The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1894-01-02


The prisons Of the city.
in which an old fortress has;
been included. are full of politi-
#calSprlsoners, most OF them on suspicion
of assisting orsfaYoring the revolt. One.
of Floriano'sEfo former finance ministers,
Dr. arzedello, has beena$prisoner since
September Z, although the government;
has no proof wlatever%ofEhis completely.
in the revolt, beyond his friendshipfor
:Custodio de Mello. AL these arbitrary
acts cannot fail to create an intense.
feeling OF hostility to Floriano Peixoto,
sWllicllhis success now cannot possibly
overcome. Were he to succeed in sup
pressing the revolt in this harbor, the
revolution in Rio tGrande and Santa
Catharina will continue, and another
rising in this capital will inevitably
occur before another year ls at an end.
In Custodio's success the prospects OF a
general p~acification are much better, for
he has committed himself to the pro-
gramme of withdrawing military Off
GERS from politics and leaving the.
administration of the government to
civilians. Danger is to be apprehended,
however, from his ambitious tempera-
ment and from the ~exlgencies OF his
officers, who may insist upon the re-
Of power as aErecompense Tor
the sacrifices they have made. The one.
feasible recourse, in my opinion, is to
be found in a compromise,t by which
both leaders and their followers shall
voluntarily withdraw all pretensions to
a control of the government and leave
it wholly and Internationally in the
hands of civilians. To facilitate this
the garrisons should be Withdrawn
from the capital and the police force
should pc transformedsinto q civilian.
organization. Such a CON promise
might possibly be promoted by Admi-
raj Saldanha da Cana, but there is as
yet no sure Indication that Floriano
would even consider it.
FOREIGN DIPLOMATIC REPRESENTATIVES.
NOT CONSERVING.
In regard to the action of the naval
commanders and diplomatic representa-
tiyes Of European powers, I can assure
my countrvmen at home thatnothlng
whatever has been done offensive to
Brazilian Independence, nor contrary to
strict neutrality. Their negotiations
with the Brazilian government have
been most difficult, because of the ran
cor of the vice Presidents intimates
against allforeigners, exec pit Americans,
and his own instability III the matter Of
agreements. He has twice broken his.
promise not to fortifv the hills on the
shore line within the city, the foreign
~squadrons undertaking to prevent a
bombardment OF the city by the insur-
gents. So difficult became the relations
fthe diplomatic corps with him that
the ministers all retired to Petropols
about a month ago, where they remain
We are Loft. therefore, to the protection
OF our consulates and to that of our
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permission OF the Brazilian officials.
AT no time have the foreign ministers
imposed. a single restriction upon the
Brazilian government. They did for a
time use every effort to save US from
bombardment, and the people of this
citv are indebted to them for effective
measures in that direction during the
fret two months of the revolt. also
know that the senior naval officer
of the British squadron during the first
DAYS of the revolt forbade the lombard
ment of the city by the insurgents,
which was intended at the outset. This
was before The arrival of our American
cruisers, and before the American min
lister was ready to act. / am aware that
it has been ihsinuated at Washington
that an effort has been made by the
European powers to interfere and to
assist the Instruction, but the govern
ment of Brazil dare not make the charge
openly, nor can it prove even the basis
for an insinuation. The European
diplomats have been in entire accord
with our American minister; they have
taken no steps without his concurrence,
and there has been no breach. whatever
between them on this side of the At
%lantic. The charges male are simply
part Of an intrigue to divide the diplo-
matte corps and to secure the moral adj