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and domestic disturbance, but presently there
came TO her the good fortune to have born
on her soil great reformer, Jose Pedro Varela.
Crusading under his famous device "Patria por
Ia EScuela" Cor our fatherland through
schools, Varela preached that only instruction
and education could put an end to political tur-
MOL and the despotism of the bosses" who
succeeded each other in swarmS. So true was
this that although before Varea's day Uruguay
went through some 20 civil wars in 40 years,
the generation that followed Varela only suf-
fered one and ever since then domestic peace
has remained undisturbed. 1t is true that
in order to win this victory Varela had to
wage hard battle against popular opinion and
most of his own felow-citizenS, attacking them
through the press, from his university chair,
from his political party even while exile,
and lastly as director of education the posi-
ton given him when his high ideals had be-
gun to be recognized and accepted. In all
these various stages of his lfe-work he never
ceased repeating to his people, daily his favorite
slogans: Education Destroys the Evils of Ig-
norance," Education Increases Ones Fortune"
Education Lengthens Life" Education Less
ems Crime and Vice" Education Arguments
Happiness. Success and the Strength of Ma
tions," and instruction Is the Great Leveler
of Our Age" To make his campaign stronger
and more definite Varela took as an example
the United States of America, extolng in all
his writings and addresses the greatness which
the education of her sons had won for the
prosperous republic of the North where this
tireless reformer had once spent some time
Very bitter was the battle which Varela waged
against his contemporaries, but in the end he
conquered
When once the country was at peace, and
the masses educated, all the economic questions
the social problems and even those of political
unrest gradually solved themselves, and do
mestic stability soon permitted the nation to
try out the great reforms of more advanced
states Today it may be affirmed that the
dream which Varea thus described has been
realized: 1T is dream, perhaps, which makes
us see country. in the future, though small
in population and even in territory, marching
at the forefront of the nations which speak
our mother tongue, a position won through
her instruction, her wisdom, her modesty" This
in fact, is the place now held in South America
by that little republic whose area is scarcely
equal to that of Oklahoma, and whose in
habitants number no more than those of Mary
land, in this country.
Just as Uruguay holds unique position in
Latin America in respect to educational and
social matters, she has as a political and in
stitutional organization some original char
acteristics not found in any other country of
this continent. Nor in Europe. The executive
power. for example, is not in the hands Of
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possible maximum, as only part of her ter
ritory is under cultivation, the harvests each
year are large in proportion to the population
of the country, thus affording extensive
export trade The principal agricultural crops
are wheat barley, oats, corn and fax, but the
chief source of Uruguays agricultural wealth
is not in these products of cultivation, but
rather in her immense herds of cattle and sheep.
Here lies the prosperity of the country; just
as Brazil's is coffee, Chile's nitrates, Cuba's
Sguar. and Bolivia's tin. so Uruguays Is cat
tie. The rapid development of this industry
may be attributed to four fundamental causes;
favorable geographical conditions, the smsEla
total population as compared with the extent
of territory, the success attained by the in
dustry during recent years, and the preference
of the inhabitants for ranching rather than
farming. More than 90 per cent of the national
exports are animal products. Great Britain,
Germany and France holding the first three
places among countries importing these
Uruguayan products. The United States is in
fourth place, but the other hand she Is
first, by large margin among the countries
from which Uruguay imports. Being eS-
Sentially agricultural nation, with her induss
tries, generally speaking in a formative state,
Uruguay has to import almost all her manu-
featured products. Hence since the Unitee
States produces an abundance of fuel, food~
Stuffs and manufactured goods, the principal
necessities of Uruguay the latter makes the
major part of her purchases in the Union.
Last year Uruguay imported from the United
States goods to the total value of more than
$21 900, an amount more or less 80 Per
cent of her total imports.
Uruguay has been the cradle of men who
have lent brilliance to Latin american letters
and craftsmanship. In a nation of the intel
lectual maturity of Uruguay, the Athens of
America" it is not strange that she has borne
thinkers, writer's and poets of the stature of
Jose Pedro Varela, Jose Enrique Rodo, Juan
Gorilla de San Martin, Alfonsina Storm and
as many more. BaltaSar Brum, another son
of Uruguay, is one of today's most distinguishes
statesmen and writers i'll Latin America. He
was president of Uruguay at 80 and is now,
in democratic fashion, editing a periodical
through which he leads a great movement for
union of the Latin republics. And Juana de
Ibarborou is also an Uruguayan, the most
eminent example of her country's womanhood,
whose extraordinary poetical genius has won
her the crown of American Queen of Poetry"
conferred upon her not so long ago in Monte
Video by delegations representing all the Latin
American republics. These two names alone
would suffice TO bear witness to the intellectual
prestige enjoyed by this small great repuE-
lie" of the South
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one person alone, as in most republics of our
day, but is shared between the President and
a Natinoal Council of Administration, composed
of nine members elected by popular vote. which
exercises the true executive power of the state.
This council, through its functions in naming
ministers and other high officials of the gov
eminent, in managing national finances, and
in directing the foreign policies as well as the
general external and intenal life of the nation,
has greater power than the President of the
republic itself. This division of power con-
stitutes the best possible control the
ceSSive "personalism" which has been mani
Testing itself recently in almost all the nations
south of the Rio Grande. 1t is the best
guaranty of government of the pepole, by
the people and for the people," or at least
comes nearest to that ideal form Of democracy,
so long sought by the statesmen of all coun-
tries.
T TNDER the control of the National Council
of Administration there are various au-
tonomous bodies, entirely independent of the
executive power but responsible to it, called
Special Councils which direct all public activi-
ties and even national industries
Through this system. e. autonomy-there
are removed from the influence of the State,
and taken out of politics. certain general pub
lie services, such public health and santa
ton, public instruction, the Bank of the Re-
public, the telegraph and mail service, and
railways which in other countries are under
the exclusive control of the state. This system
of Special Councils, autonomous entities"
they called, is original Uruguayan
idea and up to the present has given splendid
results.
Along with this political and institutional de-
velopment the little republic of million and
a half people has also achieved notable ma
terial advancement. With homogeneous
population, almost entirely of white descent,
it has been an easier task to develop its natural
resources than for other countries of the
Southern Hemisphere, where problems created
by indigenous population and by lack of
resources have constituted serious handicaps.
Uruguay is today of the Latin American
nations having Soundest finances, and her
economic strength is steadily increasing.
Montevideo, the Uruguayan capital, one of
the most beautiful cities of the Americas, is
a favorite Summer resort for wealthy families
of Argentina and Brazil, as well as Europeans.
MontevideO has. of course, all the comforts
and Improvements required by modern life IN
European capitals, or in cities of the United
States
The wealth of Uruguay consists almost en-
Grely in agriculture. Her fertile and we'll
watered soil is enormously productive
Although production has not yet reached the
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The Political Laboratory of the Americas

