Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1890-08-15
THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC.
ITS RECENT GROWTH AND PRESENT CON-


dispatch to New York World of August IL
FORTRESS MONROE, July 30.
Gle that rms out by extravaganza must re-
trieve by parsimony - Dutch Prorerb.
The moon was shining brightly this
evening and its rays sparkled on the
black waters of Hampton Roads. Rear
Admiral ellis, recently from the Brazils,
sat on the hotel veranda at Old Point
Comfort. His flagship, the corvette
Richmond, swung at anchor between the
government pier and the ripraps fort,
with topgallant yards across and the
blue pennant of the rear-admiral floated
lazily below the trucks of the mizzen
royalmast. The artillery band unsteady
discoursed the woes of LA Traviata.'
The moon illumned the antique fortitica-
ton, the dark war ship and the white
beach. 1t was a scene, said Admiral
ellis, that suggested thoughts of the
evenings he passed in the mouth of the
Rio de La Plata during his recent cruise
in South American waters. At great
length he discussed the present situation
in the Argentine country.
1.-The government of the republic"
said the admiral, "has run through i'm
mediate resources in a manner the prod
igality of which is remarkable in politi-
cal history. The seeds of discord have
been terminating too long not to sprout
in open revolt. | have watched the
Nf l,a tI,a
past two years, during my command on
the east coast, and | anticipated that
which has occurred. My acquaintance
at Montevideo and at Buenos Ayres pro-
phesied that the Celman government
would be turned out of power, ard 1t is
rather strange, all things considered.
that the catastrophe was delayed until
the present time.
$40 review the rise of the Argentine
Republic from Its condition of semi-bar-
barity of third of a century ago to the
period of uneXampled prosperity of a
year and a half ago, | will mention some
of the changes and point out the causes
which led to the revolution against Presi
dent Celman. The immense territory
which comprises the republic extends
from the Pilcomay on the twenty-second
parallel of south latitude, which forms
the northern border, to the Antarctic
ocean at the extreme south. The Cor
dillera Of the Andes separates Chill, and
the Atlantic or eastern border is about
$500 miles long. The republics area is
upward of 100000 square miles and the
country is larger than Great Britain,
Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Hun
gary, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium,
Holland, Greece and Turkey in Europe.
The old unknown land called Patagonia
in the old geographical books, is in Ar
gentine territory. The country is rich
beyond computation. When developed
it will feed l00.000,000 of people.
"The wheat grown in the interior is of
excellent quality, and it will soon be
grown in sufficient quantity TO compete
with American grain. Maize, or corn, is
exported in enormous quantities, and so
are hay, sugar, linseed and minor pro-
ducts, while cattle, horses and sheep are
like lOcusts over the face of the land.
The soil is wonderfully rich, generally a
black loan such as you meet in the Miss
issippi bottom lands. | was informed by
authority that threre are 1900, 900 head
of cattle and l0O,000,00O sheep in the
country, the value of which is about
:. 4 !
cattle were slaughtered last year.
"Of course. with all of this natural
wealth, the country was sure 10 rise
from the condition of wildness which
characterized it until long after the time
of Posas. The GuachOs, as the plains
men of the interior are called, ruled the
country in Il savage way until 1852.
Juan Manuel Posas, who was himself
once a Guacho. residing on an epstan-
ciero at Guardia Monte, ruled the people
with the often quoted rod of iron from
1929 to 1852. This bloody tyrant was
the supreme power. After one of the
numerous revolutions or outbreaks
against him were suppressed he murder
ed and ravished from Mendoza to Buenos
Ayres. :, In the latter city he harnessed a
number Of the most beautiful and dis
tingushed ladies of Spanish blood to his
daughters carriage and forced them to
draw her about the streets.
"The civil war prevailed and the blood
of some of the best men in the country
was shed between 1882 and 1861, when
Gen. Mtre won the battle of PavOn and
assumed the government. He was not
a constitutional President: very far from
; it; but he was dictator who was vast
4, Improvement on Posas. DR.. Sanniento
succeeded Mitre in 1865. DR.. Avellanda
) became President in 1874 and Gen. Roca
in 1880. The President against whom
the present revolution is directed, Dr.
, Miguel Juarez Celman, next came in