Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-20

BY CASTOR NerUaL.

| time, method, order. Usually these are
the changes which are susceptible Of sue
cessful attainment. Precipitation does
not lead anywhere. 1t takes q lot of
optimism, indeed, to pretend that blush
ing ''senoritaS," who were not permit
| ted until recently to even go beyond
the doorways of their mansions with
out watchful chaperons, could be con-
verted in a fortnight into independent
happers, Venturing into business offices
| or taking away from men their posi-
tons and their hobbies"
In the United States women have
| long been in politics. In Latin America
the announcement Just made by a
prominent feminist leader that she is
going to take part as a candidate in the
| next Paraguayan elections has been re-
ceived with more curiousity than Seri-
BUSINESS. 1t Is thought there, and not
without reason, that, although the
women of the United States have had
q general and political education which
FITS them to take up national problems,
the preparation of Latin American
women is still deficient. The majority
OF public men and scholars of Latin
America sincerely believe that it would
be hazardous as yet to give women di-
rect participation in the conduct of
their national and international affairs
Not, at least, before having undertaken
methodical preparation for such
change.
I still remember what the famous
American internationalist James Brown
Scott told me on a certain occasion,
when the question of the participation
Of Latin American women in the solv-
ing of continental problems was being
discussed in Havana.
Some day it will have to come" he
said. This question of WoYlans rights
Is like learning to swim; you have to
Jump in the water, and then the prob
lem of swimming is solved. But first
you have to get into the water; you
can't swim on the ground. Just so the
Latin American women cannot win
their rights If they are not given the
opportunity to do it,"
To which I could have answered that
many people get drowned jumping into
the water without knowing how to
swim
A NATION WITHOUT DEBTS.
In this century of ours, in this credit
era" in which we live, If a man with
no debts is hard enough to find, how
much more strange would 1t be to
hear of a nation without debts? And
yet, If the plans of the Venezuelan
government do not fail, there will be
such a nation at the end of this year,
The distinction of being the only civ
ilized country In the world with no ex-
ternal debt will be claimed by Vene-
zuela on December IT, 1880, the Tooth
anniversary of the death of Gen. Simon
Bolivar. the liberator of that country,
according to cable dispatches from
Caracas
The Venezuelan government has an
nounced that feature Of the celebra-
ton of Bolivar's centenary will be the
redemption of foreign bonds valued at
100000 bolivars (about $780, OO,
which constitute the countrys total ex-
ternal debt.
Thus the Venezuelans believe that
there can be no better means OF honor
ing the memory of the man who gave
them political independence than secur-
ing the complete economic independence
of the country. In the past Venezuela
was more than once threatened with IN
tervention, and actually suffered inter-
ventoin by foreign powers as result OF
her external financial complications. In
the future no foreign country will be
able to hold the threat of intervention
over Venezuela on the plea that its for
eign bondholders must be protected,
The reports add that the discovery
of oil made the new financial arrange
ment possible. During the past few
years the government has been using
substantial portion of the petroleum rev.
enues, which came SO suddenly to swell
the nations treasury, for reducing The
country's foreign debt 1t is estimated
that So, 600, 900 annually, or rs per cent
of the governments income, Is produced
by the export and other taxes on het oil
industry
with the foreign debt paid. large
sum will now be available yearly for
encouraging the development of Vene-
zuela's natural resources and for the
building of much-needed highways and
harbor facilities.
FOOT BALL GOES SPANISH.
While boxing, base ball, polo and golf
championships are being disputed in the
United States world foot ball tourna-
ment began last Sunday in Montevideo,
the capital of Uruguay. However, this
is not the foot ball played in American
universities, or that applauded wildly,
every Fall. by American foot ball fans.
1t Is. instead, soccer foot ball" or
English foot ball." in the playing of
which the Latin Americans have lately
won undisputed fame.
Almost as early as base ball began to
be played in this country soccer foot
bali was the favorite entertainment of
Latin American crowds, and today it is
the national game OF almost every coun-
try south of the Rio Grande.
1t was not until 1924 that the world
heard of Latin American foot ball In
that year two South American teams
took part for the first time in a world
championship, during the Olympic
Games in Paris Both teams defeated
all their acknowledgements Amer
leans Relgians Swiss Germans Enan