Marble Hill press., 1921-09-09
~ Joss DICKINSON SHERMAN.

o. Jors DICKINSON srIRMAs
">llis l. ths e,uienary u the lnis-
E%uAsucs q Feri and Peru has bFya
celebrating tho aHn'rrsary vi'h E-m9
ami eireuustancy ~ - capital. t4ns.
aud els"~lrr. Virtually all tie lead.
- tns nations of Ito world we'll 80
.attsZN the smaller oaes wsrs Invited TO paf.
~ ~ ueiIats In the cslsbratan. Most of
a. ~ them accepted and tacA pan.
80 fvt The tnltsd states ..nt the battle
NSI-yyNv ships uklaAogna ami Arizona anf q
w. 4 a-ciai embassy headed BY Aisr'
<J ~ Douglas Trzncs. italy and spain al
- sent haitisshir.. the French en-.
t@s., inrlsdsd u~nsrsl ManE'n. ti-~ defender II
Nsryiun Grra, Rritsin cent Ten. Lord bund"1ald
Erxnasou q that t.srd Cochrsns who played 50
large a rart IN The tt-ratiou q Peru Argvn'ins
s~at twu hsuisshlps embassy snd resiu'eat
% srrusaisrs the untitionI Descendants u ths
troy. ahleh ncvosapaElci oen. JOSS Sc san Mar
en-. rsrw's Nbsfat.r Eishts~a nations ssnt en-
q esse. and thrtssa ethsrs ssnt si-~etsl missions
Possibly the principal feature ot the celshFs's'n
wss the uurviiins q equestrian s'a'ae - t'sa
Io~s De San Martin. ans $50. TIE Argentine
iseasr ~ho ~ss the le~diHs nsuts In the campaign
for rsra's thdspeaoeucv san Martin vas t"fa
in Ars~atiUs ant ssrvcd ia sVaia AsHlas' TIE
rrwarh tirc isiil. attaining the runk of leuisa-
Ant eulvast "a lSlZ lie wvht 10 Husuo@ Aires snd
iolasi TIE latricss vho declared Arssntinss lnde-
rsodsnrv fl Istd lie tli sOmsthlnE nsw Ia
ssr'ftrs 81 the stsni.h ln rrru ~ marchlss over
TIE ARies - chile lie teeilnsi th~ oShes et
s1Ereras dirretps = chile after his marrh resulted
In that rvuEtrys frysia~Tt After his etfsstiaas
haf saa IIua - ua. pr,.s.sir5sd supreme rr'~
tsrtar = Fsru Hs resigned 'he otnev 90 lS-- and
tt.sa D. farfEsf tart So South American aGatrs
nurtng the celebration ths Peruvian sovrrnmsat
ts.4syi asefvv through Fr,sitssst L".atH prnvid-
ips fgr the ereyftau n LlaA u iaaaaG3sui to
O.ufks Nsshlugtuu
a froa.l u s1rmsaary ei,lsepship and tn view
cf fhe tact that TIE pollttca emancipation of the
tufts,i stRtrs shs the fuErr4nncT q the lnArp~a-
dsarr ot tho iI!sI Aueficau nations"
THIS aet3ou 4 thr Peruvian suteruurHt ls we'll
tskvu AMI The is.-Fes l. based ou historical truth
TIE suere=s - TIE Amvriraa Revolution - lITd
srd thai u FFaHeu - itsp encouraged b. hoprs
Of The HJstsaau Ane rteaA patriots who Wsfe
dreaming - lshvr'y. These hovcs cevams brighter
.ig up"a The coagass, Of spain ~ fraaSs IN
lsu7-S
Narrower the constitutions Witch we're formed
In ss,uth America darlns thc prutruciei strusst"
fsr Eaasp-gArure from Spain were often notsied
ep,a the Cuustltustou u tho United States, II is
true however that since iSS constitutional dsFel-
eqnsent ln South Angrira IN general has heen
away frusgi the North American federal Idea and
toward tt~ spcaiivst uuitaFy system 10 which
tsrrs rp,wsr~ nre vested In the national govern
rn.Qt ln fact AZ rrcsent ell n" south American
,,,nstltutae. are more or less military, With the
x,.,tter NJ tha~-. ~ the Argentine Republic. IRA
wsl and ysneSaea
In the beginning Spain entrusted the government
<s spaalsh Anefta a. sg-s-la assnts of the throne
called vtcsrpyx and captains general Thus Tn IT'S
thew we're three ylrrToys tn South America. On"
IN prrata euasrilesi the northwest the vr"rcgalty
of Sew Grenada s@c"ua tn Ru"nos Alr"s con
trcllsa the southeast the yc~Fnya'v "f la fiata.
Tn. third In Lima controlled large part OF the
west. the viceruyaiy nf Peru. pH" captain gen
Srul controlled Chile and another Venezuela sr@'
MI was Portuguese territory. frru was the center
of Spanish power. So when tn" provinces oesah
- hrpnk away from spain II was those at a dis
tnpre frusn Peru that first became rive
yvnsxus,a vas the nrst II the Spanish American
rolttml divtsloas 10 declare It's independence from
Rpa,n. In 1911 After the patriots under Simon
Hcl,var had defeated the royalists state known
=. Great Colombia was established In the north;
"a isssO n broke into three states; Venezuela,
Colombia and Ecuador
In fSis the United Provinces OF La Plata--the
historical anteceient Of the Argentine Republic
-sdoeted a declaration Of Independence. Then
carr. Peru and Bolivia. ny 1891 there 10
snanlsh America nine independent states: Ven
arnals Colombia Ecuador Peru, Bolivia. Chile
paraguay. Uruguay and Argentine. Since then
the history OF these independent states has been
marked hy many revolutions and fietatorshIps.
since Lima was the center Of Spanish power In
America, the Independence of Peru was essential
To the continued Independence II the free states
Sow In Peru although the Crroles tAmerican born
scsr,arss, we're dissatisfied the bulk OF the pop
.,s,inr wss not dlsloyai UprisinEs in 1871 and
ss,a resulted only in the defeat and execution Of
the leaders stil, In isi7 Gen. Joaquin de la