Show 7 I I THE GREATEST r S wJ nn 1 n MEN MAN II IN IN i SOUTH AMERICA tar far an as more mere personality or la le con concerned cornell corned perhaps no two men m n SO could be lio found more moro nearly typical of ot their respective no nn tonalities than the tha presidents a of two South Louth American republics lIe Noca Roca of ot Argentina and of Chile According to report they thoy are high spirited ambitious Intelligent and po politically acute having hll risen from tho ho tanks ranks More la ie known of ot Argentina Argentinas president Ion Don Julio A Roca than of lit I Childs Don pon Jorman Jerman eo Tho The for tor former formet met mel has hn been beon In the tho public eye oye for tor at al almo most moot mo t n a generation though ho he Is la still on the tha sunny dunny side alde of at Horn Dorn of If fighting gR tl g stock In tho the lit II II e city of ot Tucu T irian mOh northern Argentina Jt cn upheld the family tradition hy by running away from school when u 11 boy boj bo boond and ond entering the army His father had hai fought tho h o Chileans under General S t r Martin but Ida hla sniff of ot war wm In n the quadrangular fight between botwen Bra Brazil zil III Uruguay Paraguay and Argentina Ho kept kOlt at nt It for far live years year corning coining out of or the ibis conflict a 11 seasoned eeG l Y as os n II r a captain Military lICo suited Bulted s swell him so co sowell well that ho continued In n it II until he ho had risen Mien to tho rank of general 1 Being let n g ol ot ola ota ofa a bellicose disposition ho sought nought opportunity for tor a 11 career and found It down downIn In Patagonia ia which vent vast and uncivilized uncivilized territory he woe was mainly Instrumental mental in Ih throwing open to Immigration lion tion and agriculture thereby adding millions of at acres to tho the productive area of It his Isle native nativo country KOCH Roca was waa first elected president of ot ottha ofha tha ha republic In 1888 1880 Just Juat In III time line to 10 taken take tAka ft n 1 prominent pt part In the tho squabbles of ot the tho th following year when tho rho long pond pend pending ing In boundary became acute This problem of at fixing att nh International boundary line lino between Chile and ont Ar M Argentina gentina had been left lert over from pre pro previous Administrations and President Roca Hoca set himself vigorously to the task tack of ot effecting a IL satisfactory solution with advantage to his hie own country of at course Tho The two republics republica agreed upon a II line lino of delimitation but hut It watt not determined definitely owing to toa toa toa a misunderstanding as na n to thu tho provi provisions slone Ion of It tho the several treaties of at 1881 and ond the tha protocol of at 1893 1808 They rhe oven agreed to submit tho lie matter to arbitration tion choosing Queen lueen Victoria as os tho the Supreme arbitrator and then thon finally refused to accept tho the decision of at the tho selected by b her Whether purposely or not tho the treaty entered Into between Chile and nM Argon Argen Argentina Ar n tina than about twenty years ago ogo respecting r the tho delimitation Is la ambiguous In Its ita wording At any rate It Is I sus aua susceptible susceptible of nt at toast least two Interpretations and may afford a Q reasonable excuse for tor either cither republic to declare war upon ulon the theother he other As s matters at ot present stand there thero teems a disposition Illon for tor an nil agree agreement agreement ment to disagree and that Is why war like Ilka preparations have lave been bean making on ona Ona a vaster than ever before So late loto latea as os a me 1896 the tha two governments agreed to submit any unsettled to the theaward award of at the British government and commissioners were appointed to 10 draw up a n n general line lino of ot demarcation The Tho Theo o o o OI boundaries however Irreconcilable rind and there was a n prompt cult call to arms anna on either olther side aide tho Iho Chilean government the th mobilization tion than of set 84 r non men and tho the Argentine of at No actual hostilities ensued however rind tint peace was wall temporarily patched up Between the tWI govern money Out Jilt soon loon after another qu Ion tion of ot boundary arose this time re spooling pooling a n portion of at Bolivia claimed by ly both loth Chile and by the former through right of conquest st and by tho to latter hatter through cession cO from the lie Bolivian government This dispute wan referred referral to fo an un international com oom commission mission with the tho United Platen minis tor at Ayres as nB arbitrator This Thia commission met In ht Mardi 1899 1890 and within three days settled tho the than lion of at delimitation by tho dis disputed III territory equally Qually between the two claimants This was t aa not satisfactory factory to either and send while ac ue accepting ce p tin g tha tho t h o In the th main mutt they thoy yet yot had an art excuse for tor war In ht tho the settlement of ot details Still HUll white wing winged winge ed e l peace JI hovered for tor awhile over OVIr the peaks and prosperity began when holl President been who 11 again In hi the tha Argentine tine executive chair changed the order he had sent ant to Eu Europe Europe rope ropo for tor Krupp p cannon Into one ono for tor railroad And set act himself elt to the tho development of ot the country JIll fu has hns shown a n and energetic rul rub ruler er having studied tho the needs neelis of o f Argon Argen Argentina tuna tina for tor the tha of ot implying sul g her hor wants wahta and anti being Intent upon tho the do de development I nt of ot her vast ast areas ureal of Tha p 1 r 4 I t 1 iM I f I t J I t I S S 1 I II I L 1 I I 1 1 I 1 f I I I l li i I ii I I e er I I i r t 1 a 1 1 r k 