Evening star., 1932-08-13
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I'll MERCURIO, Santiago.-"To
- govern is to displease." This Is
an axiom which is well nigh
IL incontrovertib,e. And the rea-
son any government is resented,
no matter how nearly the ideal, po-
litically speaking, it may be, the sim
pie fact that it is impossible to please
everybody, and even comparatively
few displeased and dissatisfied can mar
a national harmony which might 9TH
erwise permeate all classes.
The best any government can do Is
to give attention, before anything else,
to the general interests of the nation.
and not to select the interests OF par
ticular group or industry for special
favors, or unjust determinations. Reg
ulations intended to benefit or restrict
any particular class are certain to be
decried and lamented, IL not openly
antagonized by those affected negatiSe-
ly in the first instance, and positively
In the second.
Scarcely any government, in any
country. has ever been more than half
popular, for the very success Of any
party or system In gaining control i'm
mediately unifies all the theretofore
! scattered opposition to 1t, and individ-
uals, groups and parties previously con-
cerned chiefly with their own interests
flnd common complaint against the
predominating order It is supposed TO
be the duty Of the party In power to
produce good results, but too often 1t
seems to be the simultaneous duty OF
those out of ONCE to thwart such con-
summations all they possibly can.
II minister makes rnistake-and
to err Is human that minister ought
to quit If the president does not solve
every problem OF state In one. two,
three fashion, no matter how difhcult
the problems are, that president should
be Kicked out Of Office without pay,
no matter who he may be!
Consider, for instance, the criticisms
and denunciations launched upon the
Sencr Montero, than whom no president
we ever had was better equipped both
intellectually and morallyl 1t Is fatally
inevitable that those who govern, gov
ern they ever so wisely, can be sure OF
nothing except that they VIII rritate
and displeasel To change one set OF
men for another IN our high omces Is
only to continue the same state OF fric-
ton between those who govern and the
governed. Even the noble figure Of
Washington did not escape calumny
while in office, this operation OF what
we may call the inevitable law. During
two years, in particular, Of his admin
istration that great President was at
tackled. derided and insulted by large
number of American newspapers. He
found arrayed against himself two
thirds Of his people because q treaty
with England, which he promulgated.
either restrained or irritated them. We
should not forget that truly great
statesmen have been those whose po-
litical courage has enabled them to
work for the permanent benefit OF the
nation regardless of the temporal un-
popularity Of themselves or their meas
ures.
Cuban Funds Raised
To Protect Motherhood.
III Mundo, Havana.-Dr. Aianso Lo-
PEE tlel valle, secretary OF the National
Commission for the Protection Of
Motherhood and Infancy, informs Us
that the said commission has received
q report from DR.. Fernando j. del Pine,
director OF charities and treasurer OF
the relief group. In SUNK to which the
secretary OF public instruction Is asked
to appeal to the school children Of this
city for small contributions to supple
ment the funds, required to assist the
necessities Of their fellow juveniles,
through the ministrations Of the Chill
drer's League, La the city OF Santiago.
The parents& bf many Of these small
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