The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-17
PERU WANTS SALUTE
FROM u.s.. WARSHIP
Special Commissioner Should
Apologize for McAdoo'>
Failure to Land.
WOULD CALM POPuLACE

LIMA, Peru. April 27.-when tho aero.
gram reached Lima on April 20 tina, the
United states cruiser Tennessee. bearing
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo ana
the members Of the American cornmis.
sion. would arrive here on SUNDAY
April 20. the population received the
news with great Joy. Preparations wer,
Immediately begun for a splendid pro.
era Of festivities. The Government,
the banks. the merchants, the diplomat.
the authorities and the public generally
mad determined to celebrate the arrival
OF the commissioners. a visit which was
destined to tighten the bonds OF frien nd.
ship and trade between Peru and the
United States.
When the news came that the Amer.
lean delegates had resolved not 10 land
owing to the fact that they had received
information that there had lately been
several cases OF the bubonic plague In
Callao and It's u the feeling of re-.
sentiment was general and profound.
This feeling has since been somewhat,
allayed. but the action OF Secretary Ne.
Adoo Is still generally censured.
President pardo upon learning that tho
Tennessee had sailed out OF the harbor a,
the very time that the most important
men in the city were gathering at a
luncheon arranged in honor OF the
| Americans expressed the greatest veya-
ton. The short landing which Mr.. Nc.
Adoo made. at which he offered explana-
lions for his failure TO accept the hos
pitality OF Peru. in no way altered tho
feeling of public displeasure.
blow to FriendIineas.
Irritation was so great that tho ~.
tremely friendly feeling OF Peruvians
toward the United States and the Amer.
leans undoubtedly suffered a severe blow.
The Tennessee left Callao before this
public feeling OF vexation had an oppor.
tunity to manifest itself. Fortunately
an aerogram was soon received from Mr..
McAdoo containing explanations and eN-
pressions of regret and saying that ~
and the commissioners had n most kindly
feeling toward Peru. Its Government ard
It's inhabitants. This aerogram had
some effect in diminishing the resent
mcnt which was felt when the delegation
left. but to-day the opinion is that the
Americans committed n great and irov-
cusable error IN ssumng the line OF con
duct which they followed
Inc keteTdl OplIlOrl IL lnVt tUfN Sl'Alf
have adopted one OF the two following
courses OF procedure
On receipt of information of the w.
satisfactory sanitary conditions ~ Ct'-
lao they should have cabled from Val
paraiso. their last previous stop. or
should have sent an aerogram hcfora
arriving at Callao, stating that because
Of the presence OF the bubonic plague
the delegates would not land AZ Callao
Then all preparations would have been
avoided and ,he feeling OF resentment
would not have taken root.
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