The Archive · 1941

Peru to Pay Indemnity To Riot Victims

100,000 Pesos to Be Part Of Total Amount Tokyo. Mar. 17.

With an outlay of funds totalling 100,000 pesos, the Peruvian government has begun settling the claims of victims of the anti-Japanese Lima riots which occurred on May 13 last year, the Board of Information announced at noon today.

According to. an official report reaching the Foreign Office from the Japanese Legation at Lima, the Peru-vin government has completed the procedure for payment of solatium amounting to 100,000 pesos as part of the indemnification for the riot sufferers whose damage already has been assessed.

This was confirmed by the Peruvian Minister, Dr. Ricardo Rivera Schrieber, who under orders from his government informed Mr. Taѓo Terasaki, director of the Foreign Bureau, those victims where losses already have been assessed have been completed. the communtque added.—Domei.

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