The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1921-07-25
PERU BROKE BONDS
OF SPAIN CENTURY AGO
South American Republic Observing
Anniversary Of lndepend-
ence This Week.

SHNS 'H'o FFS~Ns
Lima, July '25 Peru the one.time
bu wark OF Spanish power and DONNA
ton in the Southern continent today
stands on the threshold Of the Tooth
anniversary Of its Independence. .r
During the week Of July "a TO 81 the
land whore once the Incas ruled will
celebrate the centenary of its freedom
from Spain. Virtually all the leading
nations of the world and great many
OF the smaller ones were invited to
help Peru commemorate the event and
the majority OF them accepted The
United States sent two bait eships
carrying commission.
There will be exhibitions of domes-
tic and foreign manufactures, diplo'
mate receptions and ceremonies, In
GLIDING the upveiling Of an equestrian
tatue of Jose de San Martin, the Arg.
entine General who played leading
part in the liberation not only Of Peru
but OF other South American countries.
II was on the 2Sth Of July. 1921.
that Genera San Martin, father Of his
native country and of Chile, declared
the independence Of Peru from Spanish
rule and sovereignty. Since the be.
ginning OF the Nineteenth Century,
the ideas Of liberty grown out of the
American Revolution had resulted in
the independence OF Venezuela, Arg
entna and Chile from the Spanish
rule,and in Unsuccessful movements in
Peru. The former countries obtained
their Independence but Peru remained
subject to Spanish domipation.
! knowing that their ! berty was en-.
dangcred as long as this situation pre-
vailed, the Southern countries Of South
America decided TO hep the Peruvian
lpatriots to .obta n theirs, and an ex-
spctlltion Of 1000 10 5 900 80 diers was
lorgan zed in August, 1920 by General
10 c de San Martin on the coast OF
Chile.
Transported by feet commanded
by Lord COchrane. hero OF the Chilean
independence. II landed near P,sco.
Peru, 100 miles south OF Lima, the
capital, in September 1920. Greeted
by the Peruvian people as liberators,
they found a propitlous field and. after
several mil tary operations, San Mar
tin and his army entered Lima and pro.
claimed the countrys independence.
The nation then with the same
courage which characterized its resist.
ance to the conquest OF Spain set a.
bout to make sure. forever that in
dependence On the nlnh OF Deem
Der. 1924, in, the bate Of Ayacucho.
the Peiuyians DECISIVE y defeated the
forces OF the Sr1inisb, king and gained
for Peru the sosnltP9 which ne
desFed Sec ely this battle was the
sigasl for H.. o,hcr South American
countries, which II quick succession
cast off the Spanish yoke.
Since then Peru has followed a ra-
pid and upward process. In the past
40 years il has reached considerable
development, Which may be apprccia-
ted by theifollpwmg ngures. In 1881.
the foreign commeTce OF Peru amount
ed to S2.50O,0Qp. In 1901 it reached a
total of S2t0oGoOo aud in 1919 it was
$39.000.000,, JB4.t.. t,.
North AMERICANS have been OF no
small impo, lance in the commercial
progress OF PcSu. In 20 years the com,
merce between Peru and United States
has progress from less than s45QQg9
to over $2u 900 900 IN ,l9l9,a North
American capital has helped TO deyel
op the country's RESOURCES American
banks have h0en also welcomed there
and are now very niece sary part OF
the nat on's finances.
The navy oil Peru is being roorgan.
lied and trained by an American Naval
Commls ion Aviation has been en-
Enthusiastically rece we'd Planes and
pilots having been imported from the
In ted States
In education Americans have like
wise taken the lead ar arc roarrang-
.ng Peru sytem OF Instruction. a
North American company has prepared
y ans for the sanitation OF 80 cities, In
which are GUIDED the capital of Lima
and The principal seaport Gallo.