Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-10

| agitators, who had held a meeting the
the people to treat the American Presi-
| dent-to-be with silent contempt" The
citizens were exhorted to stay away
| from the railroad stations along the
| line during the passage of the train.
| Far from listening to such advice, the
| people turned out en- maSse at every
way station and cheered and waved
with unstinted ardor.
At Buenos Aires the throng which
greeted the party at the station was
SO great that police lines could not
restrain it. Considerable disorder re-
suited, but it was friendly disorder,
series game or a Lindbergh reception.
A viva SANDING" banner managed to
make it's appearance at one point, but
that was all. Responsible Argentineans
told this correspondent that the anti
American movement in their country Is
sponsored wholly by European agltators,
and they limited that trade rivalry
played a significant role. They IN
sisted that the native Argentinean en-
tertains nothing but genuine frlendSnlp
for the United States. The foreign dis
cordant element, they declared, numbers
scarcely more than 200 persons: ana
dCIlNlUlSS
A similar condition prevails IN Ufu-
quay. Upon the arrival of the Hoover
party in Montevideo there was an at
tempted anti-American demonstration,
hut the mounted police of Uruguay
veritable Cossacks they are, too-took
the heart out of the outbreak in very
decisive way. Those Uruguayan Cos
sacks certainly know their strong-arm
methods we'll. Here. again, 1t was a
small foreign element that caused the
disturbance. The Uruguayan ofilclals
were profoundly vexed over the oc,
currence, although it is UNDERSTOOD
AIR. Hoover missed the whole proceed
ings Uruguay has no deportation law
under which it can take steps TO ria
the country of undesirable aliens, SO
she Just tries to ignore them.
Brazil seems to have less OF prop
lem in this connection than any OF her
sister republics. The native Brazilian
is a real admirer of the United states.
The marvellous reception accorded the
good will party III Rio de Janeiro was
an eloquent testimonial to this TACT.
All movements that would appeal 10
the human instincts OF the people must
have their heroes. The anti-Amerlcan
agitators in Latin America have chosen
SANDING to play this role for them.
There is a tendency down there to set
up the Nicaraguan bandit leader as a
martyr to the cause of South American
"independence"-a victim of American
imperialism" The effort has met with
poor results so far simply because the
great mass of Nicaraguans, OF both
parties. themselves consider SANDING as
nothing more than an outlaw, with
crimes to his credit warranting his APP
pearance before a firing squad If ever
he is apprehended.
without the shadow of doubt, the
Journey of President-elect Hoover to
Central and South America has done
more to counterfeit the anti-American
agitation than all the speeches and
conferences in the world could have
accomplished. It must have been q
terrible setback to the viva SANDING"
movement. this cruise Of friendship,
and Pan-American always will owe a
debt of gratitude to Americas next
President for bringing about new era
of international good will in the west
ern world.