The sun., 1890-01-05
A REVOLUTIONIST HIMSELF.
Mr. WAITER TRTeBT, a BRIToN, Ar
RIHRS FROM SANTOS, BRAzTI.

NE IL a Member OF the Provisional Govern
nent, and He Says the Republic Is Peace
Frediets Its Secure Establlshuaent.
The steamship Allianca of the United
states and Brazil mail line arrived yesterday
from Rio de Janeiro Dec II. She stopped on her
way up at all the northern Brazilian ports.
capt j. H. Beers said that things were ex-
tremely quiet at Rio, and that nobody anti
clpated any trouble until the election next No.
VemDer Inc last accounts were that President
Fonseca's health was much better Can't Beers
said that the decline OF exchange was due not
to fear OF trouble, but to the fact that the
national banks In Brazil, in order to keep up
credit at the time OF the revolution, had drawn
SO heavily upon their credits in Europe that
they were now somewhat hampered.
Capt Beers thought that the feeling in Brazil
among the most intelligent people was that the
empire would not be restored. In Para, on
Dec. 23 Capt. Beers dinod with DR.. Paes
dc Carvalho the Republican leader in the
province. Dr. Carvalho was enthusiastic over
the favorable outlook
MIR. Walter Wright, one Of the passengers by
the Alliance, was one Of the revolutionlsts and
is now member OF tho provisional Govern
ment In Santos. MIR. Wright is an Englishman
by birth, and is coffee broker in Santos. He
comes comes to this country for the first time on q
short trip, which, he says is for pleasure only
in ganos %sSo ss bet Sn. :S Win sn5 ths S tTsh 9p
The Consul laughed at me-, and said that the
talk a6outa revolution and republic was all
pubo in ten Years. tbe rspSbS &c
anI won the bet / didn't have much to do
wit WITH the revolution. We simply called Q meet
and told the Government that there ought not
to be any iuss about their turning over things
other merchants as much to keep order and
see that no violent steps wore taken as sor any
thing else Then they made me one Of tho
gaged my passaEe for pleasure trip here, and
they snd that that the rey2lution would not inter
teIrisIe. There wasn't any row and here | am
,o"']I There % is no question that the }opublican
America Amer don't Ike the idea q the military
military dictatorship is q necessity in Brazil
must must be be tS Some firm and immediate controlling
hands OF the best men in Brazil. and nobody
need fear m There s qgeston that the new
Asked whether he did not think that the
provisional Government; in postponinG the
poned much o onr Mr. %rsh sad post
=, The general eectioncannotbeheld properly
before Noyember There is an infinite amount
unauestonably be- for instance, a very large
extension OF the suffrage. and proper voting
iioto VIII nave 10 bb CdT6lully prepared. Inc
people want time TO think about whom to put
in office. The political parties OF the new re-
public will have to be formed. The whole
scheme Of the new republic will have to be ma
tured, | am sure there is no dissatisfaction
With M the date set for the election, any way;
The foreign interests represented In Brazil all
regard it with favor. The decline OF exchange
Is to 30 attributed to financial causes simply"
United States and Brazil line. read to a Sun
reporter extracts from letters received by him
no from I neorrespondents in Rio and Pernambueo.
from Wilson. Sons II Co... limited. one OF the
oldest and most conservative banking houses
in Brazil. 1t said:
The members ot the provisional Government have
ehoWn considerable wisdom and moderation in IL cir
action and so far as we can Judge the consolidation Of
the new republic is likely TO take place in orderly
manner.
Henry Foster & Son. solid firm In Pornam-
buco. wrote. expressing n like opinion. There
was slight weakening OF exchange In Per-
namhuco. which. however was felt to be
merely temporary. Capt; Lockland said that
tons OF coffee by the vessels OF his line from tho
northern. Brazilian ports to Rio. This In
dicated that the Brazilian merchants thought
that they were going to get their money in Rio,
and tina! they had confidence In the stability OF
things thole.-