Evening star., 1928-11-18
HOOVER To FACE
LATIN PROBLEMS
President t-EIeCt Bound to
Come Face to Face With
Vexing Questions.
az the Associated Press.

Rv the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. November 17.-When
Herbert Hoover, United States Presi-
dent.elect leaves San Pedro, Calf. on
q 40 days goodwill tour of South and
Central America he will be brought
face to face with the problems which
have beSet the countries OF the New
World since their very national incep-
tions.
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
Problems Vexing.
But it is to be doubted if the Presi-
dent-elect can visit Peru without hear
Ing something of Tacna AFRICA, Colombia
without having mentioned to him at
least once the subject of American Pc
treleun rights, Chile without learning
Of troublesome nitrate difficulties, Bo-
livia without considering that country S
earnest desire for an outlet to the Pa
cific And in the Argentine he is al
most certain to hear a great deal about
beef and troublesome tariffs on wheat
and fax 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 pow
erful neighbor to the north.
In negotiations tending to settlement
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 at
tention.
The tentative itinerary for the Presi-
dent-elect indicates he will travel
something like 1880 miles from the
time he leaves San Pedro. Calf
aboard the battleship Maryland until
ne returns to Washington.
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.
From Santiago, Chile, to Buenos
Aires, capital of the Argentine. there
is an eXpanse of some 700 miles trav-
erSed by the Trans-Andean Railway. an
example Of engineering and railway
terest Mr.. Hoover the engineer, as will
the country it crosses interest Mr..
Hoover the President. On the road a
height of $4,000 feet above sea level is
@eached, and at one of its highest points
ne VIII be able to see the famous statue
81 the Christ of the Andes, nodded
tron1 melted cannon and placed there
at the conclusion of the last hostilities
between Chile and the Argentine
Eeneath the statue of the Christ.
gDlch looks upon the land of both
A1lntrieS, Is the inscription, Sooner
*lIi these mountains crumble into dust
man the great people of Argentine and
Cnlle break the peace they have sworn
at the feet of Christ. the Redeemer."
To Visit Buenos Aires.
At Buenos Aires the President -elect
VIII visit the sixth city in size in the
world, with only New York and Chicago
exceeding its two and a 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 that city.
1t is vast territory which the Presi-
dent-elect will visit on a program far
more ambitious than ever attenpted
before by either United States Presi-
dent or President-elect. It is a terri
tory which many business men see as
the trade empire of the United States
and e territory in which European en-
croachment has already threatened
Unlted States commerce. And it is a
territory in which reputed policies of
the United States have been subjected
10 their SevereSt indictment
There will be receptions, celebrations
ana ceremonies galore before Mr.. Hoo
Yer returns to the United States, prob
ably early in January. but critics at
home and abroad believe he will have
laid the foundation during his 40 days
trip for the best relations between the
countries of the Western Hemisphere
during his four-year tenure of Office,