Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-11

/ Introduce him TO the United atatcs
through thle Interview"
~ would certainly like 10 do co." re-
piled tho minister. He is "a most re-
markabic man. and is. ! believe. one
Of the strongest among the statesmen
the Gen. Grant ~ South America. lie
han shown himself TO- BIZ a great gene
sral. aa we'll az a great president lie
r. ln some respcctH like President Diaz
0f Mexico. but Dinz has won bile way -
Office and prominence by means ~
revolutions although h. suppressed
revolutions after he came into power.
President Hocas life. on the other hand.
has been devoted 60 putting down f.vo-
lutlons and rebolllunH. lie has always
been with the party of peace, progress
and order A. the eame time. he has
bccr fighter and a military hero"
''i91 me something Of hls me-"
Ills career hne been u stirring one.
lie 10 now, I judge. about nfiy-nve
years Of nrc. iie was born ~ good
family ln The city of Tucumln. IN the
northern part of Argentina fIin father
wnu q general under san Martin and
~ such be- fought In the war against
Chile. Gcuornl Noca'r boyhood was
rpont In Tucumnu. Shortly after he
entered bis teens he went away 90 COLI
lego. attending an Institution In the
province OF Nautff AkIHa NNNlNN MAlNF
h. hornn hin college career the war
between Paraguay and Uruguay Brasil
and Argentina broke out. Young TO-
en- ran away from school and entered
the army me- cadet. lie continued In
the army during the five years Of that
war and wna promoted Tor HE bravery
10 the rank u captain. After the war
was over be- went back 10 Tucuman
and from then on occupied different
military HHHfffNum until HH a. fuaf a..
came general. 10 was due % him
th0t the rucriling and elvaFcs Of pnta-
Honia were suhduei thereby opening
up a vast part u our country 70 eottie-
mont"
when was ho elected to the proe;.
dcncy7" I asked.
lie ~ now serving HE sccond term
a. president" replied the Argentine
minister "ite was first elected In
1889. ana served Tor ak years. Accord
Ing 10 our constitution. the president
cannot succeed himself although he
may be- reelected II there IL another
executive term between hla first and
second tenn. President liocn had
most succcsafur administration The
country wna exceedingly prosperous un-
der him.nud u wua not until some years
after h. LETT the presidential Office be-
fore the great panic occurred. There
have bcen two presidents since the
close Of HE nrst term. and he IL now
elected again Tor another aiN years He
took HE seat lu 1885 and hIa term Of
office win extend to the year 1904"
THE ARGENTINE HEPuBLIc ~
1899
what 10 tho condition ~ the Ar
Gsntine republic 90 the present time,
your oNcollencyf''
1T ls IN GOOD condition" replied the
minister I'VE are having some trnu-
bic ne TO our financial matters, but
these viii. think. BE- satisfactorily set
tied. The presidency of General No-
ca IL a guarantee Of peace and order
ana as long aa Argentina han these IL
cannot but grow. We have very
rich country. with vast tracts OF un-
developed land The Argentine re-
public IT, about onc-thlrd the fizo of
the United statoa In many respects
u IL naturally quite az rich 40 the
United staton but u has only about
uno-nftconth az many people, You have
90. 900. 900. We have about 5000 900. and
you see, therefore We have room 20
grow, The northern part Of tho cOun-
Ivy Is IN the somi-tropics and we can
ruleo sugar as chcuply ne any part 81
the world. A little further routh We
have vast wheat nelde. upon which we
raised about Gi.o00. 900 bushels Of grain
In 1895. This was not much more than
what you raised that year.
but, c0nrldorng the difference Of pop
ulatl0n, our product per capita was
more than yours The prospect IL the