Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1894-03-20
SHOULD Be RECALLED
A Story About Our Acting
C0uSui General al Rio.
AMERICANS INUNDATED.
An Interesting Story Of How They Do
Things Down in Brazil.

NEW YORK, March 2O-A special CORE
ipondent At Rio de Janeiro, under date OF
Feb. IA, tells the following interesting
story;
John Il. Lewis is the vice consul
general here, and at present he Is acting
consul general His uncle, William Il.
Townes. IL the consul general, but he is
now on leave Of absence. 1t is affirmed
by Americans that Mr. Lewis has swollen
snder the influence Of his official posi-
ton. To say that Vice Consul Lewis Is
an unframed product does not, in the
view of resident Americans, fully mark
the measure Of his unftness for a respon-
sible position.
When those Of his own land In difileulty
have applied 70 him for Official direction
or assistance his attitude and utterances
have been arrogant 10 the point OF insult,
n not ofsabuse. He pays absolutely no
heed 20 the complaints of his countrymen
other than to affront them, aud they are
forced 20 the United States naval officials
for redress.
II has been fortunate that so able man
as Admiral Benham has had practically
complete charge Of American interests
here. Vice Consul Lewis has sworn at dis
tressed sailors who have appealed to him,
and In various ways IL brutal and dis
gustinR. Americans declare that natur-
ally and by lack Of acquired sttainments.
Vice Consul Lewis 10 wholly untitled for
the position which he IL presu med TO oc-
cupy but does not fill. and that he should
be instantly recalled To private life,
where he will no longer bring humilia-
tion and suffering 20 his fellow-country-
men.
A Brazilian Opera Doune.
When an unsophisticstsd young person
first attends an opera and sees a gang Of
conspirators openly discussing their plot
on the street corners, or hears a tribe OF
robbers singing at the top Of their voices,
he thinks the whols thing nonsense. But
II the aforesaid young man could spend a
few weeks watching "A Brazilian revolu-
tlon he might come TO think the opera
real life after all.
Two instances IN point have recen ntly
occurred here. The first was in connec
tion with proposed uprising In the city,
In favor OF the rebels, in which a mum her
OF citizens and few officers Of the Ma
tional Guard were involved. The details
Of the plot were worked out on a Friday
night. The citizens were to 40 on Mon
day morning to San Coneeicaro and Sande
Hills garrisoned by the government.
The officers there, in the plot. were TO
admit them and then Join them with as
many OF their soldiers az they could per-
suade TO do 80. The other soldiers were
10 bs overpowered or killed. The rebel
fleet at the first shot or at given signal
was TO hurry in and land It's men to help
the plotters.
Their total force would be small, not
over thousand men; but II would occupy
a strong position and would probably be
rapidly increased by volunteers from the
city. So far the plot was strictly busi-
ness But now the comic opera element
comes in.
Brazilian Brillianoy.
Nearly every conspirator went about
town telling all his friends--on the streets,
In the horsecars, anywhere--that the next
day Peixoto was to bs hum bled aud the
revolution was TO be successful. The
British, who are very intimate with the
rebels, were, of course, notified, and the
two principal banks went so far as TO post
notices informing their clerks that they
need not come 10 business on Monday IL
there was heavy firing. OF course in less
than an hour, every one in the CONNER
cial quarter knew that something was
going TO happen on Sunday and Monday.
And, Of course, the government knew 1t
too.
Even then the plot came near succeed
ing through the influence OF another
opera bouffe idea. On the stage MUIR
aars- NAV onsnlv form his plot on one