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ARGENTINE 33 thoroughly defeated, some of the English battle flags which were captured still being exhibited in Buenos Aires. The government of the Argentine Nation is patterned after that of the United States of America, and has a constitution similar in its important features. There are three branches of government, executive, legislative and judicial; the legislative power being vested in a Congress composed of a Senate and a House of Deputies. The executive power is vested in a President and Vice-Presi dent elected as those of the United States, each holding office for the period of six years. Of late the Government has been very stable and there have been less tendencies to overthrow the authorized power than in most Latin American countries. By a treaty with Chile in 1881, the great territory of Patagonia, to the south of the Argentine, was divided be tween these two nations. Argentine covers an area of 1,153,418 square miles, or about one-third as large as the United States. To be more specific it is as