Year: 1868

Acts of the New Governmens-EngIish Mo.


nopoly In Peru-Condition Of the Country.


LIMA, Feb. %, 1858.


During the last week the government has been
actively engaged In beginning the work Of retrench
ment While the last revolution In progress great
many young men left their occupations and joined
Cansecos standard receiving ct their entrance into
the service rank and command. But Canseco
very prudently stipulated that these ranks should
only be nominal and that the confirmation Of the
government would be necessary to render them legal
Now he is engaged in paying or this class Of ind!.
viduals and despatching them to their respective
homes. This measure not only rids the army
list Of number of useless dependents, but at the
same time causes number Of persons to return to
their legitimate pursuit. whose loss, In small popu-
lation like this would be very sensibly felt tn s
measure may create dissatisfaction, and no doubt
has among certain Glass; but no degree Of danger
is anticipated therefrom. Here every gpeck Of
trouble must be taken into account 1t Is generally
understood that the government intend following up
the retrenchment plan with good deal Of energy.
Attention is first to be given to the army, which Is
by far the most important item In the
Peruvian budget, then to the navy and


finally to the civil list. judicious decreasing Of the
expenses In these items would enable Peru to pay
in two or three years the comparatively unim-
portant foreign debts contracted by her. But the
government, while taking this advantageous STEP
is also committing tremendous ravages on the
treasury. BY the decision OF General Canseco the
officers removed by PradO and those who fought
under the fallen Pezet in 1886 are all entitled to their
pay r0m that year to the present time. The Presi-
dent himself was of the first to reap the benefits
Of this law, and the other officers have not been at
who whipped the spaniards and claimed the ma,
tonal honor are not only excluded from these bene
Ing in the ~ in their mary ess from
The project to reduce the army from its present
strength twenty thOusand) to three thousand men
meets with great deal OF support from the news
papers and the public opinion generally, but, very
naturally Is strongly resisted by the military them
selves They say, with good deal Of justice that
here unlike other countries there IS no opening for
men who have already profession and who lack
capital; that after serving their country as they
term It, 1t is the highest ingrattude to turn them
OF to want and misery, and then they threaten the
most sanguinary revolution. On the other hand the
the military organization and would hail with joy the
reduction OF those expenses and the abolition Of
istng for many years In this country.


The probabilities are that the evils and expenses Of
tins force which only serves as basis for all revou-
tionary movements, will drag 1t down, and then
things will really look little brighter for Peru and


1t Is rumored that the government proposes reduo-
ing the duties on goods which destined for the
exclusive u.s. Of the Indians OF the Interior such
be the case VIII be OF very considerable Importance
10 those English manufacturers who by Bkilful man.
agement have monopozed the trade on this coast
and In many instances realized immense fortunes.





sea and land steam service Once an attempt was
made by an American company to establish . line
oil steamers on the coast One little vessel the Pc
rnano, was sent out She succeeded wonderfully; the
captain thoroughly understood his business and the
British company, hearing that this ship was the
Iorerunher OF neet, was uneasy; but after mature
denDeratlon 1t was concluded to buy the little
steamer, and the American owners being offered
twice the value OF the vessel accepted. The ship
passed into the hands Of the English CON-
pany, and " still running. This was the
nrst and only American attempt at opposition here
PradO established an opposition line 70 the English
granting to Peruvian company the OF three
government vessels and cOnceding various privi-
leges TO them. But the Peruvian company having,
In the nrst place, to work with old and damaged
material has not as yeu been SO successful was
constructed are finished and placed upon the line
Will no doubt be very lucrative. This business s
well worth the attention OF our capitalists, and
Americans would find it paying to great degree.
II Peru could only remain at peace for short time
there s no country In the world where capital be
more advantageousy invested, and where labor s
more literally repaid.


Some years since colony OF Germans was brought
out and settled near the head waters OF the Amazon
Ing implements, and the colony now largely in
creased, Is In very prosperous condition. They
raise almost every product known, and send their
crops to Lima. The colony numbers about ive hun
dred. The government proposes to make some very
advantageous ofYers to co0niss, which you viii be
In time informed OF. The government has also
ceedcd In getting 49, 600 600 from the companies
the CONSIGNMENT OF guano to France and Great
Britain, bit large amount OF this must he devoted
to the payment or buck salaries


The country Is perfectly quiet.