Uruguay Progressive Has Adqpd Ill the
PRINCIPAL Theories Legislation Popular dvannd European
Considered Model of Institutional Oganan
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BY CASTOR NERVAL.

=" HE rest of the world has become ac-
customed to regard Latin America as
region of political confusion group
of young and undisciplined republics
mia ficr, mod
The Washington times., 1930-05-19
ATOP
RIVALS IN
MI, LOOP

Once upon a time there was a
man named Walt Whitman, who
happened to be a poet and not q
baseball player, and he made the
name Of Brooklyn famed through
out the land by riding over the
Flatbush in street cars and writ
ine poems no one understood.
Today the man who puts Brook
lyn in type is Wilbert Robinson,
and everybody understands his
epic-he made a ball team that
climbed from the bottom to the
top Of the National League in less
than a month-and that accom-
plishment is heroic poem il. there
ever was one,
The Washington times., 1930-05-19
WALESSLANGY
VISITING GOLF
TOURNEY
Photos by international

SUNN1NGDALE, RREY,
England, May 19 0N.SD.-With
the Prince Of Wales among the
spectators, play in the tournament
foStered by the British publicA-
ton Illustrated Golf got under
way here today.
Four members Of the Walker
Cup team and a number Of other
Americans, including Douglas
Fairbanks, the film star, were
among the 104 competitors.
DR.. Oscar F. Willing, Of the
American Walker Cup team, was
one of the first to finish the
morning round. He had q u.
The Prince of wales. who
few minutes prev1 ously had
landed on the course in his air
plane, met the Portland doctor
on his way back to the club
house and called:
"HalIO, Doc! What's the
good wOrd?"
"Seventy-twO, not 50 bad"
The prince then examined
Willing's card and that Of his
partner, E. H. Chambers. His
royal highneSs noticed two rs
on the latter's card and said:
That's precisely my stuff"
Bobby Jones, captain of the
Walker Cup team, took a rs for
the morning round. He had 1
35 for the first nine, but four SIS
and a 6 on the seventeenth, when
he got tangled in a bad bunker,
gave him a 40 for the second.
None of the players seemed to
be bothered by the princes golf.
ing togS-a khaki:colored pullover
and light tan plus-fourS enlivened
by huge checks of purple cross
bars.
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just ran over everybody and
everything to win. Galloping, from
Crack Brigade. The latter, among
others, including Tannery and
AlcibiadeS. did a lot Of running
in the first hree-eighths, but
when the Fox started to run. They
stopped, Pronto, and never started
again.
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7()I)AY' g
STANDINGS
AMERICAN LEAGUE

