The Ypsilanti daily press., 1943-06-12
Observations
New Government
For Argentina
Improvement
BY Charles p. Stewart

Argentinas revolutionary over.
throw OF President Ramon $. Gas.
tillo in favor OF junta headed by
Gen. Pedro Ramirez. as the re-
public's chief executive. may re-.
main for a matter Of weeks a good
deal OF a puzzle in the capitals OF
both the Axis powers and in those
OF the United Nations.
There is no doubt that President
Castillo's attitude OF nominal neu-
trality in World War II, but OF real
friendship for the AXIS alignment,
furnished the revolutionists with
frst.class excuse for their coup.
That other considerations may
have weighed with them more
substantially than that particular
one is recognized as a possibility.
Residents Of Uruguay, illustra-
lively. are in an especially advan-
tageous position TO assist develop
ments on the Argentine side of the
Rio de la Plata for just what they
are worth Their METROPOLIS Of
Montevideo is almost suburb Of
Buenos Aires, where the recent re-
volution occurred It was from
Montevideo, indeed, that the out
side world received the first news
OF its outbreak.
Now. among the New World peo-
pies the Uruguayans have been the
most solidly friendly to the Unit
ed Nations in the present conflict,
Their country is too small to sig
Nifty from a military standpoint but
there has been no question as TO
their sympathies Their tradi-
tions are democratic and the very
fact that they are numerically pee
wees all the more tends TO incline
them TO snuggle up to the big
democratic folk.
Ex-President Castillo. as indicat-
ed by his Argentine pro-AXis tend
ency. is not democratic a bit He
Is .plutocrat and an aristocrat.
too Given time, he might conceiy-
ably have attempted territorial
grab at little neighbor like Uru-
quay 1t is hard to believe that
the Uruguayans have not been sus-
picious OF him.
II he had been capsized by gen
timely democratic Argentina, Uru-
quay certainly should have been
delighted. Well. Mouteyideo'
press and craftsmanship do not
exactly deplore the revolution
across the Rio de la Plata but they
do express regret that il is not as
anti-totalitarian as what they had
hoped for 1t has been bad jab at
Axis morale. There is no denying
II.
Possibly General Ramirez and his
junta will remain a trifle neutral.
He will not be as pro-AXis as
President Castillo was, anyway
The fact is that the Argentine
masses have been somewhat mis-
represented since the Rio de ia
neiro conference seeking to bind
the Americas together. Nineteen
of the 90 were spoken for by true
democrats. Argentina, accidental
ly was spoken for by totalitarian
delegation, OF ExPresident Castil-
los philosophy, and they MIS-repre-
sented their republic.
take il that the average Latin
American is an American
II am any kind OF a Judge, I
spent several years in Argentina
and have a daughter and two grand.
children who were born there Do
know the natives
Nothing makes me madder than
to refer TO an Argentine as an
"Argentinisn' II is like describ-
ing an American as an "Amerikin-
ian.
An American is an American. To
be specific. he is Yankee
An "Argentinian' is an Argen
tino A "Chilian' is Chileno A
Brazilian" is a Brazilierno. An
guanian' is an Uruguano And
so on up the line TO peculiar pro-
nunciation OF Me-chi-co, meaning
Mexico
We better begin TO learn their
language.
A caller visited me Just now.
This. he said lis the first war
IN history in which horses have not
figured Why" he asked. isn't II
juncture for bit of horsesense TO
enter into the equation?"
Grafton Kerens, veteran federal
servant. made the suggestion
Horse food has been discussed
for edibility-but not for SENSE.
hitherto.
Grat urges il militarily.