Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1893-11-13
SHOULD Be STUNNED
Disease and Death in
Brazil'S Atmosphere.
BRUTALITY OF THE NATIVES
Americans Suffer More Than Any
Other Class Of Foreigners.

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man wlo has large interest, in Brazil aud
VIII ha' but recently returned from that
country. His story is believed to be abso-
lutely true, hut for obvious reasons, he
wished his name 20 be withheld He hPd
this Ia say on he su ject OF the risks To ne
tax n by Americans who were enlsting
for service o. lne Brazilian feet now be
inQ fl ted out at this port by the agents of
PeiXutO:
81 seems To me that IL is an outrage to
enlist men NJ this season of the year to 20
down 10 Br I'll ,rts, even II peace was
reigning there. | venture 70 pred CT that
at least 30 per cent Of the men going down
on the Braz iau hr, I will never return
alive, even should they be so FORUM tie as
TO escape tne bullels and torpedoes OF the
insurgent fee. Even in times of peace in
Rio de JaneIro or Santos a man ashore
during the month, from November to
March, inclus We, cannot, ~ general
thing, withstand the intense tropical neat.
"Besides tue heat the sicKening sights
one meets daily ia the very tnorouxhfares
OF thes TWO cities are calculated To turn
the stomach of a stranger. The funerals
OF the victims OF yellow fever, smallpox
and berri Derri, species OF African lep-
rosy, ae se,n at the turning OF almost
every street. | have frequently seen new
arrivals among my countrymen in the
iull vigor of youth and strength pa =
away almost b'tweeu the rising and the
setting Of tue sun.
Brutal Brazilians.
at is not the climate and the prevailing
epidemic, that are IN sty To be feared.
The most pam ul and narrowing reminis-
C noes in my mind consist OF what | have
seen of the / dlfferent brutality Of the
Brazilian authorities toward foreigners.
They appear To have an especial pleasure
in exercising this unprecedented brutality
upon Americans, for the reason that there
is IL lack Of co-uprratIou among the Amer
lean colony In Rio, whereas the Engl sh,
French, Germ and other European col
onies are generally united.
These latter colonies have been so long
established in this country tina, they fore
see what will happen during each years
epidemic, aud are prepared TO take the
very he I Of care Of the new arrivals into
their own respective c,lonies. We are not
SO wei prepa ed, and the result Is hat
when au Amer can falls sick he does not
rea ize what his sickness il until the
health officers are notified These hru al
ofl ers are so accustomed To witness the
to the climate and filth Of the cities OF the
country that IL is sure death TO fall into
their hands
"The true stories of what foreigners on
the soil OF Br I'll have suffered at the
hands OF thee inhumsn, brutalized men
of authority il tie 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 strang rs becom i'll with smallpox,
rs genera thing their cases are pro-
nounced yellow fever, despite all appeal
and protest TO the contrary. They are
carted off to an oyercro Nded, filthy ye low
fever hospital, there t. be thrust into beis,
the linen a mattresses of which have
not been cha ged or aired since their
former occupants had left them-in most,
il not all, cas- for their collins.
Buried Alive.
II have person 1 knowledge Of the fact
tha two Americans employees OF "A firm OF
American gun manufacturers, aud who
were sent To Brazi Oh business for Their
company, were taken i'll, p ,cked fl to one
of the foul hospitals as yellow fever
pa tents (when II w.s noJ known or in
quired into whether they were suffering
from either smallpox or the fever), their
cases pronounced hopeless, and thus
thrust, against all entreaty, into their
films and buried before life had become
extinct.
And these are only two instances out
of he aim ost daily list Of similar occur
rcnces The a tendants Of these hospitals
are frequently so lazy and thoughtless
and so accus omcd TO suffering that such
scenes are not given any thought. They
become 20 hardened and listless that they
rush human beings alive into their collins
think ny that 1t does not make much
d ference IL their patients are fastened to
the end A few hours more or less make
no diff, rrn, e, and then IL saves time and
trouble and gets d Of them. Then II Is
observed to be more pleasing to them TO
smoke their cigarets than 10 change the
bed linen or make anv sort Of decent pre-
paration for the newcomers.
KNOWN. all these sad facts from an
actual residence IN he country makes me
feel sick AZ heart wnen l read ia the papers
of = many hundreds of American citizens
enlistiug for service down there. 1t might
b said that tn = did not Itend to 20
a. ore but merely remain aboard the er
ships. Frequently, however, the hsrbor
becomes perfect pest hoe Of disease. II
is, in tact, said that the odors and filth IN
the hsrbors and inner bays there create
and add greally to the .pidemics.
Death Turks Evsrywhsrs.
"There have teen times 10 Rio and
Santos when doz, ms Of vessels have been
lying idle for mouths waiting TO fill mp
the rank, OF crews that have been decim-
aied by the fevers. Many incidents have
occurred. prcially at Santos, where cap
tain, officers and ali the crew have been
cleaned out The best thing that could
happen to the Americans who 20 down
would be To hr blown to atoms by the tor
pedoes Of Mello at once.
at is hardly probable, however, that
any such good fortune shall befall them,
for IL is clearly hown that Brazilians can
keep up a fire day after day a. one another
for weeks al time, and only by the
mercst rccIdeut do they ever ,e>any dam
age In y opinion, 80 or 40 trained and
courageous Americans could 20 down 10
Brazil aud capture not only one side but
both sides In this conflict The Americans
will 10 In for business. while the Brazil
fans on their side will probably follow
their customary laziness. The officers
would compel them TO remain In the couE-