Show p Holds Job for His IDs Friend i And Wins Post at Capital By HERBERT PLUMPER WASHINGTON March 7 7 Theres There's Theres something a bit sportsmanlike in this change of positions between those two Panamanians Panamanians Dr RIcardo Alfaro Alfaro Al Al- faro and Dr Arias Or so It would seem on the surface at any rate Alfaro Altaro Is now president of Panama Until a a few weeks ago he presided over his country's legation in Wash Wash- ington Arias has Just been appointed appoint appoint- ed minister of Panama to toO th the United United United Unit Unit- ed States Until Alfaro took over the presIdency dency Arias served as provisional head of his government following the revolt of or January 2 Arias was credited in some quarters quarters with engineering tho the revolt which resulted in the change of their two positions He has denied this however declaring that My participation was limited to toan toan toan an attempt to satisfy the thc aspirations of or the citizens who gave me their confidence until Dr Alfaro Alfara assumed as assumed assumed as- as the presidency BRILLIANT CAREER A comparatively young man about the age of Alfaro Afaro who is his friend of long standing Arias comes to Washington late in March with a brilliant record behind him He was wa only 26 25 years old and Just out of the University o of London Loudon with witha a degree as doctor o of laws when wIlen he was made undersecretary o of foreign affairs his first lr t public office He held this post ost only a a. few months when he resigned to enter the private private vate practice of or law He Hc has gone far in the legal pro pro- His degree o of doctor of laws was confirmed by a a. thesis The Contributions Con Con- of Latin-America Latin to the Development of Int International Law Since then he has come to be re regarded regarded re- re with Dr Alfaro Alforo as an outstanding outstanding out out- standing student in this field I He has se served as member of ot the national codifying codifying- commission In 1920 he was his countr country's s delegate to the first assembly of the league of oJ nations KNOWS W WASHINGTON His honorary offices Include membership membership mem mem- in the Society of the American American Ameri Amen can Institute of International Law Law membership In the thc Panamanian Society Society So So- clety of International Law and membership membership mem mem- in the Academy of History of both Venezuela and Argentina He has ventured into diplomacy before serving as ns his country's minister min mEn ister Lster to Ar Argentina entina In 1921 Nor will he be a a. stranger to Washington Washington Washington Wash Wash- ington when he be arrives to take ch charge r re e of ot the Panama I legation C Jon housed ina in ina ina a fine old stone mansion on New Hampshire avenue He has been sent on several occasions to toO the United States on official missions Dr Arias Is married and the fa father father fa- fa ther of five children His friends describe him as a a. great lawyer and a n great patriot a a. man who whose e opinion has been often orten sought rought by his country cOl In matters of ot supreme national interest |