The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1875-03-22
BRAZIL

PUBLIC AGITATION AGAINST THE TERRITORIAL
PROJECTS OF THE ARoENTNEs-Is THE
ISLAND OF MARTIN GARCIA NEUTRAL
FAIRS OF THE EMPIRE-THE MINISTRY
PROSECUTING REcUsANT cLERIcs.
RIO JANEIRo Feb. 23, 1875.
The River Plate correspondents and the Rio
press sounding the alarm against supposed
hostile ntents OF the government OF the Argentine
Confederation, whose zeal in the accumulation Of
military means has long been evident ana has
caused IN Brazil a counter activity which is show.
ing its costly nature in the heavy extraordinary
credits decreed of late for the Ministers OF Marine
and War; And now the news comes that the AR.
gentine Minister OF War, accompanied by military
engineers had been to the island OF Martin Garcia
and that they were urgently pushing on the
works which are TO render that granite rock
another Gibraltar and enable its guns to command
the channel to the Uruguay and the Parana,
which circles by the island.
FOREIGN INTEREST IN THE TERRITORIAL QUESTION.
An old treaty of 1855, to which the United States.
England, France, the Argentine Confederation,
Uruguay and Brazil were parties, exists, dcclar-
ing that the island shall not be fortified; but the
Confederation repudlates the treaty on the plea
that 1t had not been ratified by Brazil, and hav-
ing although belonging geographically to Uru-
quay, taken possession OF the island some years
ago, has since nankered after its fertilization.
And now having 10000 men still under military
organization and well armed, the Argentine
government appears to think itself strong
enough disregard the representations OF
mens has determined that If light Il must ior the
neutrality OF the Parana, Paraguay and Uruguay.
1t win fight before the terrifying or Martin Garcia
Will render It's neet practically useless.
THE FREE NAVIGATION OF THE PLATE RIVER.
1t must be remembered that the stake Brazil
ri
affluents the River Plate IS al least as great as
that OF the Argentine Confederation, for In add.
and Parana, lying on the Uruguay and Upper
Parana. tnree.lourths Of the enormous province Of
sn and ne a
P ss s'sa ats also Plate V ns
ested IN the neutrality Of the La Plata anu.
ents but Brazil IS the only one OF them able to
waters, and, as have said, Brazil has determined
to fight new war; II IT must be, to Sc
DAY seA to negotiate here ''~ the Settlement
Of the Paraguayan and the packet Cuyaba dlhicul.
Minister OF Foreign Affairs. distinguished himself
by his bitter and aggressive tone and ny his exac-
tons in previous negotiations, does not aueur
well Tor the good result OF these oft-iailed ne2ota-
tiOns
difficulties the Emperor has resolved on visit to
Europe. and. alter Two weeks or month there on
q lid 10 the UnlleQ states. III programme
fails this year he Will be certain to visit The
United states in 1876 The General Assembly Is to
meet upon the 18TH OF March, when, 1t Is under
stood, the very first work Will be the authorization
required Tor the Emperor to leave the Empire.
FAILURE OF THE ERLANGER-RAPHAEL FINANCIAL
NEGOTIATIONS.
hot debate Is expected in the senate, as soon
as the Chambers open, upon Gne failure OF the ne
gotlatton with Erlanger l. Raphael Tor the ISSUE
OF the f5 90 900 loan Of five per cent at 9S, winch
obliged the government TO accept the 96H offered
by Rothscnild X sons. The contract Tell through
on one point. me contractors had agreed to take
half the loan themselves. and as the contract
stipulated that ten per cent was to be paio on
issue OF the loan the London Minister construed
tnls to mean That the contractors should pay
down f500,000, while they understood that they
were to pay case. 000-ten per cent on what they
toOK-and that the other f2500OO was to be paid
by the subscribers to the other hall or the loan
first lnstament. Ere the divergence could De ar
ranged the bank Crisis arose.
THE DANGEROUS QUESTION CHURCH AND STATE.
The ecclesiastical question remains as before
the Two first governors OF the DishOprcs Of Para
and PernamDucO nave been committed to prison
Tor trial Tor refusing TO raise the lnterolcts, aIeg
Ing the non DOSsUnuS, and an attempt 10 relieve
them by habeas corpus has resulted IN nothing.
The deputy governors have assumed tue gov
ernorshIp OF those sees and Doubtless Will De In.
undated ana VIII refuse to raise the tnterdlctS.
1t Is, however, current that the government IN
TENDS to propose law TO authorize expulsion
parties refuse to OBEY the legal orders the
Executive, to meet this clerical policy Of passive
resistance.