PRESIDENT RESIGNS.
Successful Revolt in
Peru.
NO FIGHTING TAKES PLACE.
(Received 12 noon.)
LONDON, August 25,
A message from Lima, Peru, states that Senor Augusto Leguia, who has ruled Peru under a virtual dictatorship for eleven years, has resigned and fled towards Panama aboard a cruiser.
A military insurrection started a week ago in Southern Peru and spread like ■wildfire under the leadership or Colonel Sanchez Gerro. There has been no fighting at Lima, but four citizens were killed.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXI, Issue 201, 26 August 1930, Page 7
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