[10] Who concluded his term of office as President of the Republic in March, 1915.
[11] See, e.g. Spanish, Llegar: Portuguese, Chegar.
[12] In both countries Congress consists of a Senate and Chamber of Deputies. In Argentina the term of office of the President of the Republic is six years, in Uruguay four years.
[13] Dr. Leopoldo del Campo, a high authority on Argentine Constitutional Law, once publicly stated that Provincial revolutions were sometimes stimulated by superior influences, with the idea of provoking the Presidential intervention.
[14] A present breach of this custom has already been referred to.
[15] Señor Batlle has now been succeeded in the Presidential chair by Dr. Viera, formerly his very able Minister of Finance.
[16] A long, narrow, stone-paved court with the doors of single dwelling-rooms leading into it and a portal opening on to the street.
[17] One immediate result of this in Argentina was a crop of private failures. The occurrence of these has since, however, steadily decreased in number. None at all were recorded during December, 1915. The year 1916 has begun in both countries with a good financial situation and a promising outlook.
[18] The substance of this advice has recently been embodied in a Foreign Office Report.
[19] The entry of Italy into the war has stopped this.