Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-18
MANY NATIONS Join
TO HONOR URUGUAY
Stimson Lauds Republic at
Luncheon on Its tooth
Anniversary.

Officials of the United States and
the Latin American nations joined to-
day to observe the Tooth anniversary
OF the organization of the Republic of
Uruguay at a special luncheon in the
Hall of the Americas, Pan-American
Union, rendered by DR.. J. Varela, Min
lister of Uruguay.
Secretary of State Henry L. Stimson,
who replied to DIR. Varela's address In
the small republics progress since 1880,
and extended the wishes of the United
States for continued prosperity.
DR.. Varela reviewed the history of
Uruguay's struggles for independence
over 20 years, and recounted the pur-
pose of the government Ito be q true
democracy, endeavoring to offer equal
opportunity and social justice to all
men and women"
Special tribute was paid by Secretary
StimSon and others to the memory of
ArtigaS, the national hero of Uruguay,
whose bust was placed on q special
pedestal in the Hall Of the Americas
for the luncheon.
The constitution Of Uruguay, which
continued in force from 1880 to 1918,
was revised in that year into q new
charter that, in many respects, is con-
sidered the most advanced in the world,
The present constitution provides for
division of the executive power between
President and the national council:
recognizes Woman's right to vote, and
contains advanced provisions of social
character intended to protect the rights
of individuals.
Many Noted Guests Invited.
Attorney General William Mitchell,
Secretary Of Commerce Lamont, Secre-
tary of Labor Davis and others as follows
were among the guests invited: Senator
Oddie of Nevada, Senator Bingham Of
Connecticut, Senator Walsh of MaSSa-
chusetts, L. Astrom, Minister of Fin
land; Edgar L. @. Prochnik, Minister of
Austria; w. BoStrom, Minister of
Sweden; Eduardo Diez de Medina, Min
lister of Bolivia; Ferdinand Veverka,
Minister Of Czechoslovakia; Homero
Viteri Lafronte, Minister of Ecuador;
Rafael Brache, Minister Of the Dominic
can Republic; Representative Linthicum
of Maryland; Admiral Charles F.
Hughes, chief of naval operations; Or.
Pedro Manuel Arcaya, Minister desig-
nate of Venezuela to the United States;
Julian EnciSo, charge d'affaires of Ar
gentina; Oscar Blanco Viel, charge
d'affaires of Chile; Jose Baron, charge
diaffaires of Cuba; Pablo M. YnSfran,
charge daffaires of Paraguay; Luis
Churion, charge daffaires of Venezuela:
Guillermo E. Gonzales, charge d'affaires
Of Costa RIGA; Merchant Mahoney,
charge d'affaires of Canada; Etienne
Lombard c. P. Offerdahl, charge
daffaires of Norway; Jose M. coronado,
charge d'affaires of Colombia: L, C. van
Hoorn, charge daffaires of the Neither
lands; William Dawson, Minister of the
United States TO Ecuador; Condo de
Montefuerte, counselor of the Spanish
embassy; William r. Castle. Assistant
Secretary of State; Francis White, AS
sistant Secretary of State; George Aker-
Gen. J. Z. Fechet, chief of the Air
Corps; George w. Wickefsham, chair
man of the National Commission on Law
Observance and Enforcement; Seymour
Lowman, Assistant Secretary of the
Treasury; Walter z. Hope, Assistant Sec
tary Of the Treasury; Col. Frederick
H. Payne, Assistant Secretary Of War;
DR.. julius Klein, Assistant Secretary Of
Commerce; Walter L. Thurston, acting
chief OF the Latin American division,
Department of State; DR.. L. S. Rowe,
director general Of the Pan-American
Union; DR.. James Brown Scott, presi-
ternational Law; Fernando Gonzalez
Arnao, counselor Of the Spanish en-
bassy; Eugen Hauenschield, counselor
of the Austrian legation; Comdr. Louis
Sable, naval attache Of the French
embassy: DR.. Paulo G. de Almeida, first
secretary of the Brazilian embassy;
Augusta Mendes Leal, first secretary of
the Portuguese legation; DR.. Hugh
Cumming, director Of the Pan-American
Sanitary Bureau; Edmund Platt, vice
governor Of the Federal Reserve Board;
William l.. Cooper, director of the Blu
reau of Foreign and Domestic Com
merce; Oscar T. Crosby, Commissioner
Of the District of Columbia; DR.. George
K. Burgess, director of the Bureau of
Standards; Robert v. Fleming, preSi-
dent Of the Riggs National Bank; Ira
Bennett Of the Washington Post, M.
w. Flynn Of the Washington Herald,
Richard Oulahan of the New York
Times, Fleming Newbold of The Wash
ington Star, Elliot Thurston Of the New
York World, Theodore Wallen Of the
New York Herald-Tribune, Frederic
william Vile, Carter Field, Pablo San
tos Munoz, second secretary Of the Ar
gentine embassy; Eugene Kelvin Seal
Ian, secretary Of the South African
legation; DR.. Z. Gil Borges, assistant
director of the Pan-American Union;
]. j. Bajac, consul Of Uruguay In New
York; Henry L. Sweetheart, r. Silveira
Ramirez, Raul DieE de Medina, Harry
Frantz, A. E. StuntS, Writ Howe,
Franklin Adams, w. B. Van Devanter,
Enrique Caroselli, L. Rivera Rosas, VIII
liam Manager. ]. v. Mora, J. A. Va
rela, Jr.
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