Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1914-09-15

We would only 20 halfway At the
same time, wish to emphasize the bene-
fits which many of our students could get
from a year or two of study in South
America.
1T Is more than n question of the in
terchange of students, however. What
we also need is an Interchange of the
leading mon. Tho mere fact that a man
like Colonel Roosevelt wished to visit
these countries Of South America was a
big step in the making of better relations
As far as l could learn, he also made an
excellent impression. It Is the same way
with the visits which Robert Bacon and
Secretary Root have paid to South
America in the past few years. l heard
references to these trips constantly.
Between the present war and the at
fractions of the San Francisco Exposi-
ton. there will undoubtedly be n great
number of South Americans who will
visit this country in the next year Ar
Eehtiha Is spending a great deal OF
money and care on her representation at
san francisco. She Is also contemplating
the creation of several national COM
missions, which will come to the United
states to study various fields of activity.
This coming December Chilli will send
commission to study our trade schools,
anu an u 1hnefedo Flnochet Le-Brun. director
or tho National Trade School of Santiago
and one of the biggest educators I'm Chilli,
VIII be at the head of tho commission
ne south Americans are thus ready to |
uo 'helr snare IN the establishment of |
more intimate relations with us It Is |
our uutF' as Well as to our interests, to |
respond If only the firms which already |
nave trade connections in South America |
ana those who are about to establish |
them would choose Rs their represent
atlVes men of experience and culture who
Hho" the language of the countries and
lueIstahd thelr customs, not only will
ne trade of these particular Arms he
greatly benefited. but a long sren for
Nafd VIII be made i'm the realization Of
ne position which the United States
mould naturally hold IN the esteem as
ven as in the markets of South America
AT the same time, steps should be
aheh 10 insua a better knowledge 70
'uf children of their neighbors on tho
outh | wish all could see the state
'chooi or Modern Languages in Ruepos
ares lhere they teach history in Eng
,SH' arithmetic in French, and so on
' mere techhical terms are iufrequent
ma unimportant. the subject is ususIIv
auSht IN a foreign language AS a ra-
UT the pupils are good linguists with
ut having devoted additional time 70
he study Of languages Our treatment
l me modern languages is notorlouslv
Spanish. ''us
BLUNDERs MADE HERE.
'ot course, this is all going 10 tax.
me- sor our ignorance ana misjnPorp,a
on OF South America are almost ipcop-
eNable, Take, for instance. the matter
languages, Few Americans know that
ltside of Brazil, where the oficiaI Iar-
uase is Portuguese, the official laprr,se
all the South American countries 40
,sl panlsh si inc spanish is as near to the
i'e eastman as our English is To t5s+ |
England. our conception of sot,tL
merican geography is equally AZ Ss,,it
nave seen some OF the letters from o,,
rms to clients in Argentina. From tIs
"a " rilation shown As 10 distances
ld 20 the sizes of the cities, I tbipl.
a wonder that the firms can csr7y, ~,
ny trade down there ""
naturally what arouses ths raaspt-
enl OF the South Americans n1ors tha,
y thlhs else Is the cheerful way In which
o lump the citizens of the various co,,r
les under the term South Anerrcans
"a dismiss them as being all the sane
Fsalty' eHch country is trying 10 de-
lop us own national Characteristic
ore ana more. without, OF course
INNS 'uelf International relations
For this reason. think that the wor,,
the ian-AmariCan Division I'm Iea5
3 the way toward better understand
2 OF south America cannot lie over
llnated This trip from which heya
Sc returned has been most encoursrfps
Was organised TO represent the Amer
IN universities. ana there were such
an as PROF. Leon c. Marshall. Of Chi-
go; Prof. Chester LLOYD Jones. OF Wis
nsin. and Prof F. B. Iuquisns. of Vale
{ left here on May 3d. and visited an i
big educational institutions Of Brazil
us uAy' Argentina, Chill and Peru
erywhere We we're received most 80
NY, ana were shown a keen apprecla-
n OF our efforts to bring the countries
south America into more intimate re-
ions With our oWu country intellectu-
y politically aud commercially"