The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-11-13
Oh the Fate Which Awaits Amsrl-
cans In Brazil
MEN BURIED BEFORE THEY DIE
To Save Time and Trouble FOR Inhuman
ofncers-Those who Are EniistIng Said
TO he Getting Themselves Into Hard
Position Cruelty and No Redress.

has only recently returned from Brazil,
after long residence in that country, was
visited for the purpose Of eiciting his
views upon the civil war at present In
operation In the new republic OF South
America Ga the subject Of the risks be-
ing taken by Americans who were enlist
ing for service on the Brazilian feet, now
being fitted out at this port by the agents
of Psixoto. be said:
1T seems to me that IL is an outrage 20
enlist men mt this season of the year to go
down to Brazil ports, even II peace was
reigning there. i venture TO predict that
at least 80 per cent Of the men going down
on the Brazilian feet will never return
alive, even should they he so fortunate as
TO escape the bullets and torpedoes CT the
insurgcnt nee. Even in times Of pencs In
Rio de Janero or Santos q man ashore
during ths months from November to
March, inclusive. cannot, as q general
thing, withstand the intense tropical heat.
Besides the heat the sickening sights
one meets daily In the very tboroughfares
of thes. TWO cities are calculated To turn
the stomach OF a stranger. The funerals
of the victims OF yellow fever, smallpox
and berri berri n species OF African lep-
rosy, are seen at the turning OF almost
every street. have frequently seen new
arrivals among my countrymen In the
full vigor of youth and strength pass
away almost batween the rising and the
setting Cf the sun.
Americans Arc Targets.
''It Is not the climate and the prevailing
epidemic that are IN silly TO be feared.
The most painful and narrowing reminis-
cences In my mind consist OF what have
seen OF the Indifferent brutality Of the
Brazilian arthoii.ics toward foreigners.
They appear TO have an especial pleasure
In exercising tti, unprecedented brutality
upon Americans, for the reason that there
Is lack OF cooperation among the Amer
lean colony In Rio, whereas the English,
French, Germ and other European col
onles are generally unitel.
These latter lones have been 90 long
established in this country tLat they fore
see what will happen during each years
epidemic, and are prepared TO take the
very best OF care Of the new arrivals into
their own respective colonies. We are not
so we'll prepared, and the result is that
when an American falls sick he does not
realize what his sickness is until the
health officers are notified. These hru al
officers are so accustomed to witness the
sufferin "a Of strangers who become victims
to the climate and filth Of the cities Of the
country that 1t is sure death to fall into
their hands.
''The true stories of what foreigners on
the soil OF Brsz.l have suffered at the
hands OF these inhnman, brutalized men
of authority Ia Il ports of Brazil would
seem incredible. Any one, however, who
has ever passed through an epidemic can
bear witness to the truth of what say
When strangers become iii with smallpox,
as a general thing their cases are pro-
nounced yellow fever, despite all appeal
and protest to the contrary. They are
carted of to m overcrovded, filthy yellow
fever hospital there to be thrust into beds,
sthe liuen and MATTRESSES OF which have
not been chauged or aired since their
former occupants had left them-in most,
II not ell, cases for their coffins.
Horrible Examples.
81 have person1l knowl ledge of the fact
thai two Americans, employees Of firm of
American gun manufacturers, and who
were sent TO Brazil on business for their
company were taken i'll, packed of to one
of the foul hospitals rs yellow fever
patients (when il wes not known or In
quired into whether they were suffering
from either smallpox or the feve-), their
cases pronounced hopeless, and thus
thrust, against oil entreaty, into their
collins and buried before life had become
extinct.
"And these a,e only two instances out
of the aim ost daily list OF similar occur
rences The attendants OF these hospitals
are frequently so lazy and thoughtless
and so accus; omod TO suffering that such
scenes are not given any thought. They
become 30 hnrened and listiess that they
rush human beings alive into their cofIins,
thinking that IL does not make much
differences II their patients are hastened to
the end A few hours more or less make
no d II, rem c, and then IL saves time and
trouble ard gets I'd Of them. Then II Is
observed TO be more pleasing TO them 10
smoke thsir Gig Tsts than 10 change the
bed linen or make any sort OF decent pre-
paration for the nsN co.cri.
"knowine all there sad facts fipm an
actual rest'enc ia The 'untry makes me
feel sick nc h ssrs when reld la the papers
OF s. many hundreds ~ American citizens
enlisting Tor s,ryice down there. II might
be said that they cid not iute1d to 20
ashore, brit Ine-cly gemHin aboard the
ships. Freeu niiy, however, the harbor
becomes c.fect p,ss hoe OF disease. 1t
the harbors anl inner bays there create
and adj greatly To the tpldenics.
Sea as Dai a" tho Land.
"Thors hive lcen iiTes In Rio aud
Santos when deems of vessels have been
living idle for months waiting TO oil up
the rank o crews that have bcea decim-
alel by the ftvers. Many incidents have
occurred. pecialy at Santos, where cap
tain, officers and ali the crew have been
c.eaned out The lcss thing that could
happen TO the Americans who go down
would he 10 be blown b atoms by the tor
tedces OF Mtllo at once.
'It is hardly probable. however, that
any such good fortune shall befall them,
for IL is clearly shown that Brazilians can
keep up fire day after day at one another
for weeks A. time. aod only by the
merest accident do they ever do any dam
age In my opinion. 80 or 400 trained aud
courageous Americans could 60 down to
Brazil aud capture not only one side but