REVOLT SWEEPS PERU

Hawera Star, Volume L, 28 November 1930, Page 5

REVOLT SWEEPS PERU

GUNFIRE AND FIGHTING GRAVE TROUBLE IN LIMA SEVERAL PERSONS EXECUTED. (United Press Association—By Electric Telegraph Copyright.) NEW YORK, Nov. 26. Private advices from Lima state that there is grave trouble in the Peruvian capital, with constant fighting in the streets, and gunfire in parts of the city. It is said that several persons have beefi executed by the order's of the Government, and that the Government is holding its own with diffiA strict censorship is being observed. On August 13 it was announced; that President Augusto Leguia, who has ruled Peru under a virtual dictator- ■ :n> for 1 years, had resigned and fled toward Panama aboard a cruiser. A military insurrection started in Southern Peru and spread; like wildfire under the leadership of Colonel Sanchez Guerro. Disorders broke out in the capital after the President’s- resignation was announced. Four citizens were killed. This month miiitarv daw was invoked in Lima and in other cities of Peru. Evidences of revolt were visible at various points m the interior. Several Americans were fatally, assaulted, by striking miners in the neighbourhood of several mines. The United States has- large copper and gold mining interests in this district. which is 15,000 feet about the sea level. British and American women and children were being moved out-of the mining area on November 12. The miners were reported to l h'a-ve •been led in their attacks -top a “white Peruvian woman named Grey,” who shouted for them to “Kill the Yankees and drink their blood.”

Foreigners reaching Lima were considerably worried over the fate of others left behind along; the disorganised small railways, which are not dependable at the best. The authorities assert that the troubles are largely due to Communistic influence among the native miners or Serranos, who are invariably susceptible .to the influences of political Labour agitators.