YESTERDAYS RESULTS
Philadelphia. 1: WASHINGTON, 0.
New York. IL: Boston, 0.
Cleveland, Z: Chicago. 4.
st. LOuis-DetrOit (FaiR).
TODAY'S GAMES
Cleveland at Chicago.
st. Louis at Detroit.
New York at BOstOn.
(Only games SchedUIed.)
NATIONAL LEAGUE
The Washington times., 1930-05-19
WHITNEY ACE
REPORTED
IN SHAPE
BY DAVIS J. WALSH

|
NEW YORK, May 19.-There is
only one horse race that can de
termine what the Kentucky Derby
on Saturday and previously the
Preakness so signally failed to
disclose, namely, whether Gallant
Fox is a great three-year-old or
merely the best Of an indifferent
brood.
The show down in question
didn't arrive at any time during
the running of either classic. It
will come in the Belmont Stakes,
several weeks hence, when Which
One and perhaps Boojum, the
Whitney stars, will ask the Fox
to run the race of a true cham.
pion or admit that the mantle Of
greatness is not rightfully his.
He may not necessarily have
been a great colt on Saturday but
he certainly was no worse than q
good one. Only q real horse can
win the Kentucky Derby as easily
as the Fox and so today the only
pressing question concerns itself
with the quality of his goodness.
Horses which ran against
him In the PreakneSS and
Derby cannot hope to furnish
the answer. This must come
from q colt which has done
enough winning in his own
right to afford the inevitable
basis Of comparison by which
the gauge Of greatness Is es-
tabliShed.
If Gallant Fox beats Which One
in the Belmont, then automatic
ally he must be awarded a place
on the pedestal Of ranking cham
pions before which the gods Of
racing bend the knee.
The Whitney colt didn't winter
we'll or the show down would
have come in the Derby and fur
ther speculation would be unnec-
esSary. But he was one of the
great two-year-old champions of
the generation and, since he has
been declared for the Belmont,
and it is assumed that he now is
ready for three-year-old racing.
Then the Belmont has to be
either the climax or the denoue-
ment of the Fox'S career.
Certainly he faced no horse as
potentially good as Which One on
Saturday, and it may even be
that none of them were the equal
of Boojum, although the latter
had to be pin,fired and may not
be able to beat a spanking good
watering. cart at the moment.
In the Preakness, for instance,
he was something like eighth
going to the half mile, and then
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Minor Results
INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE

INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE
Baltimore, z; Buffalo, 4.
Montreal. 4-4; Reading, 2-l.
Rochester, 3; Jersey City, 4,
Toronto, 12: Newark, ).
AMERICAN ASsOCIATION
Milwaukee,, IA: Minneapolis, 3.
l.OusVllle, II: Indianapolis, 6.
Columbus Toledo (rain).
ST. Paul-kanaas City (cold).
SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION
New Orleans. 10: Chattanooga, s,
Nashville, 4; Mobile, /.
Memphis-Atlanta (rainl.
Little Rock Cunningham (rain),
n. Y.-PENNsYLVANIA LEAGUE
Hazelton. II; wilkes Barre, 4.
York, 10; Scranton, 3
BlnEhamton. s: Harrisonbur ).
EimiDs~ 5; Williamsport, :.
WESTERN LEAGUE
Wichita Ia, Topeka, o-s.
DsS MoiAeE 12, omaha, I.
Pueblo, 7-1o. Denver, e-s
Oklahoma city-st Joseph (eoId).
The Washington times., 1930-05-19
'CSTODAYS
0PORTORIAL
BkKIRK MlLLER~

