Word: peruvian
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Dates: during 1920-1920
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...misinterpreted and mistrusted by the people of South America. The prevailing idea seems to be that the United States purposes to maintain a predominating position in this hemisphere by means of the Monroe Doctrine. For this reason, the recent statement of Dr. Carlos Gibson, until recently secretary of the Peruvian embassy in Washington, is most gratifying. He declared that he had discovered that it was the "thought of brotherhood, of mutual help and benefit, which was the keynote' of this doctrine...
...Peru as a representative South American nation) be allowed liberal credit in buying commodities from other countries. Since England and Germany before the war were liberal in regard to credit and the United States wished to conduct business on a strictly cash basis, it is only natural that the Peruvian trade should have gone to the former countries...
...During the war, of course, the Peruvian trade went to the United States; and, at least until England and Germany have recuperated sufficiently to compete on equal terms with her, the United States will continue to monopolize her trade...