Evening star., 1930-12-07
PLANS TO PUT RULE
In HANDS OF PEOPLE
Gen. Uriburu of Argentina Is AristOcrat
Who Believes in, Civilian RuIe-Is
Man of Strong Character.

| present predtcament, this must be the
case with the Argentine government.
we have not sought to destroy con-
Stitutional government, but our aim has
been to restore constitutional govern
mentl" This Il the way confldant Of
the President expressed 1t. For two
years the laws Of the country have been
disregarded. The provinces have been
violated, their governors deposed and
purely provincial affairs conducted by
Representatives of the President. The
| Congress has not functioned. The fnan-
cial affairs of the nation have gone
from bad to worse. The public debt
has become staggering and the budget
constantly overdrawE. Worse still, we
have been isolated from the world.
These and other conditions we must
| correct"
There is little doubt that Uriburu and
his cabinet are utilizing every minute
to accomplish this task. On a recent
holiday thousands Of people gathered in
front OF the palace to express their sup
| port of the new government The
President finally appeared and ac-
knowledged their plaudits, Speech,
speechI" they called. Don't ask words
Of me, but works." he replied, and
walked back to his ONCE.
Task Has Complication.
But the task Is not o small one. Not
| only must he take care Of the iInme-
diate economic situation, he also must
prepare the country for the elections
which he has promised and intends TO
carry out-elections In which neither
he nor his ministers will be candidates.
The method Of accomplishing this Is
being discussed pro and con by the
press and by different parties.
First It was decided to elect q Con-
| gress, vote the laws and measures nee
essary TO operate the government and
then hold presidential elections. But
such influential and conservative Jour
mails as La Nacion have questioned
not be consistent with q provisional
presidency and an elected Congress.
But the original plan has not been
abandoned.
The records Of former oflcials are
being investigated In an effort TO fix
the responsibility for fraud and cor
ruption. This will lead into endless
ramif1cations, possibly without def1nt1
results. But unlike some of the other
regimes that recently have come into
power by revolution, Uriburu's govern
ment Is not spending much energy
hunting for evidence to hang former
officials or to wreak revenge upon de-
feated politicians. Uriburu knows that
the problems Of the country, It's busi-
ness, its financial stability and the good
will Of the world are far more impor-
tant than the necks Of few oiscred-
tied politicians. One of his closest
took tip from the record Of George
Washington; who when he had won
the Revolution, set about building q
nation instead of making holiday by
the hanging of British Tories"
Sought World Recognition.
The very first matter to claim Uri-
Argentina back to the family of ma
tions. Irigoyen had the greatest con-
tempt for other countries, neglected 70
appoint Ambassadors and Ministers
even recalled q number and left the
Washington embassy for two years In
the hands Of a secretary whose dis
patches received about as much at
tention at home as the notes of for
mer Russian grand duke would receive
at Moscow. No other failing OF Irigoyen
was so bitterly resented by the thinking
people. For Argentina Is proud Of its
name and standing abroad, to say moth
ing Of the fact that its economic life
1 Is dependent upon the sale of its prod
ucts in foreign markets.
Promising to appoint an Ambassador
within "a hours II recognized by Mr..
Hoover s Government, he kept his prom
ise with several hours to spare, and as
soon as DR.. Manuel Malbran could pack
his trunks he was on the Atlantic
bound for New York and Washington.
Incidentally, DR.. Malbran Is PROBABLY.
the best equipped man in the republic
for the Washington post. A distin-
guished lawyer and statesman, he was
secretary and charge d'affaires In
Washington 20 years ago-in fact. II
| of hic RVvf &c
married while there, and he calls his
only son an American because he was
born In Washington. He has been
Minister to Cuba, Mexico, Venezuela
and Colombia and Ambassador to Chile.
Therefore he knows intimately the deli
cate and purely American questions.
Moreover, having been the last Ambas-
sador at washington before the advent
OF 1rigoyen, he will merely resume his
work where he left of.
To any one present at the great ban
quet given to Ambassador Malbran and
in celebration OF the new relations be-
tween the two countries by the Ameri-
can business men in Buenos Aires fol-
lowing the appointment, there is no
doubt as to the confidence in the new
regime Of those representing United
States interests In Argentina. Never
have witnessed a more genuinely en-
thusiastic gathering of Americans In a
foreign country. They fairly bubbled
with approval Of the Ambassador and
confidence in the Uriburu government,
not only publicly but in private con-
versation. 1t is their opinion that de-
spite the difficulties brought about by
high tariffs and embargos the coming
Of Uriburu to power in the South
American republic is the beginning OF
q sensible and buSiness-like relationship
between his country and the United
States.