Evening journal., 1913-05-17
Minister Knowles Speech
in Defense of the Estates"
Nearly Lead TO Sword Duel

his speech on the following evening
was decidedly that of the high mind
ed and sincere prophet of Latin
American union, whose Words had
been grossly misinterpreted whose
ideal had been falsely slandered
MY tour" he said, has not becu,
as some suppose, a campaign % oi-
vision and antagonism against ,her
nations, but an attempt to place upon
o secure base the concord and ira
ternlty OF the nations II the New
World" Later on, referring 20 ut
terances of certain men," he said:
I'VE wish to be friends with all the
nations Of the world, but only on
condition that we Latin Americans
are properly respected"
With the exception OF the minister
OF instruction, the dean of La Paz
University. and a few other men of
influence and standing, Mr.. Ugarte's
audience at La Paz was chiefly COM
posed Of the young Bolivian students.
The tenor Of his address there, fol-
lowing the incident OF the previous
evening, was so meek and concllia-
tory, compared with the address that
had marked his progress in Ecuador
and Peru, IL was evident that a
weighty word from the wise Don
Adolpho had served to quell 10 tur-
gid and torrid flow Of cnti-American
oratory that previously had been his
most notable stock in trade.
Minister Knowles. Il S understood
following his resignation from the
J diplomatic service will return to Bo-
livia. where he will head a mining
syndicate The minister during his
stay in La Paz won the close friend
ship Of leading Bolivians. and his own
! opinion of the country and its future
possibilities Is we'll stated in the fol-
lowing excerpt from letter recently
written to a personal friend In the
/ United States:
81 will state to you that after more
than three years experience in and
acquaintance with the Latin-Ameri-
can countries have no hesitancy In
stating TO you that in my opinion Bo-
] livia is the coming country of all the
| Central and South American coun-
tries This country is now, | firmly
believe, on the threshold Of great
boom, the greatest any Of these South
/ American countries have ever had
This land Of fruits and flowers, con.
dors and birds OF paradise, snow.
capped mountains and impenetrabl'
Jungle. glaciers and tepid rivers, IL
about to open her portals TO the
world Once she had within the lin
its of her present territory abou
forty million people, Today there II
within the same limits less than two
and a half millions The difference
represents the price In lives ant
blood pain suffering, this land pai'
for the Spanish conquest and tn
billions of gold and silver the Span
ish Grandees took from this part o
the world and with which they mad
their own country great and giori
ousl 10 has been nearly $50 year
since tho last of the Spaniards wer
driven from the country Since the
Bolivia has had a long period of res
and rcpose Now she is about I
, awake, and soon she will smile on an
! charm the world I'm her bosom wi
- be found eNhaustless mines Of tn
q worlds most precious and desire
! minerals and metals. Gold silve
platinum, radium. tin. copper. bis
I muth and antimony,-theya are all hel
, and in such an abundance.
MY safe and sane prediction is tbs
= Bolivia will soon become the TranI
!, vail OF South America, this immed
8. ate section OF the country will be th
1 great Rand, and La Paz will be ii
t johannesburg"