The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-04

Argentina Now
Worrying Over
Lone Stand
BY CHARLES p. Stewart

Argentina Is developing a sOud
bit of anxiety over MS position "a
the sole Latin.American republic
which is not on exceedingly cor
dial relations with the United
States in connection With the world
wa situation
II is not that there IS the slight
est strain between the WashlnS
ton and Bueuos Aires governments.
However, the latter the only one
In the southerly New World that
has not AT least broken diplomatic
contacts with the Axis poWor7i
not to mention several which have
declared outright hospltalltlcs
against them,
Argentine position Is rather con.
tpicuous and some OF the local
comment Re becoming distinctly
uufayorahir 20 the national admin
istration for IT'S perslstently almost
Thought not quiteJ pro ANS atti-
tude.
It IS a line of criticism which
has been. accentuated by the Ar
gentinos sister countries enthusi
sstic welcomes 10 th.ir recent vlsl.
tor, Vice President Horny 4 Wal
lace. and by the success Of Presi-
dent Rooseyelts trip into Mexico,
Just before Henry return from
his still more extensive tour
Time was when the Latin Amerl-
cas- were pretty generally anti
Yankee
In those DAYS 4 vas no ombsr'
rassment to any one OF them TO be
on slightly chilly terms with Uncle
Sam. But. today, 10 be m min.
GRITTY OF one out OF % Is bit I'M
comfortsb BILE though
Yet. to say one in 90 is not quite
correct
Brazil. the biggest OF the Latin
tvo-score, always has been pro-
United States.
suppose 1t Is because the Bra.
lillian origin is different from the
origin OF the rest OF the Latin
American nations. The others are
of Spanish derivation. Brazils
is Portuguese They may not
who have not associated some
what with the contrasting two
breeds. Their pair OF languages
are about slike-if you don't UNI
derstand much OF either OF them
Otherwise you get away with it
either way.
Well, anyway, We and the Portu-
lei
the Brazilians have inherited it
from the Portuguese.
We and the Spanish-Americans
have been different
Conflicts between US doubtless
date back to an era when We we're
dealing with their folk as abor-
igines-vhen We we're gold-seekinS
among them. There also was a war
with Mexico and we headed var
ious punitive land maybe plundera-
tive!) expeditions into the south
land. They would have done it 10
us, too, but We had them ont.
olassed.
This went on until quite recently.
Things became more civilized ul.
timately, but only Of decidedly re-
cent date.
| lived in the Argentine during
the period OF World War No /.
and paid my respects at capitals
nearly everywhere below Panama.
am reasonably sure that know
how they regarded the first Presi-
dent Roosevelt at that juncture.
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them as barbarians He is sup
posed TO have been very enlight-
ened statesman, but what he knew
about Latin America would not
have wadded a shotgun.
AS lately as that and by as en-.
lightened a statesman as Woodrow.
Wilson We have regarded those
boys as irresponsible wild chill
dren.
II made them ugly.
Herbert Hoover was an improve
ment tempersmentally, but with
no real understanding.
Good neighborliuess was Frank
lin D. Rooseyelt's invention Vice
President Henry A Wallace has
followed his lead to perfection-or
near perfection
| remark that he Is NEAR per.
lection.
He has not converted the ArEen.
tine
"Poruue (meaning Why not
hasn't he done It absolutely The
answer is that the Argentine is
somewhat irreconciIable country.
The ArEentinos will he essv
enough to convert. but the Ar.
sentine government needs 70 he
attend to. at an ELECTION.
Then we will really have solid
New World.