Evening star., 1921-05-22
REPUBLICS TO SOUTH
ON WAY TO NORMAL
Generally Recovering From Bushes.
Depression Which Followed Signing
of Armistice.

ord as an American in South America.
While in the diplomatic service ne
applied himself to learning Brazilian
customs and the language. with the
result that he studied law and passed
the Brazilian bar examination. thus
establishing the record OF being the
only Anglo-Saxon who has ever passed
the examination for admittance to the
Brazilian bar. After leaving the diplo-
matte service he began the practice.
Of law in Rio de Janeiro and has been
very successful. He Is the present d..
rector Of the American chamber of
He is accompanied here on his
present mission by two other Amer
leans. r. H. Haney and Frank
Garcia Mr. Momsen states that prac-
portance has arranged to present to
Brasil some memorial during its CEN
tenary celebration. which is to be
marked by an exposition. 1t is his,
can gift from business men in tho.
United States and trade organizations.
doing business in Brazil.
The design for the monument has
already been completed. Roughly de-
scribed. 1t will represent the fE.re OF
| q woman. in bronze. bearing the nags'
of the United States and Brasil. At the.
base Of the statue the figures of.
George Washington and Abraham
Lincoln. for the United States. andS
Bonaficio and Rio Branco. for Brazil.-
| will represent freedom and emancipa-
| ton in both countries.
Janeiro is being leveled to provide A.,
site for the exposition. and the earth
from the excavations used to build an5
artificial point Of land which will OK
| tend into the harbor. 1t is planned
to place the American statue on this
point. where it will be the first object
seen by ships entering the harbor. O.
-
| DR.. Carlos Chagas. head Of the Os-"
waldo Cruz Institute Of Brazil. 10 onu
his way to the United States to lec-,.
| ture and to receive a number OF hon.
ors to be conferred on him by medical
| organizations Of this country. He will =
visit Washington during his trip to this
country.
DR.. chagas is internationally known u
as a physician and medical SCIENTIST
| One of his most noted achievements.
was the. discovery Of the disease
named for him. the ChaGas disease. 4
and his subsequent discovery Of it's.
cooperation with the Rockefeller .
Foundation in its fight against then
hookworm disease.
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| Sebastiao Sampaio, Brazilian COM
| mercial attache to the United States 70
who accompanied former Secretary Of
State Colby on his trip to South Amer
l
turn to Washington the latter part OF"
this month. He has been detained in
South America by illness, although
much of his time was spent in ad-
dressing business men in South Amer.
ic4 on trade conditions in the Unitedr
States :.
During the temporary absence or
| DR.. Manuel de Cespedes, Cuban min {,
lister to the United States. the lega-
tion will be in charge Of DR.. Padro7
y Aimeida, hrst secretary. who will 4
act as charge daffaires ad interim. :,
DR.. venancio Montaivan, NicAra-
guam minister OF finance. has re-
signed, according to dispatches reach h-.r
tavo Alberto ArgueIlo OF Granada
has been appointed to succeed him..t
A protocol has been signed by dip
| lomatfc representatives OF Germany
and Ecuador. with . view to re-
tween the two countries. The proto-
col authorities both countries to ap-'
point diplomatic representatives with
semi-of1cial character. as well as
Germany and Ecuador were broken
| OF in December, 1917. -
OF the 440 automobiles now regis
| tered in the hve most important
towns Of Paraguay. IS per cent arell
| Of American manufacture.
r
A sugar mill of the suia Sugar.
Company, at La Lima. Honduras, fs -
to be electrified. and. when complet-,x
! ed will be. the largest electrically
| run sugar mill in Central America n
The equipment used is American and:a
the construction and installation.
work will be done by American en- q
| gineers. The fuel to be used for'-
running the mill will consist only Of 6
| cane fodder and scraps. the supply
of which will be sufficient and prac-
! ticallv inexhaustihle ID.