Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1919-07-10
REVOLUTION IN
PERU SUCCESSFUL
Begins at $500 A. M. and Closes
at 500 p. M.-President
Pardo Deposed

Lima. Peru, July 6. tBy the Associated
Press)-Augusto B. Leguia assumed office
as provisional president of Peru late
Friday and took up his residence in the
government palace as result OF the
successful overthrow of President Pardo
earlier in the day.
Senior Pardo, all his ministers, and
number of high officers Of the army and
navy are in prison, Pardo being detained
in the penitentiary. Virtually no fighting
and no casualties marked the overthrow
of the Pardo government. Leguia is
supported by virtually all the army and
naval forces in Lima. and public opinion
here is apparently behind him.
The revolution began at three O'Clock
in the morning with an attack on the
palace by two regiments of troops aided
by police. BY six o'clock President
Pardo had been deposed and Senior
Legua proclaimed provisional president
The movement was similar to that which
resulted in the overthrow of President
Guillermo Billnghurst on February A.,
1914.
1t was announced late to-day that
President Pardo would be placed on trial
on charges Of having violated the consti-
tuition and conspred against the. institu-
the government, in refusing to obey the
order of the Supreme Court in the habeas
corpus proceedings in connection with the
newspaper FL Tempo, was violation of
the constitution. Another charge against
Senior Pardo is that he attempted TO buy
the votes of members of Congress to
carry out his plans to annul the election
of Senior Leguia as president and place
the candidate of his own party in power.
The inauguration of Senior Leguia as
President, it is said. will probably take
place within two months. The provisional
president holds that he received 10000
votes of the 200 600 cast in the recent presi-
Dental elections,
The Fourth of July had been proclaimed
as a national holiday by President Pardo
Thousands of persons thronged the streets
to-day cheering for Leguia. A crowd as
sembled before the governme nt palace and
called FOR a speech.
| The provisional president, speaking from
the balcony of the palace. declared that
! he intended to organize strong govern
ment on popular basis and increase the
army and navy TO the status they hao
held during his previous term as president
| from 1908 to 1912. He said that he would
defend the principles of justice and right
which triumphed in the great war ano
would associate Peru without reserve WITH
the cause of the allies. He intended, he
said. to extend every faculty for the In
ducton of foreign capital to aid in the
development of national resources.
Senior Leguia in statement to the AS
socate Press said that he had made every
effort TO avoid deposing President Pardf
by force, but that it had become increas
ing evident that conspiracy was afoot u
deprive him of the Office to which he wal
chosen in the recent elections. Money, NJ
said was used freely in an effort to buy
sufficient votes of members of Congress t.
| annul the elections,
Last night, Senior Leguia asserted, N
learned of a plot to arrest him and sent
him into exile, and, a a last resort, n
gave orders to the army chiefs favorabl
ito him to go ahead with their plan Il
overthroy the Pardo government. Seno
Pardo and his ministers, he added, woul'
be dealt with Justly, as he had no persona
animosity against anay member of tn
government.