The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-12-04
THE REVOLUTION IN PERU.

An Amicable Arrangement Reached and
Hostilities Suspended.
LIMA Dec. 3.-There was severe firing in the
center of the city between 10 and IL o'clock last
night. This morning an armistice was agreed
upon till midday. The number Of killed and
wounded is unknown but it is not great Much
damage to property resulted. Caceres pulled up
all the pavements in the neighborhood of Boil
var square and barricaded his troops. He is
said to have cannon on house-tops commanding
the palace. The conflicting parties have arrived
at a settlement, and an agreement has been
signed that one of them is to name the members
of a commission to elect provincial President
who shall convoke a general election. This ar
rangement was brought about by the diplomatic
corps, whose good Offices were rendered on Sun
day. and since then have been>in demand ny
both sides.
A Famous City-The Caceres Movement.
Washington Special.
In connection with the announcement that
Caceres has entered the city Of Lima and driven
the government army into its barracks, man
who has lately been in Peru, said:
'In the center of the city of Lima is large
plaza, the old palace that was built by Pizarro
ooU years ago, occupying one SlQe. AT rlRDC
angles with this stands the Cathedral which was
also built by Pizarro, and the archbishop's pal
ace with which a large monastery is connected.
The other two sides of the plaza consist of busi
ness houses two stories in height All of these
buildings are made Of adobe, and the walls are
five and six feet in thickness, so that bullet
not penetrate them The government occupies
the roofs of them all with sharpshooters and
Gatling guns, and has squads of men stationed
in the towers of the Cathedral. If Caceres
had rti1l hao could
but the more bullets he pours into them the
greater the resistance they offer as defenses.
The kilograms this morning announced that he
was camped in the plaza of Bolivar, another
park about six blocks way, from which he pro
posed to attack the government building, in
which the army of Iglesias was concentrated.
Mr.. Buck, the American minister, lives only one
square from the plaza where the fighting took
place. his house being opposite the rear of the
Cathedral. 1t is probable that great many, if
not all, of the houses and stores surrounding the
plaza will be plundered, if not destroyed as the
troops which are under command of Caceres are
nearly all mountain Indians, and, instead of pay
for their services, have been given license to
punder every city they enter.
The origin Of the movement of which Caceres
is the leader dates back to the close of the war
with Chilli. When the Chian army captured
Lima at that time. it set up a government for
Peru of its own choice and then made terms of
peace with that dummy government Caceres,
who was one of the prominent generals in the
Peruvian army in the meantime, fed to the
mountains and has since been carrying a
war against the government which Chilli set up,
claiming that it was unconstitutional, and had
no right to surrender the southern provinces of
Peru to Chilli which were demanded as the price
OF peace. Several attempts have been made to
secure peace, but Caceres has refused to lay
down his arms unless the Iglesias government
would abdicate the power and permit general
election. This Iglesias has refused to do, and
Caceres has continued his operations"