THE ARGENTINE.

Dominion, Volume 4, Issue 1198, 5 August 1911, Page 12

THE ARGENTINE.

$ A WARNING TO NEW ZEALANDERS. IBr TcJecraah.—Suoria) CorrcEnondcnt.) Auckland, August 3. ' Of special interest when so many New Zeaiamlers unable to get land arc turning their eyes to the Argentine is a letter from a resident of Buenos Ayres conveying a very grave warning. Writing to the "Auckland Weekly >|ews," he says:— "I wish to warn all Knglish-speauing people from migrating heiv, at least as employment seekers, All would do well to take particular notice that the British Government warns nil intending emigrants against coming to this country or Lrnzil owing to the absolute insecurity of life or property. The clerk and tho artisan en 11 undoubtedly earn a much higher wage nominally than in Great Uritain or the U.S.A., but his savings, if any, are far and away less owing to tho extremely'high, cost of living, ivhieh is nt least two and a halt or three times that of either of the aforementioned countries. Then the surroundings arc totally different, anil 110 _ man can have those homo comforts which, however humble, make life worth living in English-speaking countries. The Argentine Government look on everyone, from tho big merchant down to the day labourer, as merely something to be exploited in order to till the pockets of the thousands and tens of thousands of Government parasites. 'Look at theso "gringos" (a term of contempt for Europeans generally), luiw they aro working for us,' thoroughly represents the Argentine idea of tho value of . immigrants. There is no country in the world hlieia taxation is so high, but tho proceeds find their way by a wonderfully quick means directly into the pockets of the Government leeches. You in New Zealand consider that you aro very highly taxed, and that is so; but yon should remember that you are as yet only about a million, and that your country is honestly administered. I'ou have "government of the people, for the people, by the people," whereas hero it is government of the people by an unprincipled oligarchy to exploit the pcoplo and tho country in order to (ill tho pockets of themselves and their parasites. Elections are only a farce. Robbery is a highly respectable art, and killing is 110 murder. It will go down to history that tho Argentine Republic celebrated its first centenary of independence under a state of siege, which was declared plausibly to prevent the Socialists and Anarchists from creating any disturbance, but in reality in order to license tho students to commit acts of .the greatest vandalism, sucll as burning Frank Brown's circus (because it was English) and the printing otlioes'of three Socialist newspapers, in every casa assisted by tho police, and assaulting with sticks and revolvers every foreigner who refused to lake off his hat to the Argentine ting when ordered to. To New Zealander.s particularly I would say stay at home and try to develop your country. Try by every means to induce a steady (low of desirable immigrants. Land wns very cheap here nt one time, but now good land can lje bought cheaper in many parts of North America. Of course there is plenty of 'cheap' land to be had here, but it is 700 to 1000 miles from anywhere, and worthless without irrigation, and where tho water is to como from is more than St. l'aul can tell." •

A vase, 22Jin. high, villi egg-sliapea body and long beaker neck, enamelled with (inures in famille-vcrUi on a yellow ground, realised 700 guineas at tho sale of old Chineso porcelain held at Christie's London auction rooms. At tho same salo a Ivang-He group, BJin. high, of two boys brought JC3BB 10s.; a fnmilleverto vase, 17jm. high, 300 guineas; a Ming figure of a man, lfltin. high, 300 guineas; and a cylindrical famiilc-verte vase, 18|in. high,' 240 guineas. Baron Albert von. ltothschild, head nf the Vienna branch of tho house of Rolfeschild, who died in February at t.lio ago of sixty-six, left personal estate in the United Kingdom of. the net value of £733,027, This is a comparatively small part of his total wealth. Tho British Exchequer has been paid £96,219 for estate duty, The testator's sons Alfons and. "iioiiis) (iro; £024,000 respectively "in 'addition to landed' estates, their "compulsory portion" under Austrian law, aaid their sharo of the residuary estate. -