Word: leguia
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...Santiago, Chile, there was no celebration-naturally. But in Lima, Peru, fireworks popped, cheering citizens snake-danced. Regiments smartly parading with blaring bands were reviewed by small, snapping-eyed President Augusto B. Leguia, indomitable dictator, famed "Bantam Roosevelt...
...servants are "indentured," that all can do as they please. He also learned that Senor Gonzalez-Prada wanted a servant. Thereupon Cornelius left the Poindexter household, went to the Prada household. Vexed, used to her own way, Mrs. Poindexter had her husband complain to President Augusto B. Leguia of Peru. Eager to please, President Leguia ordered Senor Gonzalez-Prada to return Cornelius to the Poindexters. Senor Gonzalez-Prada thereupon, last week, cabled his resignation, saying: "The orders contained in your cablegram are unjust and I shall not carry them out." He suspected the Cornelius episode had been used...
Brave President Leguia raised a hand in protest...
...great an impression did this display of character make on the people of Peru, that in his 13 years as President since then no one has ever again asked President Leguia to resign. Character Day became a national holiday not without the Leguia approval...
Proving last week that his character was still as lofty as ever, President Leguia issued a decree placing a tax of 50% of the selling price upon all foreign publications not of a scientific or cultural character...