Evening star., 1921-06-26
NICARAGUA is LIKELY
TO JOIN UNION SOON
Protection of Rights Under Canal Treaty
With United States Chief Obstacle
in Way.

, while on an expedition into the heart
Of South America. The peruvian gov.
ernment has announced it will AFFORD
all facilities possible for the admission
and transportation e the memorial
into and through Peru. The Peru
vian government and the Bolivian
government will be represented at
the unWeiling exercises. September 20,
and Mrs. ]. A. Sanford of Kew York.
will repsesent the Vassar Alumnae
Association.
DR.. Carlos Chagas. distinguished
Brazilian scientist. visiting this coun-
try, received the honorary degree OF
master Of science from Harvard Uni
versity Friday. DIR. Chagas discov-
cred the disease which now bears his
name. He is director of public health
in Brazil and director of the Oswaldo
CIuz Institute. He has been promi-
nently identified in recent years with
sanitary and health work in South
America done in cooperation with the
Rockefeller Institute.
The leading countries of Europe.
Japan, the United States and all the
republics Of South America have an
nounced their intention of being rep
resented at the Peruvian centenary Of
independence. which will be held at
Lima July "a to 81 next. The heads OF
most of the missions will have the
rank of special ambassadors. and
their reception will be marked with
as dignity ManS aHd Of honor the due deesa ssr
tions will go aboard war vessels which
will participate in the centennia. GER
emonies.
Gen. Mangin will head the French
mission. accompanied by number
of French army officers who will re-
main in Peru after the celebration
to assist in the reorganization Of that
The Earl Of Dundonald. a great
grandson Of Lord Cochrane. one Of
and Peruvian fleets during the war
for independence and who was
prominent factor in gaining that free
dom, will head the British mission.
ed by Count de la Vinaza, a grandee
of the Spanish court and one of the
foremost statesmen Of his country:
Baron de Gros. distinguished
Belgian mission. and Archbishop Pie
tropaoli. special nuncio. will head a
mission. representing the Vatican. the
other members of his party being
Prince Orsini of the Papal Guard.
Count Borgia and DR.. Giovanni The
papal delegation is now in the Unit
ed States on its way to Peru.
Other countries have not announced
their delegations.
Special trips of interest to various
parts Of Peru will be arranged in hon.
or of the visitors and there will be
an international exhibition at the
capital.
The Order Of the Sun. an institution
created in 1921 for bestowing honors
On distinguished men, but which later
was discontinued. has been revived.
and this order will be conferred upon
a number of the participants in the
exercises.
The board OF directors OF he Ameri-
can Chamber of Commerce of Buenos
Aires has approved a project for
publishing an American monthly
can advertisements and devoted to
the study of n-American trade
problems. The magazine. il is said.
will fill long felt want for an ofh-
| cial organ for the chamber. The first
| issue will appear July Is.
! The Chilean government announces
| that the census taken in 1920 re-
vealed that the population of the
| country amounted to 3.S06.320. an in
crease of 100000 in the last thirteen
years.
A French and Italian aviation mis-
sion under contract with the gov
ernment of Ecuador as instructors
and administrators in the new ma
tional school of aviation has arrived
in Ecuador. Under its supervision,
airplane flights are being made daily
| to the outlying provinces and some
| of them across the main range of the
| Andes. The Ecuadorean government
plans to establish shortly aerial post
! al routes to the inaccessible sections
f, of the country.
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| DR.. L. S. Rowe. director general of
| the Pan-American Union. spoke in
New York Friday at exercises held
| under the auspices Of the Hispanic
Society of America. in honor of :he
centenary of the birth of Bartolome
Mitre, distinguished Argentine pa
triot. historian and statesman. Re
| ferring to Mitre as one of the great-
est men ever produced by Argentina
| and a man who occupies a foremost
position in Americas hall of fame, DIR.
Rowe lauded his attainmentS as ex-
! amples which the American ma
] tions should strive to follow. 1880