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 in the U. S.
He charges that the Guaranty Trust warned a "big New Orleans corporation" against undertaking extensive developments of the port of Callao. Washington officials report that a concession for these works had previously been granted to a French concern.
Unless the Peruvian Government or the Guaranty Trust Co. cares to issue further statements,...
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