New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-12-24
YOPICS ~ Peru.

INTERESTS FRUSTRATED BY THE WAR.
,-i,v AZ orr,-lu,,r CONFECTIONERY or THE rUmrNLl
Molrssp,. Peru. Nov. 4.-lhe diplomatic cont
vibrations here existing have ma uraily given rise 90
many r,isprs-'ha' General liurbut is 10 be re-
called. that General Fitzpatrick dill not write the
letter attributed To- him, cfc,-nour of which can
SHOW much claim to crcdcncc and which / mention
ONLY 10 indicate the uncertainty 81 the situation.
one 'n.tru states vessel d. nov at ihs port. The
o,gulr V.-a delighted tn sr the American and
welcomed Them most cordially, calling them the
" Saly.l0rca del Peru, scndingd down special train
Z, take any % the officers f. Arcquipa who wished
10 20 and giving a ball in their honor. They
founded thsir hopes upon Mr.. lIuribuis letter and
supposed that the Americans would at once drive Oh
tbc blocIading force Arcquipa is the only strong
hold IN Peru tiat ha, not been taken by the Chill
ans. and il contains the on, portion of PcU's r'gu-
lar army that remains under arms Next 10 Lima
and Calllo. Ar,qupa IS tire most important and the
ri,fest civ m Peru aud II seems strange that the
Chiliars have not attempted to capture II. They
,rny be deferred from that course BY the re-
collection of former defeat in that val
lev. During the warof 1910 against Peru and
Bolivia, Chilli sent magnificent army. comprising
rearly all her regular REGIMENTS against this city
bnt President Santa Cruz met them in the valley.
and after an obstinate fight compelled them to sue
for prgce. The Chihau Government disayowcd the
act OF their general. however and sent an army of
conscripts against Lima, and carried by assault as
they did during this last Arcquip1 is about
EIGHT thousand feot above the level % The sea- ia a
very fertile valley, and tho people ere the most pro-
grrssIyo in the country. 1t is connected with Mol
Icndo Ly a railroad onc hundred and twenty miles
long. which is continued 60 Pulo, two hundred and
tiftv miles further. Quantities OF wool copper and
...tI .T.f rlt ,,,,s, e.
portation. All business, has been ~ n stand,tilll,
owing 10 the port having been blockaded for the
mast two years aud the people ia want Of all the
mxuri,s and some OF the comforts of lic though the
fertile country supplies thorn with the real nccc,.
sarirs The United States steamer Alaska brought
down SIR tuldcron, brother OF the President, who
is also - native OF Arcqulpa. hen CaldcrOu was
first declared President of PERU Arcqupa sided with
Pierula and the yOunCcrC aldcTon had To leave the
cty: but after General liurbuts letter, the people
rpyottl and pronounced In favor OF thr Provisional
Coycr-m mt, after which the brother decided 10 ra-
turn ard look after ms Interests.
The United States has no Consul i'm this part Of
Peru, but American citizens hayo great interests
bcre-much greater than thr subjects 1i ENGLAND.
italy, Germany and the trcuch Republic, which
have Cou,u.s in isl1y, Are QuIpa and IuEO.
Pierola ~ without 20 following. save in four
districts and ~ is only question OF tmo as tn his
disappraraucc rom the political horizon. ho pco-
ule iI nov, seeing hm in bis true l.Lt The Ctili
ans have been guilty Of great piece OF vandalism
IA pula Lng The National Library of Peru. MANY of
the NoIhS were 81 B,tHI aut.NulIl, ana thty are
now entirely lost as the soldiers were allowed to
carry of Whatever thcy wished. Occasionally one
buys groceries wrapped IN the pages of some old
Greek or Lain book that was published centuries
ago. or N rare prints relating to Peruvian autiqui-
ties Monuments have been taken down and shipped
to Chill anu all pictures and works Of ar, belonging
to Peru have been sent 20 the same destination,
when thoy could be found. There Is one beautiful
monument, communicating the defeat of the
Spaniards in 1867, that has been allowed To remain
intact, as Chill and Peru were allies during that
demanded fht te-
cause on some occasion she had failed to salute the
Spanish flag and when Chii refused TO apologies
spain declared war. IL was trumpcd-up war en-
ilely as no ior it existed. Peru Ut once came