The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1893-10-07
THE BRAZU IAN REVOt

NEW YORK. OcG. &c. II. Conger, ex-
Minister to Brazil, arrived from Rio de
Janeiro yesterday. The vessel sailed on
September r. after the brea king out OF
the rebellion, but before the bombard.
ment. Mr.. Conger did not think :he bonn
bardment could have amounted to much.
In his opinion De Mellos may have intend
ed TO terify, but not to destroy, having
some regard for his friends on shore. Mr.
Conger ascribes the revolt to tue
jealousy existing between the army and
navy. De Mello, as admiral, cannot brook
the domination Of the president, who Is a
marshal in the army. The revolt, Mr..
CoDger thinks, is really a war between the
army aud tue navy, in which civilians will
take but unwilling share. De Meilo has also
personal incentive for his action in his
political aspirations. There is an election
III March, and he is candidate for
the presidency against Peixoto. who is
candidate for Reelection. Mr.. Conger
seemed to think the opposing forces-the
army and navy-supreme in their respect
i've elements. While De Mello is too weak
to attempt landing, he is in complete
possession not ouly of the harbor but of
the entire coast. When the Wordsworth
sailed he was provisioning his fleet, and
out OF the Brazilian vessels which arrived
at Rio. He didn't always contine himself
to native ships, and had taken a lot of cat
tie out OF a consOrt of the Wordsworth
before British gunboat heard OF
it and made him stop. Mr. Conger
was obliged to fly his flag rs minister Oh
the boat which took him out to the
Wordsworth in order to pass through the
rebel fleet. The other passengers came
abord under a French flag.
Another passenger On the Wordsworth
was DR.. K. NJ. Lane, president of the
Protestant college at San Paolo. He has
been in Brazil for thirty years. AS they
left the harbor of Rio, he says,
the insurgent feet was lombard
ing the arsenal and powder works
opposite Rio. at Pria Grande and it
was thought these had been captured. Ad-
mlral Mello. he said, had expected to oyer
throw Pelxoto by a sudden snow to force.
but had mscalculated. The plot was ar
ranged on the night of Sept. ), while all
the principal officers Of The feet were
ashore at the opera. These officers, Mr..
Lane believed, were not in sympathy with
Mello. but the Junior officers were.
The Naval club was Mello's head
quarters. While the other Of
ficers were at the opera be and n
couple of the deputies slipped away. and
visiting the ships one after another had
them all enlisted on his side before mora
ing broke. At Il meeting called on shore
oh Septen uef large mdIOTlJy Oh the ueeU
officers were present and showed they
were in sympathy with the government,
and besides that, more than half of the
marines were left ashore. De MeiIo, he
says, has but ], 200 men, but he has plenty
of provisions-to last four or five
months. He believes, however. that
Ds Mellos is losing the sympathy
of the people, and that the friends
of the government are outspoken in saying
that Peixoto must be supported if law and
order are to be restored. Meiio's
grievance, he thinks, was simply that, al
though "A member of the cabinet, he and
his friends did not get their share of the
patronage. The Wordsworth had great
difficulty in getting out OF the harbor
Business was so much at a standstili that
they brought only Is. 600 bags oC coffee, IN
stead OF IS co.,