Evening star., 1920-11-28
VISIT AIMS
TO BIND FRIENDSHIPS
Goes to South America as Ambassador of
American People-What Southern
Republicans Are Doing.

-ni' LclcFTe visited tne state depart
ment and conferred unofficially with
officials of the burea of Latin
American affairs. He is an init
mate friend of President Porras
Panama. and brings to Washington
interesting news of the developments
in that country since the beginning
OF the new administration.
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W. E. Pulliam, who served as re-
ceiver general of customs for the
Dominican Republic, is in Washing
ton. He has just returned from an
extensive trip through Chile, where
he made first-hand studies of the
copper mining industry there.
With the first three airplanes put
into the mail-pa ssenger service be-
tween Key West and Havana, bearing
the names Santa Maria, Nina and
Pfnta- after the vessels on which
Columbus crossed the Atlantic. the
next three aeromarine cruisers which
are to be added to the feet for serv-
ice between the United States and
Cuba will be given names linked
with Cuban ndependence-Jose Mar
tin, Carlos Manuel de Cespedes and
Gonzalo de Quesada
The Pacific Argentine Brazil Linz
Of San Francisco has inaugurated
a monthly steamship service be-
tween the west coast of the United
States and Canada and Brazil and
the Argentine The vessels pass
through the Panama canal The
service will greatly expedite ship
ments of cacao, coffee and hides ex-
ported to the western cities of the
United States from Bahia Formerly
these goods had to be shipped to
New York. thence across the continent
by rail to San Francisco and the west
A bill has been presented tc the
Chilean congress by the nitrate COM
mission for the creation of an as
sociation of nitrate producers of
Chile. The bill provides for the con-
troll of freightS and the purchase of
ships. material for producers and
sales through direct agents. In ad-
dition it fixes prices and production
of labor conditions, with a board of
directors of eighteen men. six of
whom would be appointed by the
president.
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What may develop into a flourish
ing industry in Argentina has had it's
beginning in the establishment re-
Gently of the first factory in that
is using as raw product a species
Of bog grass called "paja brava-"
This grass grows during the whole
year, and is so abundant in the
swampy lands that it is considered a
nuisance
The mill at present is equipped to
make only pulp in sheets and straw
pacity of three tons of strawboard
per day. The owners are German-Ar-
gentine.
There is undoubtedly. according to
the Department of Commerce,>a a good
field for more elaborate wood pulp in
dustries in the northern part of Ar
gentina. An abundance of trees and
plants suitable for paper making ex-
lists in that region and there is said
to be a market for the product in
Argentina. This industry would be
worth investigation by American capi-
tai, it is stated.
Further steps in the direction of
forming a Central American union of
republics were taken recently when
a conference was called to meet May
Is next at a place to be designated
later. The ministers of foreign afa
fairs of the five Central American re-
publics have been appointed an execu-
tive committee. according to advices
reaching the State Department. and
will arrange for the convention. Each
country will be represented by twen-
ty-five delegates.
Much interest among the repre-
of the Latin American
countries here is attached to the COM
which was received at the
State Department last week and for
warded to the President, asking the
latter's good offices to obtain the re-
lease of Estrada Cabrera, deposed
president of Guatemala. Cabrera has
been in prison since his overthrow.
following the recent revolution.
The former president bases his ap-
peal on the ground that for more than
twenty years, when he was president
Of Guatemala, he was consistently the
friend of the United States. The i'm
prisonment is affecting his health and
will undoubtedly result in his death |
if continued, the communication sets
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