Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-01-18

had by Julius Caesar son named Gaze
sarian, whom Octavian put to death
With Cleopatra ended the august dyn-
aSty of the Ptolemies, Egypt becoming
a Roman province.
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ARGENTTNA-The Prince of Wales
is on his way to Buenos Aires to open
British trade exhibition for which
British business has laid itself out be-
yond all precedent. The prince is
to spend a considerable time in
Argentina, Chile and other South
American countries, as Bagman eXtraor-
binary of Great Britain, for which job
he has undergone intensive training.
The Argentine foreign trade is
certainly worth a grand British effort.
The per capita foreign trade turnover
of Argentina is the biggest in the world.
For the year prior to the slump 1t was
about a billion and quarter dol
lars for country of about eleven mil
lion population.
British Argentine trade accounted
for more than quarter of this turn
over, trade between Argentina and the
United States for about one sixth. 1t
will be recalled that toward the end of
1929 Lord D'Abernon negotiated a
DIlIlSIl-AI BeIlIIlldH JTdOe IIedIy very
favorable to Great Britain, thanks to
Argentinian resentment against our
tariff barriers. There was however,
much fear in Great Britain lest the
embarrassment involving the fall of
President Irigoyen might mean a new
general orientation unfavorable to Great
Britain, favorable to the United States.
But this fear seems to have given place
to fresh optimism.
W1..sk SwaS.
third best customer" following the
United States and India, little ahead
of Australia, much ahead of Canada.
But British visible exports to Argentina
are not more important than the
invisible" exports. British investments
in Argentina are estimated to total
about the equivalent of two billion
dollars against about half a billion for
the United States. Some four-fifths of
the privately owned railroads (Which
constitute about IS per cent of the total
railway mileage) of the country are
British owned. Argentine industry is
coming on, but Argentina is
prominently agricultural and likely to
continue so indefinitely. The British
and Argentine economies are peculiarly
complemental to each other. The ap-
parent British resolve to play up this
opportunity to the utmost would hardly
system of imperial preferences which
should favor dominion foodstuffs
especially wheat and meats at the
expense of Argentina and other foreign
extra commonwealth) countries.
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LEAGUE OF NATIONS-TheL League
Council met at Geneva on Friday, the
10th. Apparently, its chief business is,
the critical question of the treatment
INxy pAIn Of AI,N n -.
Upper Silesia, DR.. Julius CurtiuS, Ger
man foreign minister and August Ia
leski, Polish foreign minister, figuring
as protagonists.
The League of Nations Commissions,
including representatives of 81 European
nations, appointed to consider M. Bri-
andS project of European federation,
opened its second session Git first met
on September % last, and at once ad-
NJ. BRAND is president of the COM
mission, and Sir Eric Drummond, Sec
rotary general of the League, its Sec
rotary.
NOTES.-The French Parliament as
Sembled on Tuesday, the 18th, in an
atmosphere of extreme political I'M
certainty. The budget and the ina
tional equipment bill are main con-
Germs. The new premier, M. Steeg,
is a man of great ability and poise.
Indeed, it Is said that the late Earl
Balfour no mean judge. once referred
to him as the most lucid contemporary
mind of France. He does us and him
self the honor Of greatly admiring two
of the most lucid minds America may
boast; namely, Emerson and William
James.
Silver bullion has fallen to its lowest
value of record-133S pence per ounce
in the week ended, January 10. 1t Is
expected to fall lower, with eXacerba-
ton Of evil effects on business Ia the