Evening star., 1921-10-23
BOLIVIA STILL HOPES
FOR OUTLET TO SEA.
Refusal Of League of Nations to CongsiidsEE
Her Petition Will Not Result insy a. :;.'e :s..e
Abandonment of Efforts.

tween the former minister Of foreign,
relations and Cen. Gomez, president
elect of Venezuela. Gen. Gomez. it,
seems, was dissatisfied over the re-
suits of the missions visit to this
country, principally because. II Is re-
ported, DR.. Gil Borges was not ssutii-
ciently .fattering to the president!
elect in his speeches here.
These reports have never been
verified by official statements, and
DR.. Gil Borgess. resignation has been
laid to i'll health and a desire TO takef
tiopal law, in which he is an.
acknowledged expert. Or. Gil Borges-
will bring his family to the capital.
where he Will establish his permanent
DR.. Nicholas Victoria. former
director OF public instruction iils
Panama and at present director Of.
the Normal School for Women OF
Panama, has arrived in Washington
to begin study of educational
women's institutions, with emphasis
on home economics and kindred CUB
jects. From Il conference with the.
United States commissioner Of educa-
ton he, will go to New York city.
The bureau Of education Of the Pan
American Union will cooperate with
DR.. Victoria in securing an American
expert to take over part of the super-f
vision Of the Panama Normal School,.
DIR. Victoria accompanied Senor
Euselio Morales. secretary of the
treasury Of Panama, on mission to-
Mexico City as representatives OF,
celebration. senor Morales. who
reached the city last week. will con-
fer with Treasury officials while III
Washington on Panama's fiscal
affairs.
Senor Sebastian Gelabert, Cuban.
secretary of finance. who has been
In Washington for two months in
| connection with tariff on sugar and p
other Cuban products. last week pre-
scented to State Department officials
a memorandum proposing an emer- /.
eency treaty between th. United 1.
/ STATES and cuba which would gran.
/ 50 per cent. preferential duties or
! all exports from cuba TO the United
States aud a similar rat. on imports
| in Cuba from the United States.
This emergency treaty would take :
| the place Of the present reciprocal
, treaty now in effect between the two
countries. Under which cuba enjoys
a preferential of 20 per cent on her
goods shipped to the United States, and
/ this country pays duties OF ~ to 40 per
l
ports into Cuba.
The position taken by Cuba is THAI
j the loss suffered through an increase
to so per cent exemption in import
duties paid by United States mer-
| chants would be more than offset by
! an increased market for. her sugar:
/ and other products in the United
States, while this country would gain
by the advantage over other countries
| shipping to Cuba.
| In view of the delav in enactment .
! of permanent tariff legislation and
Cuba's need for relief from the pres
ent high duties under the emer-
i gency tariff. it is considered advisa BILE
that such treaty as outlined be en-
acted as il contains the desired finan-
cial and economic aid.
| S.nor Don Luis Illanes. counselor
OF the Chilean embassy. left Wash
! ington last Wednesday for his new
post as charge d'affaires of the Chilean
legation in Japan. He will salt this
week. While Washington was Senors
lllanes' first diplomatic post. he has
won distinction in his governments
service His experience gained in the
department of finance of Chile made
him a recognized expert on financial
matters as related to economic condi-'
, tions in South America. He served
on number of important missions
sent by his government to countries
E, abroad. :
r. c. Biller and Frederick ]. Gillis.
| two students of the Georgetown Uni
| versity School of Foreign Service. re-
| turned to Washington last week from
/ Guatemala city. Guatemala. where;
! they att nded the congress of th"
+, Federation of Central American tni-'
',ersity Students as the sole delegates
from the United States. They re-
, ro-t that the conference was success
fuI in its primary object of bringing
! closer relationship between the stu
dents of the American republics.
Various methods discussed to fur
| ther bring close relations between
the university students of the Amer
icas resulted in a movement to es-
| tablish centers for the distribution.
of information in North and South
America and the exchange of scfo-
| larships between various upiversi-
ties in the several countries repre-
sented. While in Guatemala Mr..
Miller and Mr.. ellis were guests Of
| the Guatemalan government, and fol-,
! lowing the sessions of the congress
the government extended to the stu-'
dents every facility for their investi-,
CATION of business and economic life.
in Central America. =
Brazil'S weather bureau, which
comes under the department of agrf-S
culture. has established n weather,
forecast service for aviators, creat-,
ing pilot balloon and kite stationS
for the work. Aviation has beenn
marked with progress and with suc,,
cess in Brazil. with the helpful CO.
| operation of an interested govern7I ~
ment An aerial transport compan n yy
has been formed in Rio Grande d.,
Sui for regular passenger and freight
service between that city and dis.
| tributing centers in the neighborins.
states. The machines used are OF
| French Manufacture. SC
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