Ka Hoku o Hawaii, Volume XXXVI, Number 29, 12 November 1941 — Latin America Will Get Arms Via Lend-Lease [ARTICLE]

Latin America Will Get Arms Via Lend-Lease

By LAWRENCE S. HAAS | U. P, Latin American Editor i The sum of m the } new Lend-Lease appropriations of j $5,985,000,000 asked by Presdent i Roosevelt and pending m Con- ! gress, is to bt ailocated to the ] ; Latm American countriea for the i acquisition of military and nava3 ' n a ent and equipment, ] ! This araount is equivaicnl to fri> slightly more than 2 1 * per -.1 of the total iipprupriation. Jt eannol buy a large amounl of arniiiinent as niodern arina«ie!il but it is a step whieh may iT)unitU* that the Lalln Amerlcan i'vrontries are to share in any

luturo ie-;d-leaso appropriations t icm t>> acquire the arms, pi\nes and ships th<?y consider esJ>eiitia] to carry c>vjt an apprec"!able , roie in Ihe jschemt of hemLsphere i ael,case. ! It wa?; d!scJosrd that lhe t*. S. j army will allocate HOO.WK'.OOO oi ! this sum for altplar.es, ordnance

and other materials, and that the f baiaxice oī $50,000,000 wiil go for' w&r«hips and naval material. The n;ilitary arnis and planee be , 4Utocated 18 LaLin Amm- ? ean couritrios, the naval armament, ? among 16 countnes, • | &ruguay A|md On Needs

• Gen, Juilo A, Roletti, Uruguay"s minister of Ratsonal defervse, has announ<-ed thāt an anns purchasing ha,d rva.chod a &?- risrton as \o thc tyxx* snd of arT»*c}v,nt to> Ih ac<ju!r<r\i wiUv more than 517,000,000 o£ l«nd--1 tet*e fun<te, Uruguay Ls to obt&in. According to rellable £uartcrs in Ihe annanienl wiß jinclude nioine than 40 &Irplancs o£ three types, costing $65.000, $75,000 and 1125,000 eacJi, resprctJvely. and Uic-y \vill includc so«3e Douglas bo3Tibers. I*ru£uiiy also j •wlll acqaire £ield and anti-alrcralt |ardUety, possihly some snvaH smu, Kmmur.;tton a>v.ī radio equ.pn\ent i*n»e artn*went probal>ly wiH be 53sed largiply to *qu!p the ne*li - < proj««<*d atr baw> at Punt& dc) Estc, whieh has a stratc|rically A * onv:u&::d::y; Uie AtI lanlle m*r the mouli of Ihe River 4 P!ate. | Wh«is the of armaxne&.l tc the ILat!n Amenean eo unlr.es ! ean bf compTeīesi has nol IH?CS; 1 yptvīflcd. One lnocaUoa lh*t it * not be swn was s<xi; ia Uu

, War ©epartment «xpK»prf*tlon at ; & Brooklyn, N. Y. pier of 18 bombI tīqf planes, acqutreā tjy Peru ?rom tne refngee Norwegi&n and I>utch ; gfovernmenU Sn Canada. The airrraft were on the p!«r awaiting , trans-sh»pment to Peru at the j time of theīr selsurē.

The principal factor Ir aiding the Latin Ameircan countrfes to arm is not essentially a eons!<ieration of financing. but one of productlon. just as it has eome to be in the effort of the United States to aid Great Britain. Russia and Ohina. Arfentine Looks to f. S. ! The Argentine government, for ' example. haa appropriated more ' than $1W.00Q,000 for a rearm%mcr.t program but there is onH' one sourf*e nf stupply - the T T nsted 1 St.ntes» w-hrrf aTī f»clHties a» ursder a trf-mendous straln !n sap- ' p!\-in.fr the enemies of the Axll 1 powers and !n fum!gh!ng modern annamen! to the great]y e*par f 3ed Ar.cr!csn Bfrny of appr<"«Ttimately 1,f>00,000 men, S!ipplyln{r arrrs»irient io the !vfitlr! Afn«>Hean c<nrntHe« on * • #Cale l4«trer th«n I**4 WtJttrto ' been divulged woui<S appear to te- * t*o<*uc« « numtw of wwwawn )t& tl* frow)ng of pH«r!ty

ctKtma&ts for arm«, An obhBration to sopply armam«nt to Latin Amnlean on a largre aeak- adds to the essi2ftiiig prjonties probsem on lndu»triai aiml agncuttural goode ordered ty Latin Amenea Ch-.lean govemm«at offtctals iywr!tly warne4 ttart IL «MeeUaa gooā* ane ml forthcomin£ soar> fr<e. the fRĪte4 Stwt*s, naWonal eeooom)* of «Hiīstrv mjvy T>e N\ret3,- kīīt-;\i-5 'wmi 'ha.rd«Wp. us*m--1 an<| ! OhH* r,ot Xht csuntry fte*Ang ihe rffccts of a t!horta£e 'of csscntlal prs><fvK*ts e amj Vt* 't*r;!tfH3 States. as c-rJy jjreat prc-3ucer and manufac- ' tt;rrs art!cles and mary rs«terials in a posil!or. to aerve t2ie |other countr*« cf Ih? eonUn^n^ s rs facc<! wiih a titanlc ta«& i.