1 i err i 1 t t a I Ir r 1 DON JULIO A ROCA PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA r o 10 a I s f I Ij S I lr 1 t I i Il S I 1 1 I II ti I I 1 1 I I t tl l late I p pJ J I I tl If r 4 i r tit ill 1 IU t r t 1 r 4 I f I l I Ii i i r t a I rr l f I I h hI 1 is ht l t I I t I II I I i iIa Ia r 1 s r J 1 v DON BON JERMAN PRESIDENT OF OP mULE CHILE bio ble bl land by means of at Immigration and assisted agriculture He Ire has hns no reason to fell fed any OilY too ac well disposed sod toward tho the Italian many thousands t of ot Italian Immigrants ho has hns been instrumental in bringing Into tilt the country for tor It was a n 1 young man of Italian parentage who attempt attempted ed hla his lira ten years ago ngo The causes which led up to this at nt attempted attempted tempted assassination were similar to those thole alleged as ns motive tor for the tho murder of ot president McKinley The young Italian was out of ot employment and hearing that General Roca noca was responsible responsible sible for tor th t the depressed 1 condition of or the tho country then apparently on the verge venN of ruin determined to kill hint him and nearly It Id It will bo ho seen so n that President nOCi has hns been prominent in national affairs for tor ninny many years and has taken a n fore taro foremost foremost most part In International III concerns lie He Is called colled a 1 monomaniac on tho the In International boundary question having pressed pres d It on several occasions President dent Hoca Roca has hns been called the tho Diaz of ot Argentina on account of ot possessing an nil Individuality similar to that of at the great president of ot Mexico Had Irad ho he In Indeed Indeed deed Iced been In continuous possession II of ot the executive office since his first elec eleo election lion tion to the presidency In III 1880 and like Diaz Diu have become dictator instead of at president the tho condition of Argentina might bo llo different now Out nut there was wasa a n hiatus of ot twelve years between bot his hili o 1101 MI o I MI 9 i 1 od at al first And second terms to the I law luw forbidding an nn executive to hold of ot lice Ice for tor consecutive periods He Ito won Wilt elected president the tho second time In Oc Cc October I tober loller MS 1899 tor for a IL period of at six bc years 1 In personal appearance President President Hoon more the tho Anglo than tho the Latin type fair and I florid tall and nha broad brona shouldered Heis He lit litIs HeIe Is Ie simple In iii dress areas and habits President Bocas sallent qualities are uro areto areto to some saIne extent those of ot his Chilean ri rl rival rival val Don DOli Jorman Jerman who succeeded the late laiD r as nl the th chief executive of ot Chile Chilli Ho lIe Is 18 pretty well known an as u politician and statesman ami and had 1 lIu Influence iII fits e to l corral the vote value oto necessary for tor election tho t presidency He lie has lrus long I K been beon bee n known t as tas B n a quiet worker In politics P l having a n local reputation In lu Santiago where his chief labors have boon been expended In ht II office Still ho he Is a mill mili military tary man mon to appreciate tho vast tunce tonco of at nn un ablo attic army and spent a n great ilent deal of ot line limo and money In bring lug Imf It to n a high state tato of or efficiency Soa So also a 1 so with tho rho navy which t at ono one time was waa s right arm President HI eseo NICO has liven given g I vc t n orders order for tor the purchase of ot new gunboats and it If possible n a first class battleship for tor Immediate service To return to tho the Chilean president He lie Is physically of or an nit entirely different differ different ent typo from tram Roca being dark skin nod lied black eyed and of ot fiery ery tempera truo true South Bouth American Yan Van Yankee Yankee kee lie Ho Is hi quick and In Ills his movements forceful In hIs hit speech and the crisp syllables of ot South American Spanish from tram his lips like bullets from n a lathing Jutting gun As ho l t o was thor that thoroughly In favor with the party nf ot Erra who wits was n l pronounced diet ho he will probably carry out tho the pol policy polley icy ley of ot his hla predecessor and advance taneo n Chilean Interests In whatever direction they seem f to need pushing 1 It la very vary strange to flail find In command three such fiery lIery and energetic men ni III Castro Cuatro of ot o Venezuela Hoca Roca of Argentina mid nf dice of ot Chile men whoso who o sympathies and aspirations seem to bo be In accord on tho tha vital questions of at tho lie day any but whose methods of ot operation ore are some somewhat what different Tho The prevailing opinion In North America that moo men of ot force rue aio to bo be found only In the tho north temperate zone or nt at least tar far distant trout from the tho equator will have to bo ho revised If It tho the actions of at these three furnish any crl cri criterion tenon terion of ot character Whatever may be bo asserted of ot the tha Venezuelan Castro It Is certain that ho hoIs hoIs hois Is a II man flinn though perhaps a n mis mistaken mistaken taken toon one Is III i apparently the greatest statesman of tho ho trio having braving halt hail a IL lifelong training In public af nf affairs fairs He lie has hns been prominent BO flO many years that hl his future cart can bo ho pretty safely predicted from tram his notions actions no lions In tho Ito past least It U Is la however different with III RI esco who Is la not only a n younger man IlIIn being yet on the tho right tilde oldo of middle age n e but has not had wide ox ex experience I or Of tho the twain however It i may be said Bald that they form the stron strongest Beet gest pair of or statesmen to be bo found In i South America 06 1 ai 1 oIo t eho Io t o |