The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1890-01-02
FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
The Brizilian Republic Not Estab-
iished Without Regrets.


NEW YORK. January, The Strabo ar
rived here from Santos and Rio Janeiro to-
day. The vessel entered the port of Rio Ja-
metro on the 18th and met the Alagoes going
out with the departing Emperor. Dom Pedro
on board. The Brazilian steamer Amazon,
lying in the harbor still kept up the old flag
one day. until 20 soldiers boarded her and
hauled it down. The captain hoisted il
again under threats of being shot by the SOL
diers Whollowered it second time. Capt.
Mattherson heard that two cadets on board
the Amazon committed suicide through grief
for the fallen Emperor. He says that a
number of sailors from loyal warships who
went ashore under the imperial flag. were
fired upon by the soldiery but no one was
hurt. Capt. Mattherson saw the officers in
the street telling the people that anyone dis.
covered plundering would be shot. The
policemen carried Winchester rifles. The
since the revolution. The latest design is a
globe filled with stars each representing a
province of the Republic.
Capt. Mattherson say the people are un-
accountably apathetic. 1t a citizen can be
induced to express an opinion he will admit
provisional junta, but will hold up his hands
in horror at the idea of doing anything him.
self to alter the situation. Everybody is
waiting for some one else to do something.
mate government will be taken in some pro-
vince and the revolt will then become gen.
eral.
Then it will be found that the present gov
ernment has absolutely nothing behind it.
Genuine republicans secretly look to Silvera
Martins as the hope of their party. The first
act of the provisional government was to put
this able and patriotic man into prison, and
it is feared that he will die there The only
other man who would be universally recog-
nized as leader in Republican movement
is Baron Saderio, who, though minister
of marine under the Emperor is imbued
with republican ideas.
He believes in legitimate methods and was
wounded while trying to check the recent
rebellion. The provisional government man
ufactures cablegrams .purporting to show
that all the nations in the new world and old
and the great bankers have recognized the
junta. By posting and circulating these and
keeping strict censorship over the cables
the government keeps the people misin-
formed as to the real situation, The courts
are badly demoralized.
Gladstone Fayors the Big Bore.
LONDON, January LA prominent MEM
Der of Parliament says Sir Edward Watkin
is going ahead with his tunel under the Eng
lish Channel. The work is not actually go.
ing on, because the Board of Trade is watch
ing to prevent 1t, but pretty good begin
ming OF the tunnel was secured before the
government interfered, and Sir Edward
stonians come back to Office he will be al
lowed to do what he likes under the chan
nel The Grand Old Man is on his side !;
that is more than half the battle.
1t will never do to lose the eS0,000 which
Sir Edward has already put into the big hole
near Dover. His shareholders declare they
will stand by him. He will need all the
help he can get before he reaches the French
coast.
Mr.. ParneIl's leadership.
LONDON, January lit is reported that
Mr.. Parnell has long been desirous of retir-
ing from the leadership of the Nationalist
party. The O'Shea divorce suit may convince
him of the expedlency of carrying out his in
tention without further delay.
cessor-that is Mr.. William O'Brien. He is
more popular in ireland than Mr.. Parnell
and has greater hold upon the party gen.
orally. Mr.. Parnell has practically done his
work, but it indeed would be curious if one
SO cold and unimpassioned should be de-
stroyed at last by such an offence as is at
tributed to him by Captain O'Shea.
The PhiIanthropic Shah.
CoNsTANTINoPLE. January The Ar
ly sent petition to the Shah of Persia ask
ing permission to emigrate to that country in
order to escape the oppression of the Turks.
The Shah assented and granted lands to the
petitioners, offering them money to assist in
the work of cultivation.
The conciliatory Papacy.
ST. PETERSBURG, January 1.-The Novoe
Vremya says the appointment by the Pope
of a bishop for Russia shows evidences of
conciliatory spirit on the part of the papacy.
Foreign Notes.
The St. Petersburg police have discovered
a new Nihilist society.
Crops are scarce in Southern Russian and
commercial circles are anxious.
A mad Sicilian threw bomb at Parlia-
mentary deputation in Rome yesterday. No
one was hurt.
The Sultan is somewhat worried lest he
may have countenanced too much outrage
in Armenia and Crete.