The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1922-06-08

Or. Thomas A. lie Breton, who has
lust quit Washington for France and
his native land, after service OF
three years In the United States as
representative of his country.
II was his love for public service,
coupled with the expressed wishes Of
the voters in his "home town" which
prompted Dr. lie Breton not long ago
to allow his name to be placed in
nomination to represent the impor-
tant and populous federal district or
Buenos Aires in the Argentine senate
And the majority by which the radl-
cal, or progressive party, of his dis
trict elected him indicates the popu-
larlty of his decision.
DR.. lie Breton will be missed in
Washington. AS representative of one
of the greatest and most progressive
of the Latin American republics he
has filed with distinction and merit
most important position in the corps
of Latin American diplomats. Sim
pie and direct, easy of access, free
of the wiles so often associated with
the professional diplomat, he has
striven to serve his country through
system of practical diplomacy
which Is the key 20 a real basis or
international friendship and under
standing.
High Service to His Country.
There are doubtless many farmers
in the United States who don't
know, and don't care, who happens to
be the United States ambassador to
Argentina. But there are numbers of
farmers in Argentina who have learned
to know Ambassador lie Breton
through his service in this country,
and through him have come to lave
better understanding and a higher
regard for the United States.
During his mission here he has
seen in the United States vision Of
what his own country has n store.
He has studied the methods by which
resources, common to the United
States and his own country, have
been developed here. And he has made
1t the chief duty of his office TO pass
on to the people of Argentina the prac-
teal knowledge of how to do things,
gained from experience here.
Under the administration Of Mr.. lie
Breton, the Argentine embassy has
come to occupy a unique position
among the embassies In Washington.
Ii has become a channel through
which information on every conceiv-
able subject is gathered and passed
on Ter use in the Argentine. Scores
of agricultural and scientific bulletins,
compiled by the federal departments,
have been adapted and translated ut
the embassy and sent direct to Ar
gentinians. There are experiment
stations scattered through Argentina
which are exhibiting plants today
grown from seed obtained in the
United States by the embassy. The
dissemination of this Information by
the embassy has established a direct
correspondence between manufac-
turers and farmers in the Argentine
and the embassy in Washington,
which is growing larger every day.
Instead of making inquiries of their
own department of agriculture, farm
ers in Argentina have written for in
formation on agricultural subjects di-
rect to the embassy here.
British Naval Chief Coming.
Admiral Sir William Pakenham,
commander in chief of the British
naval forces in tine North Atlantic sta
ton, has notified the British embassy
that he expects to visit Washington
soon, arriving at Washington navy
yard on his flagship, the cruiser Ra-
leigh, end win be the recipient of much
hospitality, both official and personal,
which will be returned in kind by re-
ceptions on the flagship. Admiral
Pakenham will be accompanied by his
personal staff, his secretary being Pay
master Commander Cecil A. Ward,
@. NJ. B., and his flag lieutenant, L. G.
A. Curzon- Howe, and by Capt. Arthur
Bromley, commanding the Raleigh.
The entry of the Raleigh into the
local port will be awaited with in
terest by naval men, as she will be
the largest vessel that ever attempted
the passage of the channel. She is
the latest type of naval light fast
cruiser, being GOO feet long over all,
displacing $3.50 tons, carrying seven
inch guns in her main battery and be-
ing rated at 81 knots.