Word: peruvians
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...following points were contained in the Peruvian brief...
...That Peruvian citizens should be reimbursed for their property left behind in their flight from Tacna-Arica...
President Augusto B. Leguia, hav-ing failed to attract American capital into his country overnight, has reverted to the last resort of the disappointed politician - muckraking. He accuses the Guaranty Trust Co., of Manhattan, of throttling Peruvian loans...
Unless the Peruvian Government or the Guaranty Trust Co. cares to issue further statements, the charges of President Leguia will be dropped without official action by Washington. The State Department hopes, however, that Senor Leguia will not renew his protest as, in that event, the U. S. Government would be obliged to issue a reply to his allegations...
...located in the Andes Mountains near Arequipa, at an altitude of eight thousand feet. Throughout a large part of the year the astronomical conditions in this high altitude are excellent, and the astronomers working at Arequipa have secured more than a hundred thousand photographs of southern stars. During the Peruvian summer; however, in the months from December to March, a heavily clouded season prevails. The continuity of the photographic record is then so badly interrupted that it has now been decided to test other sites in the hope of finding a favorable place that may be occupied during the cloudy...