AMAZING DISCLOSURES

Evening Post, Volume CXXVII, Issue 1, 3 January 1939, Page 9

AMAZING DISCLOSURES

OFFICIAL PERUVIAN METHODS

DELEGATES SPIED ON

(By Telegraph—Press Association—Copyright.} . NEW YORK, January 1. X. Cabling' from Chile, the special ' correspondents of the "New York Times" who covered the Pan-Ameri-can Conference in Lima declared that the conference functioned under.' an amazing dictatorial regime of cen- ■ sorship, intimidation, and spying. The Peruvian Government not only tried to control newspaper correspon- i dents, but censored and spied on tha ■ delegates. Secret service agents were found one ' night searching the offices of the American delegates while the delegates -.' were attending a banquet in their, honour. '■ ■ Peruvian pressure reached its climax when the Government falsely issued an "official statement" to the Press that the delegates had unanimously agreed ' to sign Argentina's modified solidarity >' agreement. The delegates refused tb * be stampeded and the statement was < contradicted. The correspondents then went on td' , describe the censorship, spying, and pressure to which they themselves ' were subjected. At Lima on the open- ; ing day of the congress it was like a ' scene from a Nazi rally. Thousands of' ~ swastika flags were flown, and there' ' were more Italian and Japanese flags* ■ than those of the American republic* , Throughout the conference the Gov- ■• ernment-controlled Press gave promi.nence to attacks from the totalitarian , States. '