Show MEN OP OF WEIGHT IN THE NATIONS BELOW THE LINE in the assassination of president Sf sanchez inchez cerro little colonel of peru the world witnessed the exit of another intensely drar dramatic natle character from the political amphitheater of south america of all the soldiers euld lers and dictators who have strutted their brief moment in that changing pageant none was moro more ilor olor ful in te ament and background than the fallen president A short swart soldier and leader of forlorn hopes lio lie carried in his veina the blood of both the inca race that built a mighty empire while europe was still struggling through the slid dle die ages and the daring conquista dores who looted then toppled that empire into the dust ills his accession to the presidency in 1030 1930 was a double victory it lifted to power not only a repressed political party but a representative of the race which white conquerors had doomed to centuries long obscurity no south american title however exceeds in charm and implication that of juan vicente gomez venerable president of venezuela widely known as the happy dictator but only one of his sobriquets he la Is also the patriarch and the i well deserving one of the outstanding gomez accomplishments consisted of shattering chattering an odd tradition that all ba battles atles must be fought on tuesday the day of mars As a military leader he sent his troops into battle on whatever day seemed propitious which to enemy troops disturbed at their alestas siestas si sl estas seemed as as it proved disastrous the harpy happy dictator Is not only a I 1 statesman and a warrior but a movie fan as well ile he likes to grin at apostles of the merry heart he also likes progress blood and iron 1 seems to him an outmoded slogan instead he has given Vene venezuela vuela the motto peace and work a philosophy of government which might be adopted with profit profet by many nations nation in ill both the old world and the new philadelphia public ledger |