Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-07-13
HREE thousand miles down to
the South, in q prosperous and
historic Latin American repub-
lie, the Fourth of July was cele-


l. lie, the Fourth of July was cele-
brated amid popular rejoicing
and official ceremonies Of colorful char
acter.
The Peruvian government had de-
creed the Fourth a national holiday in
homage to the greatest date in Ameri-
can history, and as a means Of showing
the goodwill and friendliness Of the
Peruvian people to the United States.
Closing their shops, leaving their Of
hces, interrupting their business ac-
tivities, the proud descendants Of the
Inca Empire gathered around the sport
fields or in the social centers to cele-
brate the Fourth.
The cable reports do not mention
whether the Peruvians celebrated with
the same turbulant display of fireworks
and pyrotechnics which is characteristic
here, or whether they celebrated 1t in
the old Spanish fashion, with q mass
in the morning and q gala bullflght in
the afternoon. But we do know that the
citizens Of that far-away Latin re-
public joined the American public in
the celebration of its highest glory. And
these acts of the spirit, these moral
bonds. are the ones that make for closer
friendship among nations. No matter
what an interested party, or profess
sional propaganda, may say about the
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toward Uncle Sam, as long as there is
q community of ideals between them
such as this instance shows, there can
be no fear of enmitieS or suspicious at
titudeS. No matter what the radical
elements may do in Latin America to
spread distrust Of the United States,
and no matter what peSsimistic persons
in this country may think of the pos
sible outcome Of that insidious propa-
ganda, as long as in the moral order of
things such an understanding Is en-
couraged between Northerners and
SouthernerS, interamerican relations are
bound to progress constantly.
Whenever an Ambassador Of ill-will''
comes along and tells you of the I'M
friendly spirit of the Latin Americans;
Of the tremendous amount of suspicion
and distrust the dollar diplomacy and
the Wall Street loans are provoking on
the other side Of the Rio Grande; Of the
Incompatible character and the OPP
posite mentality OF North and South
Americans, remind him Of cases like
this, in which the true popular senti-
ment speaks louder than isolated
speeches or pieces Of interested propa-
ganda.
The Peruvians observing the Fourth
OF July, the Bolivians carrying the Stars
and Stripes through the streets of their
capital when the Kellogg proposition
for Bolivian outlet to the sea was an
nounced, the BraEilians sending their
first citizen to visit this country and
pay his respects to President Hoover,
all the Central American nations ac-
claiming wildly the flights Of Uncle
Sans foremost pilot during the Lind
bergh tour Of those countries, the huge
and enthusiastic receptions accorded
PreSldent-elect Hoover in every one of
the Latin capitals he visited two years
ago-these are the proofs that count,
because they express public sentiment
itself and are not mere conventional
courtesies or diplomatic fiattery.
These interpret states Of the soul and
create unbreakahle links of good will.
For moral friendship is the soundest
foundation OF international relations.
In Class by Himself.
have a peculiar picture in my hands.
1t Is from q South American magazine
and shows two members of the Argen-
tine civil service taking down Q photo
graph Of President Ifigoyen of Argen-
tina from the wall Of public once.
One Of the men has already got q
goodly number Of the Argentine Presi-
dents photographs under his left arm
What has happened? Is Senior Irigoyen
no longer the chief executive Of the
southern republic9 Have the Argen-
tinians ceased to take an interest in
him?
This inscription, below the picture In
the magazine, explains the meaning of
50 curious q ceremony, 1.-THE President
has ordered that all portraits Of him
self be removed from public places, for
he considers that such display should
only be posthumouS and when the men
thus honored have really merited ma
tional gratitude and admiration"
The case has no presidents. It is
In q class by itself. However, although
extremely surprising for student of
contemporary history, 1t Is not so for
any. one who knows 1rigoyen'S unique
personality and psychology.
All his life President 1rigoyen has
been o declared enemy Of publicity,
Of photographers and reporters. Dur
ing every stage of his public career,
and even In his private life, he has
avoided all kinds Of display, hedging
his life about with a reserve so extreme
as to be almost o mystery. Evading
contacts with even his political parti-
sans, he has always opposed the use
of his name for anything savoring in
the least Of publicity.
Since the days when he was q young
school teacher Irigoyen has been con-
spicuous for his extfaoroinary aversion
TO public appearances, holding that his
n1odesty would make him different from