Spies, Lies And Threats At Lima

Northern Advocate, 3 January 1939, Page 5

Spies, Lies And Threats At Lima

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NEW YORK. January 1. Cabling froA Chile, the special correspondent of tiie“New York Times,” WW -ieovereil the Pan-American Conference at Lima, Peru, declares that , the conference functioned under an nmuing dictatorial regime of censor- >< WR intimidation and spying. the Peruvian Government not only tried to control the newspaper correit censored their reports delegates, if, J 'Secret service agents were one night ’ found searching the American delegates' offices while the delegates were / < being entertained at a banquet. the Peruvian pressure reached its when the Foreign Minister, Dr. ?if ha - falsel y issued an “official to tho press that the delehad unanimously agreed to sign modified solidarity agreet. ) The delegates refused to be stam- ’ Hided, pnd the statement was contradicted. d| ,Corespondents describe the censorfpying and pressure to which were subjected, and add that Lima on the opening day of the confcrence was like a scene at a Nazi thousands of swastika flags were and there were more Italian Japanese flags than flags of the . Republic. p JftrOUghout the conference the PeruGovernment controlled press prominence to attacks from the ' ’ States. \ ■■V' has been revealed 1 that the proPeruvian Government, violat4|i#^ lomatic immur ?‘ it y. had all the mail opened, delaying de:iSp«fy\: uP t 0 six hours. Chauffeurs allocated to delegates were in Secret I, ; . Service pay. .‘Moreover, detectives ' 'kept a constant watch upon delegates’ ,'