The Republican journal., 1905-07-13
riff new ARGENTINA.

7rROPOLIS LACKING NOTHING BUT
gABIrANTS AND A REASON FOR
VISITING.
...,i Jurisprudence of The Journal.]
.Fg.\rE, ARGENTINA, June 2, 1905.
r-a at La Plata, astonlShment
-, a climax too deep for words.
lis wilderness, as unknown to
II 5..Jl as at present unneeded, mil
.F dollars have been invested in
"a .nc for a population that has not
..-. born, or has not come across
sens from the overcrowded coun-
europe to Argentina. With
..rs'ed sangulnity and two eyes
.. H'ure. streets, broad, straight
..t paved, have been made and
A palaces have been built-ap-
.y n3thing is lacking but people to
handsome houses and throng
}ghfares. There are several
~ governme nt bui Id ings,
.Nyng whole square, the re-
.Ae space being laid out in
i'.ed with fountains and
lhe Banco de la Provincial
5aIco Hepotecario-the two
ks Of the republic-are both
uI,dlugS as line as any to be
NtW \ Ork or Chicago. They
gray stone, several stories
. imposing entrances and
.tdes, each like the govern
ngS, set in the middle of
.4le. and surrounded by beau
..t drives, wal K S, statues,
u. lowers and poisoning
w The river de la Plata is nine
..ar aud on the side of the city
Is grand park, or pleasure
.. . which thousands of the fav-
-..-yptus trees have been plant
National Museum is in this
used in a structure that for
"a expense surpasses even the
--t museum building of Santi-
3. e. \ circular drive leads up
, Of steps fronting the en-
al very similar to those on
a-s ~.1e of the Capitol at Wash
tl having assembled them, you
self in an immense circular
Ike the old rotunda i'll our
lpitol, and like it, ornament
uted frescoes-only the az
- manifestly haG not the.
tie late Brumidi.
4~ Inmitigated daubs, but in
. cause portraying the Gus
ne aborigines. They repre-
- Indians throwing lassos and
ans cutting up and devour-
10th turtles; Indians treading
rests, Indians being chris
Missionary Spaniards after
eJAod-by the sharp edge of
In one OF the halls is a vast
ii. fossils, for which this par
nee is famous throughout
III another a complete as
j aboriginal pottery, chiefly
II another the birds of Ar
RI their nests and eggs; and
I5i the usual list.
-- street railway service III
gas electric lights, in short
HNcts of a tirst-class city
lly the one tritiing omis-
itants. But the sanguine
.- assure us that they are
.-1ybe slowly, but surely.
the history of this country
magkable than the creation
sra. the "Enchanted City of
as Argentians are fond of
Vt the bidding of an auto
rang into existence in the
.-- and III a few months time
.r d palaces and plaZas and
.3 lyaled those of the Federal
g. at lar eclipsed anything else
Of mushroom growth to be
Hther North or South Ameri-
''-e Argentians generally regard
'- I the wonders of the world,
-t4 coteTle of it's promoters con-
. d uuge practical joke. There
q both opinions. La Plata
Is -GlStence to the long and bitter
g t'g supremacy between the ma
rsrnment and the inhabitants
-at and powerful province
Ayres, in which the former
.Quous, and its Splendors to
-tlse jealousy that exists BE-
'e pToYincials and the federals.
'- time of the first invasion by
a7 f)t, Immediately followed by
against Spain, the Argentian
.es were i'll continual wars
oue another up to 1861, when
A.tIe succeeded in patching up
'A>tice,
III The question of a Capital for
.V.tederation,' as it was called,
4s The bone of contention, and was
'.o9ed of for twenty years, not
ill., city of Bueuos Ayres, the
-apIJal of the province of the
Je, was declared the capital of
liberation, and the Buenos
we're compelled to establish