Daily tobacco leaf-chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1890-1895, 1891-11-12
A CIVIL WAR
viii Probably BE the Final
Outcome i'm Brazil.
Authentic Information Very
Hard to Secure.

All Messages Subjected to Strict Cen
ready Declared Themselves Independ-
ent of the Dictatorship and Others
Likely to DO Likewise.
LONDON, Nov, 12.-There has still been
no official contradictions from Brazil of
the reports cabled here from that coun-
try to the effect that two or more prov
inces of that country, certainly the prov
ince Of Rio Grande do Sui, and, possibly,
those of Pernambuco and Bahia, have
seeded. OF course, with the telegraph
and cable offices in the hands of the die
tator, and with the strict censorship es-
tablished over even the most ordinary
messages it is difficult matter to get
the real facts.
Some reports, for instance, say that
the independent provinces, or rather
those which have declared their indie
pendence of the dictatorship, are Rio
Grande do Sui, Pernambuco and Para,
others add Bahia and omit Pernambuco,
but the fact remains that in one or more
provinces of Brazil independence has
been proclaimed and that more states
are likely to follow this example.
Newspapers Suspended.
The Times publishes dispatch from
Rio Janiero saying that, by order of the
dictator, nearly all the newspapers of
that city have been suspended, and that
their Offices lre in the hands of the au-
thorities. ne dictator, Marshal Fon-
SEGA has, it appears, made exceptions to
this rule in favor of The Journal do
Comercio, The Novedas and The Correo,
which papers have announced them
selves in favor of his policy and which
supported him editorially and otherwise.
Fighting Probable.
This step has not tended to allay the
feeling of discomfort prevailing at Rio
Janeiro and elsewhere in Brazil, and the
rumors which have reached here seem
to indicate that important movements
for concentrations of troops are in pro
gress, and that the dictator has deter
mined to take the most rigorous meas
ures to suppress the movement in oppo-
sition to his power.
Not Denied.
So far also there has been no denial of
the report that there has been more or
less serious fighting, probably in the pro-
vince of Rio Grande do Sui.
1t is almost useless to add that explicit
details as to the state of affairs in Brazil
are anxiously awaited hers, where 50
many financiers and merchants have inn
portant Brazilian interests
Urged to Remain in Power.
The supporters of the dictator are
known to be urging him to remain in
power in spite Of any combination which
may be formed against him. and to uso
every man in the army and navy to
make his isgovernment respectful thu ough
out Brazil.
Breakers Ahead.
It is admitted that all is not plain
sailing with the dictator it has been as
serted up to the present that the navy
was supporting the dictator and that the
army was also loyal to him. So far as
the navy is concerned tbs report ia not
correct; only portion of the navy
favors the dictator and a portion of it is
strongly opposed to him. This, it Is
said, may lead to complications similar
to those which have only just been end
ed in Chill and which caused so much
trouble and bloodshed.
Admiral Mello, strong believer in
the republican form of government for
Brazil, is the leader or chief of the OPP
position party in the Brazilian navy, and
he has already openly protested against
any change in the form of government;
he particularly protests against Fonsecas
alleged determination to reduce the
number of members of the chamber of
deputies to 1870.
Marshal Fonseca has published a de-
cree announcing that any person who
resists or plots against the dictatorship,
foreigner or Brazilian, will be expelled
from Brazil
An order has also been issued by the
dictator forbidding the holding of
political or other .lneetings calculated to
have influence upon the present state of
things in Brazil