Evening star., 1921-02-27
CEMENT TIES
TO SOUTH AMERICA
Harding's Desire to Maintain Friendly
Relations Shown In His Wish to Have
Colombian Treaty Ratified.

place in midsummer, when many OF
the diplomats will be out of the city.
Dr. Maxine H. Zepeda, minister of
foreign affairs of Nicaragua, is in
Washington on special mission and
was received at the State Department
last week. He will be here for the
inauguration ceremonies. and. after a
short visit here. will leave for France
and, Italy. He will be the guest of
honor at a luncheon to be given by
DIR. l.. S. Rowe of the Pan-American
Union. Tuesday.
Senior Manuel Segundo Sanchez of
Venezuela. director OF the national Ii
brary of Caracas. is in Washington on
a special mission in connection with
the preparation of plans for the un-
yelling of the Bolivar statue in New
York, April 19. The statue Of the
South American hero, Bolivar, is a
gift to the city of New York by the
people of Venezuela.
The very life of Argentina de-
pends on regular and abundant
supply of coal, according to Senior
Carlos Vallejo, an attache at the Ar
one of .the most vital questions now
confronting the people of that re-
public. There has never been found
any coal in sufficient quantity in the
Argentine republic to warrant de-
velopment, and consequently the coun-
try must import most of it's supply for
industry, railroads and domestic con-
sumption.
Great Britain has been the main
source of supply for Argentina so far
according to Senor Vallejo, and the
only question is whether she can con-
tinue to ship coal to Argentina when
her own supply is constantly de-
creasing. If Great Britain, however
continues her coal trade with Argen-
tina, equipped as she is with an i'm
mense cargo tonnage and with a much
shorter distance to cover it is a
problem whether the United States
could compete with that trade with n
longer distance to cover and with
higher cost Of transporting coal. ..
At any rate, according to Senior
Vallejo. who has written an article on
the subject in the current issue of
the Coal Review, there is an ample
market to be developed in Argentina
should Americans which to enter.
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Seaor Antonio Lazo-Arriaga. former
minister to the United States from
Guatemala, is in Washington on a
bis country. unof1icially. at the inau-
guration of Mr.. Harding.
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The National City Bank of New
York has issued bulletin regarding
the resources of Chile. in connection
with the loan of $24,0OO.000 recently
negotiated in this country by that
republic. Chile is described as the
largest nitrate producing country in
the world, the known deposits being
estimated conservatively at 100000
600 tons. This republic has made a
record for meeting her obligations
punctually which has not been
equaled by any other South American
country, and, is one of the few coun-
tries which reduced it's interest bear
ing debt during the war. Chile has
reported an average favorable trade
balance of $43,O00,O00 from 1910 to
A919, and the total trade in 1918 is
placed at $439,OOO.0 900. The principal
imports of the country are manu-
factured articles, including textiles,
coal, railway supplies, chemicals,
Vassar College, at Poughkeepsie,
n. Y. has adopted the plan Of Offer
ing scholarships to women of foreign
countries who will serve as assistants
in the courses of their native Ian
guage. Each of the assistants will
form conversational groups to meet
regularly outside the prescribed
classes. Vassar has offered two of
these scholarships to women Of Span