 70 ora,
He made his wav hack in time 70 Mead
another revelation fOctoher 1896, NJ
Areop;na which resulted IN defe,t
Perbaps pierola,s most daring net
was the canture If tho ..unascarr in
~ He con,rivsd 10 cet confedera.es
on hoard and the grand man-of.war
steamed ont of Callao in broad doy-
LIGHT a nrize n the revolu,,onists
PieroIa Joined ber NJ , conva,iar, nor,
and assumed command WALL -, this
cruise a remarkahle event occurred
which sbould not he nassed Under
Pjerola. The .,Huasc,r,, was declared
NV the Peruvian oov.rnmon, 70 ha =