New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1871-12-22
FOREIGN MISCELLANY.
TIE RELATIONS BETWEEN GERMANY AND
brazil.
AZ ryprnlTION FITTING OUT AT KEEL FOR BRA
2u-rIIE CAUSE or THE QUARREL BETWEEN


AZ the tplP1sdnu HIS dlItdu! iui'ihNu -
a+ IN. end q. Ia, Wcck the Government inquired OF !h
Tn,i ward authoiics ~ klc whether the arnonrpn,eu
iin and u,ta W, re in a condition to be put in
commission immediately. The answer was IN the anrh
aNr and according to the Hamburger Corrcs?,ndcns.
orders have been given that those vessels should De got
ready with a. little delay possible for an exl~dltioh
10 !rt7 II wou!d appear from this that the ARRAY "
Took rc Al Rio JamGro the 18th Oct between several
oil GERS If the German corvette Nymphc ana lhe nm
ii ian poY may possibly lead to rather serious comp
tios In If the debate on the estimates lot
the navy Gen. Won Room observed that Germany couu
,c with countries on The other side Of the world when
naval force would I've INDISPENSABLE for the Proterton
o. German subjects and the German honor IL IL now pe
hrycd that he had the present conflict with Brazil IN
view when he aduced This argument send you an ac
count of the a ar a. contained letter from German
~pondc dated Rio Janciro, Oct II only TWO DAYS
tnrrc alter it hLd occ"ricd IL must OF course ne
remembered that the following l. anfI p"rh statement
and may he l'ttc hAHy coiorcd, but see no reason W
doubt t~ truth III The main
Nvphc oct. ~ has assumed greater dimensions man
ilv the c,,,. WITH seaport iws Ii is the subject
Of continent In all the papers Of Rio Ia ds-
, :" w. 'r tAr whole German, COLONY and has
even gwen TO CONGRATULATIONS addressed to the
Off, i aud lhC corvette NNmphc. A. the affair
viii rrohlnly lead TO further results send you an
accurate and detailed account oi IL, based on my
'iiors GaJ been snIdcn attacked n house and
they a,,cr witio"t any provocatoi'. TN" sailors
hI>t turned tltiT a>Salldnts cut OF doors then
Il, .,ni, lie Lo t Lgj.u,l 20 policcmcn-a class In
very lad frputc lr,c-:md knocked down of The
ia>cais bur were ~ asst obliged to surrcnGrr The sail
or we've led III io ll>on, but reported themselves oh
BOARD the re,t Iuimiug !, Is also stated that several
officers of tire N,uirl. mad been attacked by nurhu
OF pohccm'n whne bathing and were only rescued ny
thrItf r.. already rather warm, and whlt tot
low d was l, mars only m act of revenge the
ut.ir ON 1no evening OF the day before yesterday
niuStpnIdn uf the N!mphc, who has the character Oh
ban: 4 sensible and brave young man. was quietly
oioSing glass oi wine with four warrant officers, a
mae, the gufbcr, a b0atswan. and an engineer
whom he h.d accidentally met at the Hotel
C,ltIal respectable restaurant. They talked
| German, were not making any noise or giving
other O. s Of oc;Se. several wcll-rcescd men entered
the runn and coycrcd partly in English and partly III
| French. one Of hem went out aSain returned about
ten minutes lftcrwil. slammed the door, and. scream
ng ard g,-ticu.an., rushed up to the German sailors
| VINO at the same moment thought they heard many
voices side the door. The Germans listened quietly
to tLis yolrnt man. who spoke Portuguese, but without
understanding one ord of his decamation Suddenly
he :, lcd thc glasses OF the Germans poured their CON
- togthcr threw the whole over the head of the en-
gin,cr siy hun at IT, same time h ,, on ,mc earn
silent asomishmcnI up to this time but now he began to
understand the state OF the case, and Knocked his assai
The other persons in pain clothes Immediately at
tackled the Germans. One Of them whisied the door
was thrown On about 20 armed policemen and at least
other persons with lteprcserytrs and knives rushed
thin walkneNilcks of the GtrInais hroRc htttr Jew
blows. The mate. i'll remembrance nf former rows. had
' % FH With thc cnf the The G boa
swa who nearest the door, succeeded in getting
out win "o his as'aiants hanging on to him. rushed
down the stalls got POSSESSION oi his sword ana fought
| his way through to the lnndngplacc where the
| frcnchn!an, bui knocked hm down With chair which
VAS broken pieces 10y the blow. Two police officers
| BIdLlIldn Ma II U'hckcu tnt lIlsHllh1dn
Won suite Lciln. The latter satchcd a sword from
of his ASSISTANTS. aud dealt the III ior such severe
true, i now dying After this hc wounded both tho
policemen; but at last after struggle Of nearly half
hour, German, were Obliged Ia yield to the sue-
roiity of force. The gunner and the engineer were
knocked down AMI led away the mate with his life-prc-
| ant as u boar at iay throws off the dogs When he
reached tho hi, strength tailed him and he sank
TN they could drag him oil III state of unconscorsn"s
rae nhshipmm III last remained alone several cuts on
head and f., Il
throw h" Brazilian sword, but he st continued
en S like m"n T T s o. n tni The brave s
| young fellow then put his head against the wall IN
The ct the and turned bis back upon the
rbbic. the police then continued to beat
him with tneir sileans until he fell. and was carried
on to prison. He was confined with the war
rant officers. and their Numerous wounds were
dressed. Snne kind Germans succeeded In obtaining
condition take snstnauce provided in basket Of
There hope inrrsoT that ,n none of heT
their The whole harbor is full OF it, and
beside the major, these five Germans have knocked
down IL civilians, and wounded, more or less severely
Window al the be be- nnr Of tie fray, Has broken both
his legs The mlsilpnal Won stuterhcm, is in
the RIO papers to he nephew Of Prince Bismarck Per
al Apluatlon the energetic treatment to which he
served his assillatS In GERMANY perhaps people will
Laugh at regarding the affair with the warmth and
pric OF patriotism, bat here into rather closer
contact with the primitive condition Of humanity. One
the Nynphc will not be able to proceed 50 soon on her
| voyage
The letter evidently dispatched too early to
mention the manner in which the was treated by
the Brazilian Court in which 1t tried. As is now
known from later accounts all the Brazians
quilted, aud only the Germans condemned. IL Is
this circumstance III ali probability which has produced
such a very bad effect Bel iu and Will lead to strong
measures If necessary. But, however dlsgracefu the
conduct 81 the Brzians may have bccn there does not
to be amy sufficient reason to assume that the whole
question may not bU pcaceably settled by diplomacy.
| That II premeditaed tavern brawl, carried on
with legs of chairs and lifcpleservers should lead
To the more serious game that Is played with 800 pound
shells would he Illuminating for modern civilization
But the German Government hardly contemplate
such mode Of settling The difficulty 1t probably i'm
agines that its dlplOnlasts will obtain "a ready
hcang they have very wcighy arguments 10 fall back
upon learn by this evenings papers that the inquiry OF
the AT KEEL referred To four and not merely
three ships and that the wooden roofing of the
armOr ated trigatc Crown Ennce, now III ordinary at
KEEL Is already being removed Tue papers also
that tie statement that the order has already
been gwen to commission these ships Is premature