New-York tribune., 1912-08-25
4 STATESMAN N-SC|ENT|S1
psru's President-E|ec Is Of
English Blood.
uIs GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS
auIllermo Billinghurst Has
Been Active In War, Letters
and Statecraft.
MS GREAT ACHIEVEMENT

n. Peruvian Congress elected the
/ ,,hsr dsy to the Presidency Sehor Gull
,.ru,o Billinghurst ex-MsSor OF Lima,
xso will succeed President Agosto
,.sula on September ~ 1t is said he
o,ss bis election. to certain extent, 20
n. vigorous campaign work conducted
all over the country by the women's
Suffrage party,
President-elect Billinghurst was born
10 AFRICA on July Y, 1sS1. Of English
psrents He received his education I'm
Valparaiso and Buenos AyreS, In 1853
when his family was practically ruined
by the earthquake, he went TO Iqulque
and devoted himself with much success
10 scientific research work.
His political debut dates back to 1874,
when he WIS elected secretary OF
IyouIque province. In that year he pub
ilshed his book on Municipal Legislation
tr Peru which has become the standard
lsock on all subjects all over Peru.
In ISIS he was elected a member of
IPat,sment, and reelected in 1879. He
Is the recognized authority on economic
and social conditions in the province Of
iIadoue, which he has to this day repre-
Isentod In the Chamber Of Deputies
When the war broke out between Chill
,ssd Peru his knowledge of the prov
fnoe was most useful to the government
10 the Organization Of the national de
fnv hot
the theatre of the war.
In 1850 he was appointed chairman OF
the typographical and geographical COM
mission which surveyed the course of the
lDesaguadero River, on the Bolivian bor-
der, and the Andine plateaus, on which
modern forts were to be erected. The re-
cults of his travels were embodied in his
reports, entitled Military Survey of the
Desag aguadero and of the Andesn High
lands" Soon sfterward he was appointed
general In chief of the northern army,
and In that capacity won q great reputa-
ton for heroism.
After the two nations had concluded
treaty of peace at Ancon Sehor Billing
hurst started for IouiQue, which had been
ceded 10 Chill. and helped the Gillian
government To reorSanize the province he
had studied so thoroughly.
His activity was so highly appreciated
By both countries that he was asked to
remain In Iquique as Peruvian Consul.
aud he organized there the Peruvian Be-
neyoient Society, which has founded sew
ersl hospitals and generally systematized
al the welfare work in the new Chillan
province.
In 1885 Senior Billinghurst was elected
Senator and Vice-President of the re-
public. In 1925 he was appointed minister
plenipotentiary to Chill and prepared the
Billinghurst-La Tore convention estab-
lshing the status of Tacna and africa,
two conquered Peruvian provinces ceded
10 Chill the most satisfactory treaty Peru
has ever concluded with former sdYer-
sary In war.
Later on he retired from public life and
devoted himself exclusively to scientinc
research. Several of his books have been
translated into French and German. His
geographical monograph on the province
Of Tsapaca, now belonging TO Chill, is
the most complete which has ever been
written.
On his return to Peru he was elected
Mayor OF Lima and gave notable i'm
petus TO the municipal life Of the capital.
The first measures that were passed dur
Ing his administration provided for the
lrszing OF the old hospital for contagious
disease and OF Chinatown Large avenues
were opened through the congested parts
. Of the city, trees were planted and the
antiquated waterworks replaced by an
!up-to-date system Of filters and reser-
voirs.
: sehor Billinghursts election by the Pc
euvian Congress is merely confirmation