Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-09
Ups and Downs.

date was addressing small gath
IL ering in certain open square in
Rio de Janeiro, after he had been
refused the use of the Municipal Thea
ter and all other large auditoriums OF
the Brazilian capital for his political
speeches. The partisan attitude Of the
federal government toward his candt-
dacy, the bitterness and the inexhausti-
BILE resources with which it opposed 1t
had convinced him that his campaign
was hopeless one.
This week, which is again Springtims
in Brazil, the same man-who had beer
defeated, as was to be expected, in the
presidential elections, and had then sci
out to lead an energetic opposition
which at last eliminated in bloody civil
warfare-entered the Brazilian capita
in triumph, wildly acclaimed by the
populace and by the armed forces Of the
nation, which had themselves already
overthrown the old regime and called
upon him to preside over a provisional
administration.
And meanwhile the man who had
compelled him to talk politics out OF
doors in the outskirts of Rio, and then
denied him fair chance in the presi-
Dental elections, was, and still Is, held
prisoner In the Copacabana fortress
and Is being urged to hand in his resig-
nation as constitutional President OF
Brazil.
These are the results of the Bra.
lillian revolt, which, starting last montk
with uprtsings in several southern states
of that country, attained success few
days ago when the high officers Of the
army and navy repudiated the authority
of the former administration in Rio d.
Janeiro and set up a provisional mill
tary junta. This junta, moved by over.
whelming popular sentiment, called
upon the leader of the civil rebellion II
the south to head the new government
and DR.. Getulio Vargas, defeated candi.
date for President in the last elections
the fairness of which was gravely ques.
tioned-is now presiding over the des,
tinies Of the largest South American
republic. Senior Washington LUZ, tht
deposed President, awaits quietly In hi
Copacabana retreat the decisions of thu
new authorities.
Politics are fickle and full of sur.
prises and contradictions everywhere
But politics In Latin America are ez,
ceedingly sol
A Professor Speaks.
It may sound like a WORKOUT state.
ment to say that teachers and scientist.
are the men who best understand human
nature, and, accordingly, human rela.
tons, but it Is worth while to repeat i
from time to time, so that those seekint
for truth may go to them.
In spite of modernistic tendencies
which overemphasize the value of politi
cal judgments, or those of economist
and business men, and try to under
estimate the occasional reflective opin
ions of so-called theoretical professors
I still believe that the latter come near
est to q real conception Of interna
tional relations.
This is why I regard with particular
interest whatever a professor in Thu
country has to say on inter-Americar
relations. Business men and politician:
are prodigal with their statements or
the subject, but they may frequently
be suspected of biased views. A uni
versity man has no reason at all for be-
ing partial or one-Sided. Besides, vol
may expect from him something new
something different, and not the same
| trite phrases you hear daily in politica
speeches or read in advertising columns
In q recent study on "Inter-Ameri-
can Trade and RELATIONSHIPS Amer.
lean Universities Can Do to Improve
Them" prepared especially for an i'm.
Thomas II. Healy, professor OF tnterna'
tional law and assistant dean Of the
school of foreign service of Georgetown
University, said some of the soundeSt
and most sensible things that have
been said In long time to clear thu
way for a better understanding be.
tween Latin and Saxon Americans. =
Both the economic and the intel.
lectual sides are carefully examined II
that study 1t would be impossible Il
do it justice in the limited space Of thif
column, but do want to impress upor
my readers minds one thought from
| Prof. Healys article, which strikes
me as defining as well as has ever beer
done the problem Of inter-Americar
relations.
Prof. Healy states that, inasmucf
as men are not perfect and nation;
even less so, it is inevitable that from
| time to time there should be friction
and even intense irritation, between va
rious of the American republics. but h
points out that as whole inter Ameri
can relations offer some OF the mos
glorious pages In world history, anC
| certainly contrast more than favorabl!
with the relations of nations in othel
parts of the world. And then he says
"Even the best of friends can find faul
with one another, and, In sense, 1t i
peculiarly the prerogative of friend X
do so. However, 1t Is certainly rot thu
prerogative of \ friend to pick out ant
stress a few faults while ignoring man!
| virtues"
And this Is exactly what many PEG
| pie who unfortunately DO not th1nl