Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-05-26
ARGENTINA CELEBRATES
NATIONAL BIRTHDAY
OF All Latin American Countries.
Southern Neig hbor Is Declared
Most Like United States.

district in which the capital city,
Buenos Aires, is located. just as Wash
ington is in the District of Columbia
in this country.
The usual three branches Of the
vernment-legislative judicial and
executive-are established under the
same principles as in the United
States. and. although the President is
elected there for a term Of six years
instead of four, he is chosen, as in
this country. by indirect vote, which
is not the case in the other Latin
American republics.
Great National Heroes.
In Gen. Jose de San Martin, who
freed the country from Spanish do
minion, the Argentines have their
George Washington, and in Gen Bar
tolome Mitre, who consolidated ma
tional unity and organized the ad-
ministrative system, they may be said
to have their Lincoln. These two
men, whose lives have notable re-
SemblanceS with the two most out
standing characters in Anglo-Saxon
American history. together with that
other great Argentine, Domingo Sar-
miento, had the largest influence in
the formation of the political struc-
ture of the southern republic, as well
as upon the present ideals and pur-
suits of its citizens.
The relations of the Argentine Re-
public with the United States have
improved considerably in the past few
years. This improvement may be
traced not only to the evolution in
the Latin American policies of the
State Department, from which have
been eliminated most of the hege-
monte and imperialistic traits re-
sented by the Argentine people, but
also to the internal movement in
their own country which put an end
to the extremely nationalistic Iri-
goyen regime late in 1880.
President Irigoyen was noted for
his aloofneSs and lack of sympathy
for foreign countries in general, and
the United States in particular He
refused to fill the vacant ambasSa-
dorial post in Washington and, like
wise. failed to send delegates to the
various pan-American conferences
which gathered here during his re-
glme. He was outSpoken in his de-
nunciation of United States economic
and tariff practices, and showed little
enthusiasm in encouraging that mu-
tual good will essential to the promo
ton of friendly international rela-
tionships.
Armed Revolt Succeeds.
When the Irigoyen government was
overthrown by popular armed up
rising, one of the first acts of the
new administration was to declare its
purpose Of cultivating closer relations
with the United States, and the first
diplomatic appointment signed by the
new Chief Executive, General Uriburu,
was that Of Senior Manuel Malbran as
Ambassador to Washington. Since
that time, and more rapidly after the
announcement of President Roosevelt's
good neighbor" policy toward Latin
America, harmony and cordially be-
tween the two countries have been on
the ascent. The present Argentine
Ambassador, Don Felipe Espil, an able
exponent of the new school of diplo-
macy, should be given a large share
of the credit for this happy turn in
Argentine United States relations
Years ago he lived in this country,
both in an official capacity and as a
private individual, making important
acquaintance in political and flnan-
cial circles, and gaining an intimate
knowledge and understanding Of the
psychology of its people. He is, there
fore. especially qualified to deal with
them and to conciliate their points of
view with those of his own people.
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