States only 11 per cent of its imports. Argentina, with a larger foreign

trade than either Japan or China, bought only 14 per cent of its imports

from the United States. With the exception of Mexico, the foreign

commerce of the Latin-American states with European countries has

increased more rapidly than with the United States. Various reasons have

been given for this situation. The sensitive South American resents the

air of superiority assumed toward them by the people of the United

States. In our newspapers there is a seeming disregard for the real

evidences of their national development. Revolutions and boundary

disputes have been exaggerated. In general, citizens of the United