Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1918-11-22
Argentine DECREE
ATTACKS DR.. NAON
Ambassador Here, in Denial,
Says lrigoyen Claim Is En-
tirely False.

lations submitted by DR.. Naon during
his last visit to Buenos Aires was that
advantage be taken of the exemp-
lions and benefits afforded the allies
by Argentina In order to obtain re-
ciprocal material advantages
"a suggestion" says the decree,
which was repudiated by the govern
ment, owing to the fact that 1t per-
verted the character Of those hene-
fits, in view Of their having been IN.
spired by eminently aitruisuc i sp'i II
whom they were granted.
DR.. Naon's Statement.
DR.. Naon, Argentine ambassador to
the United States, this afternoon Is
sued statement controverttng Presi-
dent Irigoyen's statement referring to
proposals made by him on his last
visit to Buenos Aires, setting forth
the reasons for his previous unaccept-
ed resignation. and making clear
the attitude of his country in con-
nection with the war.
The statement follows:
DR.. Naon's Belief.
1.-THE statement Of President 1ri-
eoyen is utterly false and has abso-
lutely no foundation in truth. Dr..
Naon was called to Buenos Aires be-
cause President 1rigoyen lid not wish
to accept his resignation in Deem
her last, which resignation was
founded on two reasons: First, that
DR.. Naon thought the maintaining OF
Argentina outside the war was
morally and politically wrong, ana
because, as a consequence of true pan
Americanism, Argentina ought TO
have made common cause with the
United States in this war.
when he was in Buenos Aires he
ratified entirely the reasons for his
dent Irigoyen asked him to withhold
his resignation, that he had given on
the grounds of the international con-
ditions Of the country and on reasons
of patriotism. He consented to go
back to the United States under the
approval Of the pan-American policy.
which he represented here for seven
years, and to which the idea OF q
conference. that Presi-
dent 1rigoyeh was urging before the
Latin-American governments be held
in Buenos Aires was opposed.
Second. to define clearly as a non
neutral policy the one to be followed,
because the policy of neutrality was
illogical when the fundamental prin-
ciples of the International existence
of the weak nations were at stake.
Third. the unequivocal authorize
ton to continue representing here the
policy of .pan-Americanism and COM
plete solidarity of the country. In
regard to the general policy with the
allies he proposed as a compromise
the celebration of a treaty between
the allied government and the Ar
gentine for complete reciprocal eco
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offering all the resources of Argentina
to the allies, to finance whatever help
they might need and to stabilize the
international exchange between those
countries and Argentina, getting In
exchange what the allies could give
to Argentina within the clrcum-
stances. Besides, he urged In Buenos
Aires the taking over Of the German
boats to be devoted to that exchange.
Dr.. Naon's Belief.
''Dr. Naon understood that this
treaty would amount to an economic
alliance which would pave the way
to q political alliance into which the
government of Argentina did not
wish to enter at that time on the
basis that they would have no Argen-
tine cause to declare war. DR.. Naon
thought that the cause Of the United
States and the allies in itself was the
cause Of Argentina
"In regard to the conference Of neu-
trails in Madrid. President Irigoyen is
mistaken. Before the United States
entered the war he proposed an under
standing among the neutrals. includ-
ing the United States. in order to Or
ganize the neutrality. and suggested
the convenience of negotiating that
understanding In Madrid because OF
the closeness to the belligerents. But
Immediately after the declaration of
war by the United States he urged
from his government the definition by
the Argentine Republic in an unmis-
taxable way in favor of the allies.
From then until the last moment he
has been consistently claiming from
his government such q policy
Makes Position Clear.
The foregoing statement, DR.. Naon
said, makes his position with regard
to the relations between Argentina
and the United States absolutely clear,
and he asserted no person who knows
his efforts in this country for the last
eight years can controvert in any way
his loyalty toward pan-Americanism.
DR.. Naon, who still Is in Washing
ton, announced few days ago that
he expected to be In Paris during the
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