"How many readers of _The Times_ (said a special correspondent of the _London Times_ writing from Buenos Aires, October 15, 1909), if asked to name the country which supplied the United Kingdom last year with the largest quantity of wheat, of maize, and of refrigerated and frozen cattle, would unhesitatingly award the first place to the Argentine Republic? How many English people realize that this South American Republic is changing places with the North American Republic in the exporting of these and other food products to the United Kingdom? The Argentine Republic last year occupied, and may in the future occupy, the first, whilst the United States may have to be content with the second, place in the exportation of foodstuffs. The change is partly due to the shortage of meat in America, and partly to the fact that with their increasing population the United States will have less and less surplus provisions with which to supply the world. Last year, the Argentine Republic sent England three times more maize than the United States did, something like four and a half million cwt. more wheat, and considerably over twice the amount of refrigerated and frozen cattle. The shipments of meat are considerably heavier for the first nine months of 1909, so the proportion shipped by the Argentine Republic is not likely to be less for the present year." ARGENTINE REPUBLIC: A. D. 1909. Arbitration of the Acre boundary dispute between Bolivia and Peru. See (in this Volume) ACRE DISPUTES. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC: A. D. 1909. Building of the Transandine Railway Tunnel. See (in this Volume) RAILWAYS: ARGENTINA-CHILE. ARGENTINE REPUBLIC: A. D. 1910. Agreement with Uruguay concerning the River Plate. The following message came from Buenos Ayres on the 6th of January, 1910: "A burning question between Argentina and Uruguay, which for two years was seemingly insoluble and possibly involved Brazil, has been settled by Señor Roque Saenz-Peña. {28} As Argentine Plenipotentiary he signed a Protocol at Montevideo yesterday, of which the following is a summary: Recognizing the reciprocal desire for friendly relations, fortified by the common origin of the two nations, the parties agree to declare that past differences are not capable of being regarded as a cause of offence and shall not be allowed to continue. The navigation and use of the waters of the River Plate will continue as heretofore without alteration, and differences which may arise in the future will be removed and settled in the same spirit of cordiality." ARICA-LA PAZ RAILWAY. See (in this Volume) RAILWAYS: CHILE-BOLIVIA. ARICA QUESTION. See (in this Volume) CHILE: A. I). 1907. ARID LANDS, Reclamation of. See (in this Volume) CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES.