St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-17
THEY KNOW BETTER NOW.
Three Prominent Brazilians Pass
Through st. Paul and Talk of
the InSurrectiOn

Three Prominent BraZilianS Pass
Through st. Paul and Talk of
the InsurrectiOn.
Among the arrivals in st. Paul on a
Manitoba train from the Pacific coast
yesterday were Seniors Pedro Geraes,
Carlos PaulO Sergipano, and Odelon
Garcia. The two first named gentlemen
are editors, respectively, of the Gazeta
de Aracaju and the Echo Liberale, daily
papers published at Araeaju, in the
Brazilian province of Sergipe, and the
other is consular agent at Natal.
A reporter for the GLOBE sought the
party Immediately OH its arrival in this
city. with view to giving some eX-
preSsiOns of opinion as to the actual
situation in the Brazilian empire and
the causes which have led to the revo-
luton now in progress in the country.
Seniors Geraes and Sergipano speak but
imperfect English and their converse
ton was carried on entirely in Portu-
gueSe and interpreted by Senior Garcia,
whose English is perfect. The latter,
for time. evaded all questions re-
lating to the condition of affairs i'm
Brazil, saying that he had not the
slightest doubt that the reports of tie
situation were grossly exaggerated. He
placed no confidence in the report of
the killing of Baron Chaves, minister Of
marine. by the insurgents, as there
were any number of soldiers to pre-
serve order and preventOutrages of the
sort. IL have been in San Francisco on
state business" continued the agent,
land those gentlemen have ACCOMPANY
led me both for pleasure and inStruc-
tiOn."
s'IF THE REPORT is CORRECT
about the blockade of Brazilian ports, it
will be not only serious thing for us,
but equally so for America. Such
condition of affairs will cripple T. e
trade in India rubber, sugar and cot1 e.,
which is of great extent between [, e
two countries. If the reports are verl-
fed. there will be panic i'm Wall street
that will wake the echoes. The truth
or falsity of the rumors may be gagged
by the condition of the market on coffee
| and other Brazilian exports tO-mor-
row. The strength of the Republican
party in Brazil is ridiculously over-esti-
mated. The whole trouble which now
exists has been, and is entirely the re-
suit of agitation by Republican agi-
tators among the sO-called slave popula-
ton and the nomadic element of the
country, which latter numbers about a
million, and is an extremely dangerous
one, or would be if it were not for the
loyalty of the army and navy, and the
immensely overwhelming majority
of the Liberals. As matter
of fact, there is no slavery
in Brazil worthy the name.
In 1871 an act was passed that all chill
dren thereafter born in the country
should be free; also that all slaves of
the states and imperial household were
free from that time. There is no
longer any slave importation, the trade
having fallen into deserved disrepute.
Slavery in Brazil may be said to have
become extinct. Even Supposing the
insurrection to be as serious as is
claimed in the North American press
reports, l think the army of 1900 men
in troops of all classes,
WELL ABLE TO COPE
with any trouble. If not we have
5000 sailors who are aching for some
thing to do, and will do some hard fight
ing if called upon."
Senior Geraes characterized the re-
ports in the Western papers as so much
mud, illustrating his remarks by putting
then slapping them with both hands,
causing a collapse. After this by-pIav
he pointed out the report of the in
surrectiOn III the GLOBE, and laugh
ingly conveyed the idea that the
report would be exploded in much the
same manner as he had illustrated.
Senior Sergipano is of the type of Jour
nalist whom a reporter, who claiming
to be "on." would size up for "a bad
man in the chair" ANY remarks he
| ventures are apparently-fOr they are