Evening star., 1938-10-02

BlOc dpptdlS W Illc MulSJcT, TIC SpO
sports and the choruses which fill tn
when the glorious northern sunsets,
last into the hours Of the night.
The remarkable strides made in
agriculture, dairying, cattle raising
and fruit growing since Latvia OBJ
tanned her freedom are astonishing.
The doctor spoke of the Iatvian
agrarian reform measure, which was
achieved after the independence OF
the little republic and which has fun
damentally changed the structure Of
Latvian rural life and the social rela-
tions. economic situation and entire
position OF the people. He said this
reform made it possible to establish
q large number of homesteads and en-
ahled vast number Of families to
make a living Independently. besides
increasing the population of the coun-
try side and enlarging urban industry
and commerce. That while unemploy-
ment amounted to about 10000 during
the critical years Of 1931-33, it Is now
almost nil.
Drawing Room Conversation
Has Serious Vein.
In spite of the drawing rooms at the
Legation being all a-bloom with bril-
liant fall flowers arranged in tall vases
in Nine. Bilmanis' inimitable way,
there was an air of serious thoughtful
ness about the Conversations Euro
pean viewpoint that was most inter-
esting. Notwithstanding this Nine
Bilmanis was still full of her recent
summer travels. Over cup of pale
yellow orange pekoe with a flavor and
aroma of the flower of the tea and
some rare Latvian domestic wine, she
became absolutely eloquent over the
beauties of their trip up through
Pennsylvania and New York; the early
fall loveliness of the countryside, the
undisturbed stiffness of the forests
she likes trees-and the beauty Of the
lakes, especially Lake Champlain re-
flecting the blue of cloudless sky,
charmed her.
She has spent many years in Switz-
erland and different parts Of Europe,
but she said as she travelled through
the States with their varied climates
and scenery sometimes rugged and
again peaceful and cultivated she
wondered why Americans so fire.
cuently vacationed in foreign lands
She is proud that she finds her use OF
English practical as she travels in
different parts of America, and with
enthusiasm said she was daily in
creasing and enlarging her vocabulary
she memories five new words day
and was jubilant over being able to
discriminate between the significance
OF may" and can" which she finds
80 many foreigners misuse. When she
lacks word she has an intriguing
way of turning her head on one side
and asking her husband in French or
Latvian to help her.
The Baltic Entente
Brings Close Ties.
In the friendly atmosphere Of the
Legation DR.. Bilmanis with deep con-
cern talked over the present inflam-
mable situation in Europe; he spoke
of what he called the capitalization
of boundaries, which he said was q
phrase coined by M. TituleSco, the
Rumanian statesman and one of the
signers of the Treaty Of Trianon, and
later permanent delegate to the
League of Nations. The Minister is
confirmed believer in arbitration,
and emphasized its practical and in
trinsic worth to his own country after
1t had thrown off the yoke of subjuga-
ton under which 1t had suffered for
more than 200 years, and when it was
endeavoring to adjust itself to the
feeling of the freedom Of republican
form Of government. He described
the Baltic Entente as the agreement
made at Geneva four years ago Gin
1880 in which representatives of the
three Baltic states, tvia, Estonia and
Lthuania determined in the name of
their respective governments that in
the futFe these three republics would
coordinate their foreign policy and
being completely independent inter-
nally, would be represented abroad as
y consolidated block bound together
by ties Of close cooperation.
As we sat slipping tea it reminded
one of an afternoon in 1917 when the
world was watching and waiting. The
small company was all unmindful of
the noise and wonderful demonstra-
ton that was being made before the
Department of State as Col. Vladimir
Hurban, the Czechoslovakian Minister,