The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-05-29

money sent to Paris to be deposited to
Caceres' private account there. Such
actions created a strong antl-CacereS
party, and Pierola came back to run
for president. Caoeres was afraid Of
him, and having concealed some guns
on Pierola's estate, sent sc, d:ers to find
them and charge Piero' a with tre-son.
This was done and Pierola was brou hit
to Lima and here confined in the pl,ac'.
One day a French lady friend called
upon him. She was admitted. She
changed clothes with .PieI ola in his cell,
and when the guards came In later on
they found that Pierola had passed
out in her clothes, and that all that
was left of him were his brown whisk-
ers lying on the fo or, where they had
dropped when heahad cut them off.
HOW PIEROLA FOUGHT
Pierola fed to the mountains, raised
an army and declared war. He fought
in the mountains for some time, and
months later, in 1895, appeared before
Lima with $500 men and dared Presl-
dent Caceres to come out and fight
him. Caceres had 1000 soldiers, but he
fortified the city and remained inside.
One morning at daybreak Pierola broke
through the guards, and, with his
troops, made his way right up to the
front Of the palace. There was an en-
gagement, and he was driven back
block or so to the square of the MERGED
church. Here he tore up the pavement
and made barricades. He put his can
non in the church towers, and for three
days Lima was filled with fighting SOL
diers. The stores were all closed. The
people did not dare to venture out on
the streets, and such as showed their
faces at the windows were fired at by
the Caceres soldiers. Caceres was not
at all popular with the people, and
many of his officers were shot from
the second STORY windows by these who
sympathized with Pierola
At the end of the third day the for
eign legations took the matter in hand,
and told CacereS the revolution must
stop. Pierola's men said they would
cut the water pipes and fire the town
if Caceres did not abdicate, and, be-
tween the two, Caceres was forced out
Of office, and a provisional government
appointed until an election could be
had. At this election Pierola was cho-
sen president by an overwhelming ma
jority. This was about two years ago,
and he has still almost two years to
serve. When he goes out one of his
men will probably take his place,
though I am told that Caceres is now
in Buenos Ayres plotting how he may
| again get into power.
H..
| Peru is one of the richest countries on
the face of the globe, and today the
Peruvians are comparatively among the
poorest Of peoples. 1 say comparative
ly, for they have been so wealthy that
what seems poverty to them would still
be riches to others. By the Peruyians
I mean the aristocracy and the ruling
classes. The people who own Peru are
chiefly those of Spanish descent. Some
OF THESE are crossed with the Indians.
but the chief property holders and the
men VINO nave now and have always
mad the cream Of the country are the
pure whites. These are very few. No
where In the world will you find such
a condition as has always existed in
this country. There are in Peru about
3,oo0Ooo people, or about as many as
1 in the Greater New York. Of these 81
per cent are pure Indians and about
70 per cent are of mixed races, coming
| from the union Of the Indians and the
negro ex-slaves and of the Spaniards
and Indians Not one man in five is
pure white, and of these whites there
| nave Always been select few who
have practically owned the country.
The story Of Peru and its Spanish
owners shows how poorly the Spaniards
are fitted to govern a people or build
up nation. The story Of Cuba is not
a new one. When Pizarro came here
and conquered the Incas he found :
high state of civilization. Peru was
then supporting population of from
ten to twenty millions. The Andes
We're cultivated to their tops, and
what Is now largely desert was by :
system Of fine aqueducts and canals
rich farms. The masses of the people
then, as now, worked for their rulers
but the laws were such that every one
was well fed and housed, and by q sys.