Evening star., 1921-09-04
GUATEMALA EXPECTS
TO- GET u. S. CAPITAL
Minister Negotiating Here for $25 600 600,
To Be Expended Largely in Needed,
Public Works.

and used as propaganda against the
opposition parties.
Lieut.. Commander Haracio Mira.
naval attache of the Chilean emba ssy.
who his beer stationed in New York
for the last two years, sailed yester-
cry for Chile on the steamship Es-
sequito. Commander Mira was In
Washington last week to bid farewell
TO his associates here in the Latin.
American diplomatic corps. On the
Santiago de Toro. an attache Of the
embassy stationed in New York, who
IS going nome on q visit.
Commander Mira is succeeded by
Lieut.. Commander Aristides de Solar.
who is now en- route to this country.
Commander Mira gain considerable
attention four years ago when he ca me
to New York to accompany fiotilla
OF submarines which had been pre-
sented to his government by Great
which proceeded under her own
power from New York to Chile. a dis
tance of something like 1000 miles,
making a record which has never
been equaled by any other subma-
rine, 1t is stated.
-Four Chilean army officers who
have been in this country for the last
year receiving instruction under
United States Army officers returned
to Chile last week. They were Capt.
Marchant of the coast artillery, and
Lieuts. TovariaS, Briceno and Ramt-
rez.
Alfredo Avalos. legal adviser to
the minister of finance of Chile, ar
rived in the United States last week
Voc hi 80 10
a first hand study OF the Volstead
act with the idea of applying certain
portions of it to Chile. While ma
tional prohibition is not considered
feasible for Chile at this time. one
deterrent being that something like
700, 100000 pesos are invested in the
wine industries of the country. par
tial prohibition could be applied with
success in territories where the con-
sumption of liquor is considered
harmful.
The reply of DIR. V. Marquee Bus
tillos, provisional president of Veni-
zuela, to an.appeal directed to him
by a committee of Latin Americans
in New York praying for the release
of political prisoners in Venezueia,
has been received here. Refusing.
the president states that. while the
day may come when all shall have
been forgotten and forgiveness ex-
tended to the grave political trans
gressions committed by some Nene-
are still in full peryerseness without
knowledge that il is the first duty
of the citizen to enjoy to the fullest
extent the privileges OF liberty and
to obey the law-much more. that 1t
is the duty of society to live at peace
and the government must take
away the right OF individual freedom.
Il repeat" he states, that these
must he brought to terms by actual
measures of correction. since methods
of persuasion have not accomplished
anything"
The plea for the freedom OF poll
teal thought was sent to Nenezuela
at the time of the unveiling of the
Bolivar statue in New York.
The report of the Rockefeller Foun-
dation for the year 1920 shows the
work accomplished in south ard
Central America and records the
| ians, one Colombian. one Costa Rican.
| one Salvadorean, one Mexican and
one Porto Rican.
After reciting the history OF the
! foundations fight against yellow few
er in Central and South America
under the leadership, of the late Gen.
| Gorgas. the report states THAI
yellow fever. has disappeared in
Guayaquil, Ecuador, and the situation
i is now in the hands Of the local au-
| thorities alone. An epidemic Of yell
low fever which appeared in Central
America recently was traced to Mex
/ leo and prompt measures in Guate-
mala. Honduras and Salvador sue
cessfully restricted further infection.
/. Prospects for the control of yellow
fever in Mexico are Frightening. it is
4, stated. and in several of the Central
American countries an agreement has
heen reached to accept certificates of
! vaccination in lieu of quarantine de-
/ tention. Representatives of business
houses are being vaccinated before
they leave for fever infected areas
| it is stated. and stocks Of vaccination
are now available in all the countries
where there is any likelihood of yell
! low fever's appearance.
Brazil affords a striking example OF
! the educating effects OF anti-hook-
worm measures, the report states.
The work began in 1915 and in four
years it was extended to the federal
| district and to nine states. which ap-
propriated. for 1921, $2.300.o0o for
| rural sanitation. Last October de-
partment of public health was Gre
! ated, the report states.