weeks will certainly find the
boys up there in the world
series money. and this oft
times over-enthuSiastic reporter
isn't the only baseball observer
in Washington who has been
tossing just such q possibility
as that over and over in his
mind these early days Of the
1880 season.
"Yes. subj" as they say down
Kentucky way, Walter sure has
the boys imbued with as rare
spirit as you ever see on the
diamond. If GoSlin was hitting
anything like what might ordi-
narily be expected of him.
Washington would have a four
or five game lead in the league
right now, and there's no tell
ing Just what day now Goslin
will start unloading his lumber,
as 1t were.
Well, there's not many Groves
in this league, and if there
were, we wouldn't have to face
'em more than about once every
four days. Wen spot any team
In the circuit one game out of
four and still wind up with q
respectable record.
WhiA it was no manner nor
means of a way to treat q large
Sunday home audience of 10000
by losing to the Athletics, Wash
ington did the next best thing
by going down fighting. And
there wasn't q man of the five
Griffs who made hits who
wouldn't gladly have gone hit
less If by so doing, Sammy Rice
might have continued his bril-
liant hitting streak which had
already encompaSSed 20 straight
games. However, in breaking
his hitting string, Sam sue
ceeded in breaking a bat.
The Washington times., 1930-05-19
AMATEUR WINS
FROM NET PRO

Exhibition matches between
tennis pros and amateurs are
frowned on internationally but
are encouraged in the United
States.
Washington was favored with
one of these matches yesterday
when Gregory Mangin, No. 10
United States player and George
town star, easily trounced Paul
Heston. local net pro, 6-4. 81.
at the Columbia Country Club.
The first match was closely
ought.
The Washington times., 1930-05-19
"Stuff, stuff, stuff!

That's what Lefty Grove
showed us all afternoon" sput-
tered Joe Judge out from
under the shower after the
Sabbath sabotage in which the
Philadelphia Athletics won
their second game of the sea-
son from the Griffmen. It
was one of those fine exhibit
tionS of baseball in which the
loser looks fully as good as the
winner.
Walter Johnson and Ed Rom
mel once pitched a very similar
game here on an auSpicious
opener, that is it was a game
in which Philadelphia, though
defeated, looked every inch as
good q team as the team that
defeated it, Washington. The
10000 people who took the
afternoon air at the ball park
saw a ball game they won't
soon forget, and while the
home team couldn't grab the
margin, GoSlin, Cronin, and
Myer made sensational fielding
plays and Brown and Braxton
made a great fight every inch
Of the way against Lefy Grove
who was in a rare pitching
mood.
Brown might have been In
there pitching yet save for the
fact he gave way to Barrett
when Lloyd would have been
first up in the eighth, a spot
which looked quite apropos in
deed to Walter johnson to step
in and overcome the One-run
lead which the Athletics had
enjoyed since the sixth.
Washington outhit their Sun
day foes by almost two to one
and had Judges handsome
triple and Bluege'S splendid
double to boast of besides.
While Grove was striking out
eight batterS, however, Brown
was only tanning four, and
that fact. together with Wash
ington's two errors and a hit
pitcher, is largely responsible
for the fact that the team
which hit the poorest took the
days spoils.
Watching that contest, the
spectacular fielding at times,
and the fair hitting Of Wash
tngton, considering the superb
day Grove was enjoying, one
couldn't help marvel the way
Walter Johnson had his lads
on their toes.
In playing their heads off
for Walter. they are also play.
ing 'em off for themselves,
because four more months of
the kind of baseball they've
turned IN during the past five
The Washington times., 1930-05-19

The flock got up there by
making the Phillies bite the
dust twice yesterday, 3 to 0
and 7 to s. Jumbo Jim Ell.
lott gave Philadelphia only
five hits in the first game, and
in the nightcap Ace Elliott, Of
the Phillies, and WiIIOughby,
who succeeded him, both
Wild-pitched in runs in the
third when the Robins scored
five tallieS.
The Washington times., 1930-05-19

It then remained for Gal
liant knight, Ned o and Gone
Away to come on and do
something about 1t because a
horse race Is positively no
horse race at all unless some
body finishes second, third
and fourth in the order
named.
The Fox, in other words, never
was questioned about his status
once he got in front. There was
no challenge in either race, not
even an interrogation. Doubtless
he could have answered, if the
matter arose. But the point is
that the matter didn't and the
question was never asked.
If Which One Is the horse he
was in 1920, the question will be
not asked. but demanded, at Bel.
mont Park. Many, indeed, were
convinced that destiny had Sc,
lected this horse as the champion
colt Of 1880, after his successful
season at Saratoga and his win,
ming Of the Futurity. Had he
carried these victories to the
Downs at Louisville on Saturday,
he would have been the favorite,
not Gallant Fox, and possibly the
winner. Who knows?
The Washington times., 1930-05-19

