There is a time to moralise and a time to
be silent. So far as the coming visit of Seiiora Peron to this country is concerned the latter discipline is to be preferred to the former indulgence. The essential fact about Senora Peron, the one relevant fact, is that she is the wife of the President of an important country with which we are in friendly diplomatic relations and with which we have long engaged in trade on an extensive scale on terms profitable to both countries. It is improbable that an English bishop would have married Senora Peron (or she him), but Sefior Peron did marry her, and as Senor Per6n's wife she is entitled to all the courtesies normally paid to anyone holding so distinguished a position. The Argentinians are a sensitive people, and the character of the recep- tion of their President's wife in the different European countries she is visiting is being closely watched by them. I gather that every- thing that should properly be done here in connection with the Seilora's brief visit will be done by the Ministers and Depart- ments concerned. The Hispanic Council will have the opportunity of playing a useful part, which will incidentally call public, attention to the possibilities of an organisation whose recent foundation is very much to be welcomed.
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