Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-25
The Revolution in Brazil Is Liable
to Knock Out All the Reci-
procity Arrangements.
FUNSECA FRIENDLY TO AMERICA,
Foreign Powers Jealous of South Americas
Trade and Are Said to Re Be-
hind the Revolt.
NATIVES TAUGHT TO HATE YANKEES.
1t Is Asserted That the Members Of the Brazilian Con.
gless Have Been Bribed.

| luton N Brazil Will endanger the reclproc-
| ity treatv with that country. There is good
ground for the fear, when it is remembered
that General Fonseca, who has just resigned
as President only succeeded in having the
| bill pass the House and Senate with one
vote to spare. Fonseca is great ad-
mirer of the United States, and
he has always been friendly to the Ameri-
cans. Dom Pedro took great liking to
him, and raised him and his brothers from
| the rank of lieutenants to Generals in the
army.
W. S. Burns, an American business man,
who has travelled extensively in South
America, and is familiar with Brazil and its
| people, is at the Anderson. When asked
We terday what effect he thought the resig-
nation of Fonseca would have on the coun-
try, he replied: 81 am inclined to
signed. The news comes by way of
London and bears English ear marks. 1t
looked to me like story trumped up to
affect the stock market. / never looked for
bloodshed in Brazil. The people are of
Portuguese origin and great towards, they
won't fight. OF course, the Germans
in the southeast, who caused the
present trouble, and the Spaniards
are pugnacious, and can't be bluffed. I
think the difficulty can be traced to the
foreign hatred of the reciprocity treaty.
You have no idea how the English are
opposed to us. They see their valuable
trade slipping away from them in Brazil,
and they won't lose it if intrigue can
prevent it.
Bribed by English Gold.
'T think the Brazilian members of the
ever since the bill was passed the Congress
has been arrayed against Fouseca-
''There are Liberal Republicans, the
Monarchists and Fonseca Republicans. The
President made a mistake in declaring HIM
self dictator 1 believe he could have
crushed the German revolt without it. The
temptation, however, is great when the Con-
gress is against a man and something must
be DONE Under a dictatorship his acts
would be legal. The United States, if it
wishes to secure South American trade, must
make demonstration, and we can't do it too
soon The Pan-American delegates were
simply paralyzed with our resources and
and tell what they saw. The people
wouldn't believe them. They think that
Europe is the only country on earth, and
what comes from there is perfect. Our i'm
provements are so far ahead of Europe that
the South Americans doubt the stories of
their representatives.
81 don't think there is any danger of the
monarchy being restored. My impression
of the people is that they are Republicans
and want liberal government. 1t was
rather rough for General Fonseca to take
advantage of Dom Pedro, but you know
everything is considered fair in politics
for the Emperor was old and not expected
to live much longer.
"His daughter was the heir, and her hus-
band, who is foreigner and thoroughly
hated, would have bees the power behind
the throne. He had grown immensely
wealthy in the country and carted the money
off to Europe. You can easily see why the
people had no love for him. Fonseca was
very popular with the army through Dom
Pedro's favor If the Emperor had ap-
peared in Rio Janeiro in the morning
when the change was made, the army
would have rallied around him, but he was
old and submissive and remained in his
palace, about eight miles from the city.
The Emperor was much devoted to his peo-
pie, and he gave his money away in charity.
never knew a man who was so free with
his wealth in relieving distress.
Cannot Restore the Monarchy.
1.-The monarchy can't be restored with
out European aid, and then should think
that. under the Monroe doctrine, it
couldn't be done without consulting the
United States. The South American trade
is worth striving for. The climate is not
agreeable to our people, and no American
would care to live down there. England's
only interest in the country is to hold the
trade.
Brazil has vast extent of territory, and
Its mines ere something wonderful. The
frontier begins about a degree above
the equator. You can see the
Amazon river at the mouth forcing its
way through the water for miles out. into
the ocean. In going up to Para it is so
wide that land is not in sight on either
side. Grace, of New York, is the only man
who navigated the river to its headwaters
and crossed the mountains to Peru. He
told me he never wanted to do it again.
'sThe Argentine Republic, including
Patagonia, is another great country.
In territory it is almost as large as the
United States They adopted the Farmers
Alliance policy, and issued S., 1000 in money
for every man, woman and child. The re-
suit is that good currency has gone out of
circulation. and the Republic is bankrupt
The Patagonians are chiefly Indians, very
tall and powerful. The climate is cold. I
remember in going through the Straits of
Magellen party of Indians came out in a
boat to the vessel. We could see glaciers all
around us, but the big fellows didn't wear a
stitch of clothing. They had skins of the
vacuna to sell, and they exchanged them
for small knives and other trinkets. I
bought robe for scarcely nothing that was
worth $40 In England. The captain gave
them a pair of trousers for one. They tore
it apart and two of them took a leg apiece"
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