A Statesman Dead

Dr. Estanislao S. Zeballos died at Liverpool while on his way to preside over the conference of the International Law Association in London. This news comes within a few weeks of his visit (last August) to the U. S., when he lectured at the Institute of Politics at Williamstown and before the American Bar Association at Minneapolis.

After Firpo, the boxer, Dr. Zeballos is probably the best known Argentinian in the world. He was a man of many parts. Starting as a lawyer he branched off into journalism and eventually became editor of La Prensa (Buenos Aires)--one of the two best dailies in Latin America. Subsequently he entered politics, became Speaker of the Lower House, was noted for his oratorical ability. In 1893 he was sent as Ambassador to Washington, a post he held for two years. During his political career he has held the post of Foreign Minister on several occasions. In 1910 he was elected a member of the old Hague Tribunal. He was also an author and an explorer.

It was, however, in the world of law that he was best known, and it is as a great Latin-American jurist-statesman that his name will live.