PUTUMAYO HORRORS.
■ AEANA TO GIVE EVIDENCE. By Telegraph—Pre«a Association—Oopyrleht r ' London, January 29. Senor Julio' Arana, from whom the Putumayo Rubber Company purchased its,territory, and who is a local director ,of tho company, stationed at Iquitos, has cabled that he intends coming to England to give evidence before the Parliamentary Committee which is inquiring into the allegations of cruelty against the company. . , > .
Senor Julio Arana, from whom the Putumnyo Rubber Company purchased it 3 territory, is local director of the company, and stationed at Iquitoa, • in Peru. Under his direction are IS central rubber-collecting stations or sections, over each of which is- a "chief."- Each of these holds a list of Indians living in his district, and assigns to each a certain number of kilos of rubber, which must be delivered every ten dnys. This chief is assisted by from five to eighty armed employees, the number varying according to the size of his section. It is nlleged that if tho workers at the close of the ten days brought in less than the required quantity they were flogged mercilessly, frequently mutilated, and often even murdered in tho most horrible manner, their relatives also being made captive.
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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1662, 31 January 1913, Page 5
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197PUTUMAYO HORRORS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1662, 31 January 1913, Page 5
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