, 1881-02-17
wotll ltnvp fnrctt badly, NJ tho n,c,tlcnl corps
of tho Peruvian ar,ny Is lamcntably weak
md inefficient.

,ycrc s,trlt os nrn rnroiv ann, mi No., ,,,,,
graphically ttrsrrIhr1 nv Wr f,,,nrlcs n
1laful, tho 1Jnlirn Sfut,& t,onam,or Arr,,t ~
Linn. II cs,u,no,,,icr IN lin ..ttrI,on f,mnr,l,s
Of Foreigners. ot,,l WIN rrmotun NJ his rmst
tlurtua tI,e tntIrc rxc,l.n,,,,,t.
"Stra9elrrs st1I1 mn, ra,l tnto ,to c;tv romo /
s1nu|y. md su,nc In 2ro,,,,s ~ On ~ m,
'rllny wrre us for as nosaihln vnthrrr, n, n,m
at uirhtfull Yrut In i,,o frnni, hui n voo,,n
sc,,su Of tInra1i,,cs, ttn,r nvrr ,bo ritv. nni
tic t,eratfons nnl (,nus,ltntrs iu.ra,, to In
crowded witt, rcfuurrs. feartnp tl,e nlunt1er.
Ing instincts nf theao hungry tiesrrlcrs
"The NIGHT passed. however. in co,upara-
tfyc uuct, md Fri,ny !awmctl ut1 n s1eepess
city, awaiting III brenthEess expectancy 1t
scarcely kI1cw wl'at, but foresce!ng disaster
from e'thef s'ttc. E]Ic Tiny was bright ntl
e'o'ldlcss. md WAS supposed to bn passed BY
liio Respective armies IN caring tOr t'lelr
aeati nhd wounded, THO losses belng heavy
on eltlur sa'lc, but 1t lclnK Impossible yet To
estimate them With any ttrRree Of ncclirncy
"onsaturday. lhc lhth Inst, n committee Of
tho DIPLOMATIC Corps went tn t'oH. l5nlle-
aa''o' Cot'inlander.ili-Cliet Ut tho Gillian
forces nsSt11g that l'e Elso guarantees Tor
tho security of foreign tlle and property iii
ease tllo city wero captured, a1Mt nlso nSk1nE
present. Ills terms to President Plerola Tl1ey
returned. having partly accomplished theIr
mission. and then tin Mln1stcrsuf tlIo UnEtetl
States, France, Germany, England, Italy,
Spiitn Salvador, ntltt tho British nil Frel1cli
Ahintrnls, with tho Cupillliss Ut snlile oil the
lncti-of-war, went together to Mr.: plorola's
Headquarters ut Allratlorcs to lay before
| lin tho terms offered by ten. Da1ncdano,
| and to tnke bnck Ills answer tn the Cl1iIian
| headquarters Mt ChorilfOs. X trllcu llatl been
arrnngetl, ainl Cen 1anNct(ano had not only
| promised not to npen tire until midnight,
! but had given orders TINT my lnntl III Ills
lines opening fire should bn shot down.
THIS I HAVE FROM Ills o,yS LIPS,
1,o 1,o,t roaorro,, ,bo r;cht n o,tor .bo IN
aition NJ ann ~ his ,rtitfrrv n,,l Ind ,Io,,c
tt,fs IN bIs satisfuctto,,. ami wns cooIly
riutpv harE tnwor,Is HI. nv,, lines cnnt,drnt
In tlo sucrr,lness of nn nrmistlce and In the
frna, Tatt,, ri t,,os. wht, to,, al.owc,t tl,,
Diplomatic Corps to come to him IN tho III
turcsts ur pence. This was nt n:a0 u. III.
Ybe Diptomat.s body Ind arrived at Mira
flores, passed through, tic lines OH
the extreme Peruvian right, md reached
MI. l'ipro,a's }tcns,u,,artess at Scheli's htHse,
where he was hrcokfastInr. While waiting
for Him to fiuish to present to Hin tho terms
they had brought from Gen, t}aoucdnna, and
which. NH crc,]ibly Informed, were 1ouor-
nble prouosjtjons such rs Chilli might offer
nui Ieri, accent wi.,.out tlisbouur. fba dceu
| thunder of sfnr!e rl,n frmu t1e Peruvian
rfvht wns ncar,l fo1lowr,l after nm Interval
of n few sccon,is by the lomr rolling sound
Of n ,hn,,sant1 rifles. tic crasl, of battery
aftcr battery Of 1cld-pteccs. and tho occn-
sionai pounding OF heavier artillery
Tur r,,,tAv .uuy r..rx II, s,,nr,,rsr