Word: leguia
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...great rallying cries of the Leguia regime has been the advancement of Peru's Indian population. Possibly with the best of intentions small President Leguia has not only made enemies of hundreds of old Peruvian families, by confiscation of their ancient estates, distributing their land to Indians, but he has made enemies of the Indians by forcing them into virtual slavery through his road-building campaign. By the law of Conscription Vial (road conscription) all Peruvians must work two weeks a year on Peruvian highways. Moneyed Peruvians evade the road gangs by paying a highway tax, so do other Peruvians...
President Leguia had signed not only his abdication. U. S. correspondents who had variously reported him fortnight ago as: 1) staging a counterrevolution, 2) fleeing the country on a warship, 3) sailing from Panama on a U. S. liner, knew last week that he was back in Peru, a very sick man and a prisoner...
Continuously since 1919, off and on since 1908, Augusto Bernardino Leguia has ruled Peru. In that time he has raised Peru to a position in South American affairs only second to the potent ABC powers, Argentina, Brazil, Chile. A network of railways, fine roads have been built. The oil and copper industries have been developed. Peru (not all his compatriots regard this as a blessing) has been opened up for foreign capital. With the aid of U. S. diplomats the 46-year-old Tacna-Arica boundary dispute with Chile has been settled. The disadvantages of the Leguia regime...
...Leguia's agents have for years sent him weekly reports?political litmus papers of the public's reaction to his rule. Two months ago, with the successful overthrowing of Bolivia's Dictator President Hernando Siles and his strong-armed Prussian henchman, General Hans Kundt, the litmus turned red. Trouble was brewing in the southern provinces. President Leguia promptly demoted overambitious army officers, closed universities, arrested student agitators. But the trouble spread, the litmus stayed red. One Luis Sanchez Cerro, Colonel of Sappers at Arequipa near the Chilean border, declared open rebellion fortnight ago. In four days, progressing almost without bloodshed...
General Manuel Maria Ponce, a Leguia friend, was placed in command of the revolutionary Junta (military government). Ex-President Leguia and his son Juan fled to the cruiser Almirante Grau, begged to be taken to a neutral port. Other members of the numerous Leguia family scurried to the safety of Lima's foreign embassies...