National Republican., 1884-03-20
UNHAPPY PERU.
The ChllInn Dummy Having Hard
Time of II as Ruler.
Sn,nlnL LeNm.

Special Letter.
CALLAo, PERU, Feb. "a. 4 wrote you some
time ago of the taking of tho city of Gaia
marca by. mountainoer named Puga; also
that ho held the city for q while, and then
returned to his mountains. Well, i heard
some time ago that he had reappearod, and
that the brother of President Iglosias Gen.
fglcsias, with quito number of troops, had
been, sont to put him down. Tho next thing
was simple announcement in tho papers
that Gen. lglesus had returned. Nothing
was said of his troops for the very good reason
that he came back without any, they having
joined Puga aitor he had defeated them. Dr.
Puga ho is now called since his successes.
Tho next ominous fact was that 10 cleo
tiOns were held in the northern departments,
and few days ago came the intelligence that
the ports of Pacasmayo aud Salaverry wcro in
tho hands of Dr. Puga, and that no freight
would he allowed to leave here nor pass
through in transit on the steamers for those
ports. IL was useless for lglcsias to send
more troops against Puga, as that simply
meant re-onforCing him and giving
him arms, so then the Chiliaus made
n mistake. They sent 200 soldiers from the
garrison in Chorrilos on board their gunboat
Angamos and sent her to Saavorry to put
down Puga. OF course before they get there
Puga and his men will be leagues away in
tho mountains, and all they will do is fine,
imprison, or shoot unohending citizens for
having allowed Puga to do the same that they
are doing.
The Chilians are trying to make the world
at large believe that lglesias is not their
dummy, but free and independent prcsi-
dent, and that the people arc supporting him,
and that he ought to be recognized by foreign
governments. which would be equivalent to
acknowledging the Chili-Iglcsias treaty.
I,.g t,
Puga shows the weakness of her dummy,
iustiflos all who have refused to recognize
him, and does herself no good, because If she
had quietly waited three weeks longer con-
gross would have met and ratified her treaty
and her army could have gone home, where
they are not wanted, for the people are hall
afraid that large army of such troops as
! theirs are might inaugurate series Of revo'
lutions.
There are about seventy men in Lima who
claim to bo the regularly elected deputies
1t requires a few moro than IA hundred tC
form quorum but as congress here has
often had TO meet without the necessary
number, thanks to revolutions, those prcsen;
assemble, and then they elect, haphazard
enough more members to make the requisite
number, and proceed to transact business
The world at large would not trouble itsel
as to what kind of congress ratified Chilis
treaty, and Peru will not be strong enough
to successfully rcpudiate it by taking forci
| BILE possession ot her guano and nitrate de-
posits for many years. but if Chilli, by send
| ing armed forces to put down all opposition
to her dummy, forces foreign nations to SET
his impotence and that of his so-called con
gress she can expect no sympathy from otheI
nations when Peru Is strong enough to pay
her back, if she ever is.
/ have just been reading two copies of IL
| NnCud Era, small sheet published in Tru
.illo, where Puga has his headquarters, thu
| Era being his organ. 1t is perhaps unneces
sary to remark that my papers di d not cont
through the mails, being none the less inter
csting for that. One contains lon patriotic
! proclamation, headed, Proclamation. Th
political and military chief of the depart
ment of the north to the people of fETruiill
and all the people of the department of Ii
LibGrtad." In it he announces his adhesion
to the Caldcron presidency aud to Gen
Caceres, as its representatives abuses Iglessa
and the Chilans, and swears to free his coun
! try. He probably thoroughly enjoys abusin
lglesias, as there is bitter vendetta botweeI
the two families. There is also piece O
poetry dedicated to tho "Redeemers," an,
written by Hisriato de Brehom.
The second paper contains most friendl
letter from taceres to Puga, in which he say
that he has $500 well armed men who will
be faithful to the death9 and $4,000 enthu
siastic guerrillas as an auxiliary force. II
also says that Igesias shall fall future tense
without a doubt There is also an inter
cepted letter from Urriola (Chilian) to Ger
Lynch, in which he pictures the suffering
of his men, saying that they are obliged [
sleep on the heights to avoid the stones this
would otherwise be rolled down upon then
He also says that the name of Iglesias is III
known among the people, but that Caceres
idolized. There is q tono to this letter whic
makes one think it genuine, but it ma
simply have been manufactured to suit tn
Truiillanos, MARGUERITE DICKINs