28 MAY 1910, Page 3

Sir Edward Grey congratulated the Argentine Republie on the wonderful

advance of its prosperity, which was only at the beginning of its growth. It was a trade ministering to the necessities of the world, not to luxuries ; and a country which owned resources of this kind, and developed them, was a public benefactor to the world at large. Sir Edward Grey dwelt on the model relations which subsisted between Great Britain and the Argentine, being entirely non-political, offending no ambition, and giving rise to no jealousy or apprehension.