The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1916-05-02
Argentine VESSEL
. ON WORLD VOYAGE
HERE FROM TAHITI
Presidente Sarmiento win Sail
Saturday For Far East
Africa and Home

| ITesluente bhTWl MO arrived from III
hih yesterday and hocked at navy
wharf No. 9 to take bunker coal. She
win be here until Saturday, when she
will sail for yokohama, perhaps Kobe
also; Shanghai, Manila, Batavia, Natal,
Cape Town and Bucnos Aires, thus
completing voyage around the world.
1t is the intention to arrive home be.
fore October ~, when the president
of the republic viii be inaugurated.
The ship was here in May, 1914.
About 10000 miles will be covered
on the voyage. The vessel departed
from Buenos Aires February 6, and,
after touching nt different ports Of
Argentina, made her way through the
Strait to the Pacific. She departed
| from Punta Arenas Chile, February &c,
and arrived at tahiti. Society Islands,
April IL. There she remained a week,
sailing April 10 for Honolulu.
Shark Is Hooked
No incident of special note occurred
on the voyage, except that a persist
ont shark, who followed the vessel on
the way from Tahiti, was hooked. He
was about nine feet long Only one
sail was sighted, that an American
windjammer of Chile. There. was a
strong southerly wind the last Of the
week,
On the Presdcntc Sarmiento are
nineteen officers, three instructors,
thirtyfour naval midshipmen and a
crew of 292 men. The vessel is a bark
with steam power.
Commanding the ship is Capt. Jorge
Ynlour. Lieut.. Comdr. Pascual c.
Brebbia is executive officer; Lieut.
Comdr. Pedro ". Acrvcdo is in charge
of the midshipmen; and other officers
are: Lieutennnts Manuel l.. Magrini,
Ricardo Yago, Arturo. Monkes, Jorge
Games, Francisco T.aious and Victor J.
MeneClier; Junior Lieutenants Juan
p. Michetti and Raul Quiroga; En-
gineer Lieutenant Tomas BObadilla;
Ensigns Luis A. Igartua, Felix Florit
and Gregorio NJ SAM; Surgeons Man
uel l.. Barreto and Vicente J. Florida
! lisi, Paymaster Alberto A. Ansaldo and
Chaplain J. B. Lertora, or, as an Of
fcer said, "sky pilot" He laughed
when he WAS asked where he had
heard that, but, as he spent five years
on the East Coast when the two big
Argentine dread nonghts were be.
ing constructed, bis knowledge of that
American slang was not so strange.
Personnel Of Midshipmen
H. Otis de Rosas is gymnastic in
struotor, A. Troncosco is instructor in
English and c. &. Bellardinelh is pho
tographer.
Midshipmen are: Hector Navarro,
| lo
ra, Jorge G. Servetti. Jorge l.. Lenain,
America Caceres, Jorge G. Schilling,
Teoflo p. BaldasoIa, Victor NJ. Padule,
Fernando c. Brret, Ruperto Parodi,
Jose del Potro, Luis f. Perez del Ger,
70, CliEio de Brrtucci, Silyio J. Lapo-
race, VirgiliO r. Patalano, Juan Con
zales, Carlos A. Martinez, Aquiles r.
MagnOne, Jose NJ, Castro, Rafael !.
Barrera, Alberto San Martin, Carlos F.
Mason, Juan 7. VerOR.
Engineering midshipmen are: Ricar,
do Cepeda, Ricardo Iribarne, Manuel
J. Perez, Federico FOntana, Enrique A.
Darnuud, Jopquin Manner, Pedro J.
Mazzolenni, Miguel Loyera,
Thirsty For War News
A group Of men more thirsty for
news of the war could not be found
they had heard something of what was
! transpirng in Europe while at Tahiti,
but rndiogrnm had conveyed infOrma.
ti0n that the Germans had captured
Nerdun, AMI each officer asked for con.
frmation of this report. They heard
with surprise Of the tense relations
between Germany and the United Sta.
ties. 70 question as, to where the
sympathics Of South America We're in
the struggle they replied, diplomatical-
BY, that the Southern Continent was
Every cosmopolitan.
In view of the participation of their
country in the A.. b, C, conferences,
which preceded the abdication of Huer-
ia, and which recognized CarEanza y
de facto government, following the
lead Of the United States, the opinions
of the officers were sought on how
South America would regard the en-.
try Of American troops under General
Pershing into Mexico. One officer
thought that the punitive expedition
would not cause distrust of the States,
and he affirmed that Argentina felt at
this time no distrust of the North
Americans.
w INV NV pNuPiG tue Oulltu
States" he said, Just as we like PEG,
pl" of other great countries: Germany,
England, France"
Doesn't Extend South
He recognized, of course, the hatred
MeXicans feel for Americans, but this
does not extend, he added, to the
South, except for the peoples near us
He compared the American pilikia with
Mexico to the Argentine trouble with
Paraguay; but, he went on, "the Mexi-
cans call you gringoes. AS to the
frame of mind Of Brazil, for example,
toward the State he could not speak
authoritatively.
Great opportunities for trade be
tween the States and Argentina exist
this officer went on, il we of the North
will take advantage of the situation
lie commented on the establishment of
branch of the National City bank in
'BuenOs Aires Us a right step
Formal naval and military calls on
United States navy and army officers
and the German cruiser Geier were
made yesterday. This afternoon from
four to six O'Clock Admiral and Mrs
Boush will Civ" reception at Pearl