Splitting a double-header with
Boston caused the Giants to drop
to second place. They lost the
opener after Bill Walker, who
started to pitch q noble game,
went accepting in the ninth as
the Braves scored two runs and
won. 4 to /. Fred Leach pulled
the second contest out of the fire
for the Giants when he hit in the
ii inning after tanning four times
during the day. With two men
out md Eddie Marshall on second.
Fred whacked q double and New
York triur1phed, 3 to 2.
The st. Louis Cardinals rested
in third place in the tight Ma
tional circuit battle, with Chicago
fourth. The Redbirds and Cubs
split two games, the winning
streak Of st. Louis being shipped
at nine straight in the first clash,
8 to 6. Hack Wilson got Two
hOmers. Jess Haines won his
first game Of the season in the
second, 8 to 2, allowing the Cubs
only six hits, while the Birds
hammered Sheriff Blake.
Erwin Brame not only
pitched well for Pittsburgh,
but won his game, 2 to l,
over the Cincinnati Reds
when he hit a circuit blast in
the third and scored the win
ming run in the fifth after
he doubled.
Cleveland took ADVANTAGE Of
loose White Sox playing and won
! to 4. Harder allowed the Hose
only six bingles.
The Washington times., 1930-05-19
ISHERWooDS ACTIVE

1sherwoods meet the st. Eliza.
beth nine tomorrow on the st,
Elizabeth diamond at $50 o'clock,
sherwood players are requested
to report not later than 5 o'clock,
The Washington times., 1930-05-19

way with New Haven, Of the
Eastern League.
Catcher Cliff Bolton has
dropped from the top to third
place with ChattapOoga, of the
Southern Association, but is still
hitting better than 400.
Bolton may be shifted to the
outfield when he rejoins the
Griffmen. Although great
natural clouter, the youngster
has shown little to recommend
him as a receiver.
! Phelps, who has gathered
20 base hits out of 81 tries
with HagerStOwn, is roaming
the Outfield now, but will be
sent behind the bat shortly.
He has harvested three home
runs, as many triples and q
like number Of twO-baggers.
Lefty Grove had too much
swift yesterday when the Ath-
leticS closed their series with a SEN
satiopal triumph over the Griff-
men, 10. Although Lloyd Brown
and Garland Braxton yielded but
three hits. Groves pinch sling.
ing predOminated. Brown gave
up three Safeties in eight rounds
while BraXton pitched flawIess
ball in the ninth.
The AS used but one hit to
put over their deciding sixth.
period count. Bishop was hit by
a pitched ball, Haas sacrificed,
Dykes beat out a single to Cronin
and Simmons walked. loading
the sacks. When Foxx forced
Simmons, Cronin to Myer, an
easy double play was in the max
ing but Bishop registered when
bumped Buddy while
going into second.
The Washington times., 1930-05-19
OLD FOX SAYS
THEIR PUNCH
WILL TELL
By BOB THAYER


The club that stops the
Athletics will have the best
chance of coping the 1880
American League bunting!
An admission of Clark Griffith
Washington club president today.
Griffith further intimated that
Walter johnson has exactly that
kind of team.
"We've beaten the AS seven
times out of nine starts" he
added. That speaks well for
our chances.
"When we won out in
1924 we got to the top by
knocking off the Yankees
- all season. And in 1925 we
murdered the AS. That's
the way pennants are wOn!"
While Griffith considers the
Athletics the outstanding threat
he also thinks that Bob Shawkey'S
New York Yankees will have a
say-so in the championship set
tlement.
"YOu can't overlook a
punch such as Babe Ruth
packs" he argued, "particu-
Iarly when it's backed up by
the bats Of Tony Laxzeri.
Earl Combs, Lou Gehrig and
Bill Dickey.
"When the Yankees get
better pitching they will be
up in the running. You can
bet on that"
While Griffith admits a whole
some respect for the Cleveland
Indians it is not difficult to
gather that he looks for the flag
controversy to be settled in the
, East.
In brief he explained:
"This years will be an open
race with at least three clubs
fighting it out for the top. II
look for Walter JohnsonS men
to be in there all the way.
"The Indians are the only
Western club that figures to
cause trouble. If Peckin.
paugh's players all get
started at once, look OUT"
Three Washington club young
Sters now performing optionally
with minor league clubs are to
be recalled this fall. Two of the
three are leading their respective
YeagueS.
Gordon Phelps, husky Hagers-
town (Blue Ridge League sensa-
tion, is heading his circuit with
a better than 500 mark, while
Outfielder Alvin Powell is batting
an even .4SS while showing the