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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Tacoma Park Station, Washington, D.C. · Jul 1, 1909

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 86, No. 26.

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Argentina

By C. E. Knight

I RECENTLY made a visit to our school and sanitarium in Entre Rios. The school work had been in progress for this term a little more than a month, and it was well in hand under the direction of Prof. W. C. John. The order and discipline are splendid, and a disposition to co-operate prevails. I believe the encouragement of missionary principles, which are kept prominently before the students, and the organization of an active society among the students and teachers, account largely for the present good omens. The school is also favored by the attendance of a number of English-speaking students, several being nurses who arrived here in January. It was thought best for them to study the Spanish language for a few months before taking up their work. Their presence has an elevating influence, and has been helpful.
Work on the new sanitarium building is progressing, and by this time the roof is on. When this building is completed, it, with the new school building, which was finished about January 1, will give a substantial appearance to our institutional work.
Beginning with the first of May, a great labor strike has been in progress in Buenos Aires, but it partakes strongly of politics, and therefore it has spread to other cities. It appears to have been conducted in much the same manner as the one in Russia several years ago. May 1 is Labor day in this country, and demonstrations by working men are expected; but on the last one, which occurred a few days ago, there was a collision between them and the police, in which several were killed and about one hundred wounded.
At this writing, conditions are improved, but building is yet at a standstill. Bakery and milk carts are making more regular rounds, as the people are very dependent upon them. Thus we are confronted with a fulfilment of prophecy concerning the violence that is filling the earth, as in the days of Noah. We trust that as the people here are shown the meaning of these things, it will lead them to make preparation for the end.
C. E. KNIGHT.