The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-11-21
May STUDY Big
TOPICS BEFORE
SMALL NATIONS
Connection Seen Between Prob.
lens to Come Up and Con-
tact With America
TRAVELS 1880 MILE S
Trade. Empire Of United
States Will Be Visited BY
President Elect

new YORK, Nov. 21.-Herbert
Hoover, United States president
elect. in his goodwill tour of South
and Central America will be brought
face to face with problems which
have bcset the countries Of the new
world since their very national in
ceptions.
He has said his trip will not have
its diplomatic aspects. and that it is
to be made only in the interest of
broadening his own knowledge of
the countries of South America, the
only continent on which he has not
yet set foot.
Faces Various Problems
But it is to be doubted if the pres
ldent-elect can visit Peru without
hearing sometime of the Tacna-
africa, Colombia without having
mentioned to him at least once the
subject of American petroleum
rights. Chile without learning Of
troublesome nitrate difficulties, Boil
ivia without considering that coun-
try's earnest desire for an outlet TO
the Pacific. And in the Argentine he
is almost certain to hear a great deal
about beef and troublesome tariffs
on wheat and flax seed.
These are the questions which not
only have troubled the relations Of
the countries themselves but have
stirred what discord there has been
between them and the United States,
their powerful neighbor to the north.
Travels 1880 Miles
In negotiations tending to settle
ment of each of these problems the
North American hand has been seen
at one time or another; editorial
opinion on the prospective visit of
Mr.. Hoover in the countries involved
is that despite his other intentions
various phases Of these matters will
be brought to his attention.
The tentative itinerary for the
president-elect indicates he will have
travelled something like 1880 miles
from the time he left San Pedro,
California, aboard the battleship
Maryland until he returns to Wash
ington.
At Valparaiso, Chile, he will leave
the Maryland behind him, and with
his party will board train which
will take him to Santiago. Chile's
capital city.
Visits Famous Statue
From Santiago, Chile, to Buenos
Aires, capital of the Argentine, there
IS an expanse of some seven hundred
miles traversed by the Trans Andean
railway. an example of engineering
and railway construction that can
not fail to interest Mr.. Hoover. the
engineer, as will the country it
crosses interest Mr.. Hoover, the
president. On the road height of
$4,000 feet above sea-level is reached
and at one of its highest points he
VIII be able to see the famous statue
OF the Christ Of the Andes, nodded
from melted cannon and placed there
at the conclusion of the last hostil-
titles between Chile and the Arpen-
tine.
Beneath the statue of the Christ.
which looks upon the land of both
countries, is the inscription: Soon
er will these mountains crumble into
dust than the great people of Argen-
tine and Chile break the peace they
nave sworn at the feet Of Christ. the
Redeemer."
Many Receptions Planned
At Buenos Aires the president
elect will visit the sixth city in size
in the world, with only New York
and Chicago exceeding its two and
quarter million population in the
western hemisphere. Montevideo.
capital OF Uruguay. lies across the
La Plata estuary from Buenos Aires.
while Asuncion, capital of Paraguay.
is available by railroad from this
city.
It is Z vast territory which the
president-elect will visit on a pro-
gram far more ambitious than ever
attempted before by either United
States president or president-elect.
It is = territory which many bust
ness men see as the tradc-empire
OF the United States, and a terri
tory in which European cncroach-
n1ent has already threatened United
States commerce. And it is q terri
tory in which reputed policies of
the United States have been SUBJ
1ected to their severest indictment.
!. There will be receptions, celebra-
tons and ceremonies galore before
Mr.. Hoover returns to the United
States. probably early in January,
but critics at home and abroad be-
lieve he will have laid the foundation
during his 40 days trip for the best
relations between the countries of
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