Blasco Ibáñez (Vicente) was born in Valencia in 1867. He is one of the leaders among contemporary Spanish novelists. Prior to the recent war, he resided in Argentina, where he received a tract of land from the Argentine government as a compensation, in part, for his book, written at the request of the Argentine government, La Argentina y sus grandezas. At present (1919), he is in France, occupied in writing a history of the war. His book Los Cuatro Jinetes del Apocalipsis, published during the recent war, deals in the first part with life on the Pampas, in the last with the war. It is considered one of the best books brought out by the war in any language. Among his works, these are best known: La Barraca, Cañas y Barro, La Horda, Sangre y Arena, Los Muertos Mandan, and El Intruso. His works have been translated into practically every European language.
Drago (Luis María) is a contemporary Argentine jurist and writer on international affairs. He has given his name to the Drago doctrine, a corollary to the Monroe doctrine. One of his earliest works, Hombres de Presa, a study on criminology, was translated into Italian by Lombroso, the famous Italian criminologist. In 1902 he was elected to the Argentine Congress, and shortly after he was appointed minister of foreign affairs by the then President of the Republic, Julio Roca. In December of that year he sent his famous note to the government of the United States, protesting against the use of force on the part of England, Germany, and Italy for the collection of debts the Venezuelan government had incurred with private subjects of those nations. He was the Argentine delegate to the Second Peace Conference, and is a member of the Permanent Court of Arbitration at The Hague. In 1912, Columbia University conferred upon him the degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa. That he is interested not only in legal matters is shown by his publication La Literatura del Slang.
ARGENTINA
LEGEND AND HISTORY
ARGENTINA
LEGEND AND HISTORY
HIMNO NACIONAL ARGENTINO
Vicente López y Planes
Coro
Sean eternos los laureles
que supimos conseguir:
coronados de gloria vivamos
o juremos con gloria morir.
I. Oíd mortales el grito sagrado:
¡Libertad! ¡Libertad! ¡Libertad!
¡Oíd el ruido de rotas cadenas!...
Ved en trono a la noble Igualdad.
Se levanta a la faz de la tierra
una nueva y gloriosa Nación,
coronada su sien de laureles
y a sus plantas rendido un León.[1]