The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1916-05-12
SAYS NJ 'ADOO SNUB
ANGERED ALL PERU
Mining Engineer From Lima
Describes "Visit" as Really
y Slap in the Face.
SCARED OFF BY PLAGl'E
$4,000 Spent Getting Ready
for Entertainment That
Didn't Take Place.

The more RAJ mond Guyer mining
engineer. Of Lima. Peru. lets his mind
dwell ON William Gibbs McAdoo. Sec
gets. Mr.. Guyers estimate Of Secre-
tary McAdoo's diplomatic ability and
common sense is simply unti, for publi.
cation.
Mr.. Guyer has lived in Peru for twelve
years and returned TO this country YES
terday on the United Fruit steamship
Almirante tie says he summarizes the
opinion Of 9o0 American residents of
Lima. Callao and othcr Peruvian cities
when he asserts that the unnecessary
snub Secretary McAdoo gave to the
Peruvian Government and TO the people
or Peru on the occasion of the visit TO
Callao OF the armored cruiser Tennessee
with the International High Commits
sion on Uniformity of Laws did more
to hurt the relations between Peru and
the United states than anything that
has occurred in "A quarter uf a century.
Nj. McAdoo's jiscourtesy to the Pc
ruvians WAS unpardonab,e.' said Mr.
Guyer at the Waldorf Astoria last night
He practically slapped IN the face one
OF the most courteous nations on Earth
when hs took advantage OF a auaran-
tine excuse to avoid being entertained
lie has gotten us Americans in Peru
into fine mess w had just arrived
al the point when peruviaus were be-
ginning 10 think that ". Americans
really liked them and wanted to be broth
erly and were not down there TO grab
flpr la ~ dnlia- uh af h.,
Tennessee and McAdoo and upset all
OF the good work w had been dong
for years.
Tells story OG Visit.
"Al one can hear now in Peru is
the comment: oh. rs just whsi We
expected. We tried to be- courteous 10
the Americanos and thcy gave us a
kick 1t merely shows they have no
manners and do not like US
The story of the Tennesscc's visi,
10 Peru has never been told" continued
MIR GuyeI with the members Of the
International Hign Commission aboard
the armored cruiser arrived at cal.
lao at A. NJ on April % In honor
OF the distinguished Americans u holi-
DAY had been declared In the cities
Callao and Lima were gay with banners
the in,ertwined Rags of Peru aud the
United States. In Callao garden parties
and teas had been arranged In Linn,
Ar elaborate breakfast VAS :" h" served
AZ noon More than lI,noo had ..c.r
spent by the 1'cruviaus getting ready
tc attend the McAdoo party l. was 4
big thing down there and q, was a
mighty important tHus foy the Amer.
can residents
Well tn" Tennessee" dropped anchor
and the port doctor vent aboard III
promptly Informed the captain of tn.
ship and Mr., Mr\dlo. aS was his for.
nal duty, that there w'rc siN eases al
bubonic plague IN calico. Tn" Meade,
party 1romptly dcvolop"d cold fee, Nuv
anybody who has'","r been ia IN" trnufcs
knows that There ~ as little likelihood
oi white mau cctt.ic n" hubou',
plague as there l. of catching lcprosy IL
this city. Besides Mr.. Nchdoo and hi,
companions Nuuld not have been ttker
through back alleys. Where they wou't
have gone was a. safe "a i;iycrsld.
Drive.
"If they had landed az Callao IT would
have meant onlS on. day cAtid quar-.
antlning AT Panama and surely that
would have been a small price tu pay foi
the great honor waiting Tor them r
Peru But. no. sir. Thc McAdoo outh
wouldn't land
We AdOO tOrs Alone.
The Peruvian Secretary of Sia,. ant
our Minister. Benton Mcmillan. Went
aboard the Tennessee and argued In.
matter. pointi;Is out that it might b,
we'll to cable to Washington for instruc
tons and suggesting that the Tennessee
could be taken 10 the healthful port oi
Ancon. ten miles north OF Callao. y,
use Finally the Secretary Of State ana
our Minister gave NJ and wen; ashore.
"Over at Lima, eight miles from Cal
lao, the breakfast party waited in vain
Some Of us Americans who were ther.
slipped away, seeing the anger rising r
the eyes OF our good friends. 1t Was n,
place for US. Then. to our amazcm.ut
Nc \doo came ashN'e alone. buried I,
Lima and had brief chat with Prosi.
dent Jose Parda Of Peru at the Gov.
ernment palace. II h. could land alon"
why not the others? Why couldn't they
have appeared AT tho breakfast and gar,
den party why was II that Mr.. NJ.
Adoo could bcs'ridc the quarantine rsgu
lation and nobody else could? These arc
questions we have been asking ourselyc,
ever since
The Tennessee didn't leave Callac
until =. NJ. After she got to sea Nc
AdoO renewed Ia treslucnt farua by
wireless his excuses Tor failing TO ap
pear at the ceremonial affairs, \ lot Of
good that did The 'eruv'ans knew the,
had been shabb.ly treated and they are
not going to forget il very soon. The
whole thing has set us back immcas
urably. And the cruise OF the Ten
ncssee was for tho purpose, "" were told
OF establishing better feeling
The Peruvian newspapers were more
than nice about the whole unpea san
business. La PrtnSG and RI Concrete
the two papers OF Lima. gave the fact,
merely, without comment. 'ut anybod,
could read the story between the lines.
There were some good Democrats
Wilson men, among the Americans "
Peru before McAdoo came. but IL there.
one left ! miss my guess. They are pray,
ing for u Republican landslide. thought
I was u fairly hot Republican before thi,
happened. Now I'm burning. just burn
ing"
Mr.. GuScr observed .ha. Peru sym
pathizes strongly with the Allies. There
is much pro-Gcrman feeling in Chile
however
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