Foreign News: Seven-fingered Cerro

Because three fingers of his left hand have been shot off, that hand is often clenched Napoleon-like behind the back of Lieut.-Colonel Luis Sanchez Cerro, hard-featured, short-statured leader of the Peruvian revolution which made him

President (TIME, Sept. 1 & 8). Last week, having been photographed in his favorite attitude between Edward of Wales and Prince George (both nervous, they both held both hands behind their backs), and having got their Royal Highnesses safely out of Peru (see above) the doughty little colonel faced two revolutions which burst forth two days later (day...

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