Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-10-03
f. JULIO BIANCHI. a promi-
nent physician of Guatemala
City, has been appointed by


City, has been appointed by
the new government there
to represent his country in the United
States, and official word of his selec-
tion as minister is expected within
short time. DR.. Bianchi, although
little known in Washington, gained
considerable prominence in his own
country when he took the lead in
the unionist movement there which
resulted in the overthrow of Presi-
dent Estrada Cabrera. who for TWEEN
ty-two years had occupied the po-
sition of virtual dictator in Guate-
mala.
Nothing official has reached Wash
ington for public announcement con-
corning the appointment of DR..
State Department. in reply to advices
from that country, has investigated
the career and character of the ply
sician and notified the government
heads in Guatemala that he would
he acceptable here as minister. The
new representative will succeed Senior
Don Joaquin Mendez, and probably
will reach the capital in the early
winter.
the news. not yet confirmed officially,
that Chile will deposit $4,000, 900 in
gold in American banks soon. Sew
eral institutions, it is understood, al
ready have been selected as de-
positaries. The gold was originally
on deposit in English and German
banks before the war. America, it is
stated, has been selected because, in
the words of an official here, 1.-The
United States has grown to be the
center of the commercial world
At the beginning of the war, instead
of actually withdrawing the gold
from the banks in Germany, Chile
took over the purchases of nitrate for
which Germany had contracted, sold
the product to England and the United
correspondent to the amount on deposit
in Germany.
Chile's nitrate production now is
being consumed by England and the
United States, the former country
buying the larger amount. Germany,
a small amount of the product from
Chile through Holland and Scandi-
navia, it is said, but her imports
have greatly decreased.
Many young men of Nicaragua are
emigrating to the United States, and
the number has increased so rapidly
recently that the press of that country
has given the fact considerable at
tention. From May l to August 20.
1920, lis young men received pass
ports to this country through the Of
fee of the American consul at Corinto.
OF this number sixty EIGHT stated
they were coming to the United
States to improve their condition and
seek work. The majority of the emf
grants, who are of the best type of
Nicaraguans, are said to have an
education corresponding to the gram
mar school education in the United
States.
Nicaragua's total population is
placed at $4,000, and in Corinto dis
trict there are about 100000 residents.
After years of discussion and plan
ming a railroad, over the Andes. con-
Meeting the port of Antofagasta in
Chile, and the district of Salta. in Ar
gentina, will be built, provided a bill
introduced in the Chilean congress by
the government authorizing its con-
Struction- is passed.
The railway will cost approximately
$4,000, 900 and the initial expendi-
ttire necessary to get the project un-
der way is placed at about $15.000.-
900. An American firm stands good
chance of obtaining the contract for
the construction of this line. it is
stated. for the government, after the
project is authorized. will designate
some foreign company to do the work
After it is built the railroad will
be taken over either by the Chilean
government or by an international
agreement between Argentina and
Chile.
Construction Of this line will open
up the rich agricultural district of
Salta, in Argentina. and provide di-
rect line for the transportation of the
products of this interior country to
the sea, for later expectation. AT
present the nearest port practicable
for the farmers of Salta to ship their
products is 1000 kilometers distant
The railroad would shorten this dis
lance by half.
What has held construction of the
line back for long timefi it is stated,
is jealousy on the part. of farmers in
Chile, who feared the new competition
which would come from the farmers
of Argentina. Decision to build the
line, it is stated. augurs well for the
future of Argentina and Chile, shows
a desire for friendship and co-opera-
ton between the two countries. and
will prove a distinct feature in en-
riching. through trade. both of the
republics.
Col. Juan Esteban vaccareza. mill
tary attache of the Argentine embas-