Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-08

and We decided TO try l.. We put up our
steel towers. ard the results have proved
that the Germans We're wrong We ere
nov sending messages rISNt over the high
andes down TO our wireless station at
iGUiios on the Amazon river. We are
sending messages 20 different places IA
The high mountains. and even northwarG
to Panama and direct 10 New York. We
have not only done that. but we have
sent messages right OYER the Andes and
across the whole continent 10 Eio Janeiro,
ahC we have gotten messages from ships
coming into Rio. We received such
message from a German steamer only a
few days ago The steamer had not yet
,arded at Rio, but il announced its conf
Ing 70 orr wireless station OF the top
of San Cr;stobaL We have III fact, ire
whole OF South America now accessible
TO that station .
What is the condition of your people
as far as advancing civilization IS con-
cerned? Are the masses including the
Indians. becoming more enlishtened?"
Il think SO, said President Billing
hurst The people are advancing far
more rapidly than the educated classcs
Of Peru realize. our lahoring men arc
beginning to think for themselves and
10 make their demands upon their en-
0loyers. | have men here every day
from all parts Of Peru. bringing in
grievances Of one kind or another. Theg
know that | sympath3ze with the labor
ing man, and they look for me to stand
between them and their employers. M
deed. they have so much faith in ms.
desire TO help them that | fear soinss
times to redress their grievances. The
trouble is that when they get back home
they cannot distinguish between lihert,r
and license and they are liable TO COM
nit outrages. believing that | Will Uphold
them. You see We have here a nation
Just in the making, and many of the
people % our lower classes are begin
ming for the first time to feel free. 80
4 =
Il am Interested in the welfare OF tie.
poor man" continued Senior Billinghurst.
/ want to see him have better home.
higher wages and a square deal. Among
the other things that J an. doing here Ia
Lima Is the building Of some model
homes for our workmen. We are making
them of concrete and they are much
more sanitary than the ordinary dwell
ing" -
Does Peru want immigration"
asked. a..
Yes" replied the president hut not
such immigration as is going to take
away the work from its own people
Our Asiatic la Dor has not proved 70 te
a success. The Chinese do not work,
and the japanese are too independents
and they want to work for themselves.
Just now we have more labor than
we can use right here in Lima, ana
our people are going to Chile. ! should
like to see them stay here. and with
the introduction of foreign capital We
ought to have plenty of work Tor
every one in Peru. Our people make
good workmen. The laborinS classes
of the high Andes are efficient. ana
even the wild Indians make exceilent
hands Just now we are having quite
an awakening among the taboring men.
A month or so ago a delegation or
Chilean laborers came here and dis
cussed socialistic and other questions.
They were wei received, and upon
leaving they asked some of our people
to go back and make speeches in Chile.
The laborers applied to me. and sent
about twenty of them there They
made speeches all over the country "a
favor of fair hours and fair wages
and the rights of the laboring man
what are the relations oe Peru 20
the United States?" ] asked
They are of the very best nature
replied the President OF Peru, and We
believe that the friendship of the two
countries will grow closer and closer.
You are rich In money, and We are
rich in mines and lands We can help
each other"
FRANK G. CARPENTER.