Evening star., 1898-05-28

ment offices of this republic. Soldiers in
uniforms of white duck. with guns at their
sizes. guarded the doors and as we en-
tered the hall we passed by a company of
infantry ready for immediate action in case
OF revolution Additional guns stood in
racks against the walls and my surround
fngs were those of a fortress rather than
country where the people are supposed
TO rule. This is, you know, a land of rev.
oiutions- President Pierola came in after
many months of hard fighting. and in the
houses and churches of Lima you NAV vet
see the marks where cannon balls and
bullets went crashing through. For 6ays
the president besieged the cfty The on
posing factions had Gatling guns trained
upon one another, and they swept the
s'iee'S- Inc dead were carried out each
HioFhlng by the CARLOAD, and there ve-e
eo many dead horses that they were not
ouIIeu' put were covered with coal oil and
mdtcn having been applied were tbI,S
consumed. With the new nresidant p;n
,a III ana the old president Caceres han
roant ~ was peace and Il new govern
ar', rtnt' anu there is peace today The pres
I 81. administration has been IN power for
seseIdi years 1t is more progressive H.,
aIly administration Peru has had for q -
tR, tRu,lou, anu under it the country is steadil1
bs. bpaOsihs. Ihere is an opposition narty
however, and President PieroIa is ,as, piits
souier 10 sleep on his arms He Lsae
d. sioEps oi IN good order. and you find sdI'
almost everywhere present SUI
e'ure of the President of Par,
we went further into the naIacs mo
81 number OF officers in uniform
anu then proceeded through one .n.a - -
n, -, until We came into the Office
oA the Presidents private sacr,+ar, r.
toiu us that the palace m. n-.i,
his were at my disposition and ,ha-
He wsn, ~ would receive me at once
Mr. Neal az; ana @ moment later ushered
,, Sed Hot unlike one of our pnbIic raca
nj IN ~ at Washington. In the center
bandsor,o rUoiil as We entered stood a straight
naIusoHle Nan with an eve az briah. NJ, "
Ia ae oi an eagle. His features vere - I
~ !. ~ ~. ms strong nose and mouth those
Sirb ieIuer @ or men, His forehead was verv
n-sh' ana the white curl which bpne aS senS
upon 1t was twisted about after the uoWh Low,
y! our once American dictator RcssSds ne
,n43hIihg ,3g while his brown WHISPERS 49,
ir hgu alter the fashion of Loufs Nano
seoh- 1t was Nicholas PieroIa tba fp fapo
eouth American statesman general na.;
E iu ieEolutlon1st. the president Of Pr,
years of ars 'uIge; Isets between fifty and sixty
year than the former. He is about 6vs
haa-,sa tee SIX inches In height. but his military
bearing makes him look taller H. @
ur"ssed in a black broadcIotb s,,, ~ was
caineo medallion upon his white tie ua
ba15 bPPu ~ to"dId US as We came in and shook
nsLeS VII WIN me upon my presentation. He
me 10 take Il seat on n sofa and
Wth MS own hands Brought a chair "nu an;
tn wi Wi beside me- He chatted for some
~ atd5 Il.n me as to my trip. and said he
was glad TO have an American ionrnaIist
come 10 Peru. as he felt that his coIntr,,
was @Hds not properly known in North Amer,ca
H,I HDuring me conversation. in which Secretarv
eHI acted as interpreter, his exceIIencv rs
Ierred 10 the wonderful mineral ana 80
cuitural possibilities of Peru He said hat
rs mineral regions had not been caref,IiIv
proSpectetf, that its surface NOS harsiy
scratched and that If it had The nraU y
amount of capital and the right sort Of
immigration 1t would he one of the richest
Suii,Lies ST,o hia Oh me continent Upon my ask
ing ms exceilency how he regarded the in
PRODUCTION of American money. he renlied
tlat Peru would be glad to welcome 90,
-nre ans ans that might come. and that there
were many safe investments here which
would yield profitable return He was
ANXIOUS, ne said, 10 see an increased trajs
See"eeh the sister republics of the United
States ana Peru and hoped that ore Of
the trinsisthmian canals would he nusbsd
70 It's completion with that end in view.
Phe Monroe Doctrine.
During the audience told his exceliency
OF chat had had with President Nc
Kinley just before leaving Washington. in
Which our President stated his anxiety that
the two continents should have better trade
relations and that the business between
them should be greatly increased In his
talk with me President Mckinley stated
his position on this matter in strong terms
saying that the foundation for all such
relations was peace and friendship and
that 1 might state mis- hope that peace
would continue, for without IL business
could not endure President P1erola heart
lily assentcd to this He said he was able to
state that Peru was in a safe and settled
condition. and that he thought IL would
continue So He referred to the Monroe
doctrine. with which he said he was in
thorough accord. saying that the republics
of this hemisphere should support aid and
defend one anothSr in the protection of
their rights as freq governments. At this
point the new minister from Bolivia whose
reception had been fixed to follow mine,
was announced and our very pleasant talk
was brought to close.
The Ups and Downs of n President.
The statesmen of South America have
much more eventfuI lives than politicians
Of the United States. President Pierola. )
career has been one OF romantic ups and
downs. He is the son of famous scientist
and literateur, his father having been
president of a university and a co-worker
with Humboldt. Sir Humphrey Davy and
Or. Won Tschudi the noted Austrian