The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1892-01-17


| points out that when CArcano resigned tn
Postmaster Generalship. he left deficit
| $4,000. 900: that Ojeda, the former Postmaster
| General left deficit OF S850,0O0; and that
| whom D'Amico resigned the Governorship o
Buenos Ayres. defalcations were discovered 4
| the amount OF $4,000 in gold. One nigh
60 on. he says. multiplying such Instances
| but TO what end. since no native deianlter II
ever punished In the Argentine2 What has be
come Of Carcano, Ojeda. DAmico, Celman. ant
| the rest9 Arethey pininR 10 solitary conhne
ment2 Not @ bit Of 1t. They are riding or
prahcine steeds. dhshing hither and hither II
gorgeous eouipages. recruiting their wasted
energies on their magnificent estates, Of
travelling in Europe. America. or Palestine.
Can anything arrest tho growth Of the can
Ger which poisons the whole system Of Argen
tine adm Illustration federal and provincial? Mr.
Turner Ia evidently inclined to doubt whether
any regeneratlve measures likely to be under
taken will provo fruitful. He admits. indeed
that many persons in Europe believe an hon
est native administration to be possible: that
mere change OF Presidents will bring about
results little short OF miraculous, reattract the
immigrant, recover the scattered millions OF
gold. raise to par value tho enormous mass
OF rag money, revive commerce. reanimate In.
dustry. replenish the exhausted treasures, 70.
store the banks. and, in word. bring back tho
forfeited good namo OF Argentina That this
dream can never be fulfilled. Mr.. Turner deems
conolusfvely proved by the history OF the
Pellegrini interregnum. Such an oppor-
tuntty for the regeneration Of the po-
litical and economical organization OF
the republic a. was offered to the Union
Ciptca by the overthrow Of Celman and his
party never presented itself before and never
will again. The people were ripe for change.
Ten years Of misrule. interrupted BY spurts Of
false prosperity. had reused the spirit Of every
honest man In the country. and every such clt-
izen and every foreign resident would have CO.
operated in regenerative measures. The
Union Cioico. however. missed its opportunity
and driftcd into petty squabbles. disgusting
its most jealous and most powerful advocates.
Del Vale. Nitro. and Irigoyen have withdrawn
from active politics. and. the field having beeh
abandoned to tho struggles OF numberless fac
lions. tho end. In Mr.. Turner'S opinion. is
bound to be triumph for the Roouistas.
whose programme Is that OF Celman.
Carcnno. and their crew. The feeling
OF tho resident foreign community with
regard to the possibility Of an hon.
est native administration is exemplided by
the significant fact that. when the project
OF the new bank for tho Argentine nation was
put forward. the Camara slndical de Ia Bolsa
offered to provide the whole OF the necessary
capital. provided native Aroenines tcere excluded
from the administration Of the bank. Obvious as
Is tho inference. to be drawn from this circum-
stance, Mr.. Turner docs not mean to aver that
in the general belief there are no honest ma
tives. There is loyal. patriotic. educated.
travelled. but not very numerous class Of Ar.
Rentines who mourn tho fate Of their country
and sorrowfully invoke the shades OF Rivsda-
via. Sarmiento. Belgrano. San Martin. and the
proud and honest heroes Of tho war Of inde-
pendence. and who bitterly deplore the ALL
pervading mercdntilismo. the evil spirit OF GU
pidity which sits enthroned like an incubus
upon the conscience Of almost every Argen-
tine to whom authority. power. or the handling
Of money is intrusted.
The author Of this book believes that the
solution Of the Argentine crisis is not to be
looked for from the native Argentine. much
less from European commissions. whose at
tempted Intervention would only provoke o
bitter and sanguinary revolt II the crisis can
be solved at all. It will be. In his judgment, by
the foreign residents OF Argentina Ho thinks
that q Government composed Of such men as
TornQuist. Mailman. Bemberg. Drabble. Hale.
Bertram. Dreyfus. and Wanklyn might &C.
unaided native would not achieve in mil
lennium. A Cabinet Of Ministers whose names
were guarantee to Europe and America
Of fidelity. ability. and singleness OF
purpose would at once restore conf
dence and turn tho tide OF immigration.
The suspicion and hostility which would be
provoked by European commissioners would
not be aroused by such old foreign residents
% Mr.. Turner has mentioned. because their
names are already endeared to the Argentines.
bound up In tho annals Of the republic and
associated with the best times Of prosperity.
The authors conclusion Is that the holders of
Argentine bonds. instead Of proposing Euro
pean commissions. which would never be &C.
,epted. should turn their attention In the only
direction from which solution OF the crisis
may possibly proceed. and press for the repeal
of those clauses in the Constitution OF theAr-
zentine Republic which. whilo permitting tho
foreign resident to make the natives fortune,
prohibit his showing him how to keep It.