The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1895-02-23
"FI,ORIANO PEIXOTO
IS A BANDIT"
GENERAL CALDAS SO BRANDS THE
EX-PRESIDENT OF
BRAZIL.
TOOK IT BACK SPEEDILY.
THERE Is GREAT EXAGGERATION AS
TO THE NUMBER OF MEN
SHOT WITHOUT TRIAL.

Rio DE JANEIRo, Jan. 26.-When the
eamship between Mana and Parinka OF the
tropolis line was steaming into TINS city
of passengers of all ages, both sexes ana
conditions yesterday, one OF the lrleuus
the insurgent naval and military COM
nders, General Caldas, while discussing
the others the acts OF the last admin
alton, uttered the following phrase;
Tloriano Peixoto un bandldo" (florl-
PeiXoto is a bandlt).
e words were scarcely out OF his month
DIR. Santo da Silva, at the mouth OF
oil, politely requested him to retract
which he did, greatly TO the disgust
friends.
he same time Colonel Fonteura, who
it'll Santiago, intimated that if Cen
tldas had any friend in the crowd
shed to repeat what he had said and
d. he was at his disposal to compel
Iwallow the words.
people who aided Peixoto while
ill President are called "Abyssin-
d the newspapers, clerical, mon
9deralist, all in fact who are try
ct i'm at the cost of those who
the legal Government, are doing
to demoraliZe those who were
oval the republic. Many persons
navy is being re-equipped and
nuary % the supreme military
,ided the revolted midshipmen.
aspirants," are included in the
rdon issued by President Mo-
airy l.
i States Minister held a con-
ference yesterday with the Secretary of
State for Foreign Affairs, DR.. Carlos da
Carvelho, in reference to the settlement of
the claims OF American merchants who
were illegally compelled to pay exorbitant
duties on goods imported under the special
treaty. All such claims have been al
lowed.
The Journal de Brazil, the Apostolic, the
Gazetta da Tarde and the Gerrio de Tarde
have been publishing day after day lists OF
insurgents said to have been shot without
trial. Among others they give the names
OF some twenty sailors from the Uranus
and placed on their bulletin boards the
photographs of the principal ones, Charles
Beaman and others.
What must have been their feelings to
see the whole number, over twenty, "vic-
Tins of the cowardly tyrant, dictator,
murderer, etc., march into the editorial
rooms of the Journal da Brazil recently
and ask the chief editor, the clerical
monarchist, DR.. Fernando Mendes de AL
media, to take their names out of the dead
list and not to hang out their photographs,
as they were still alive? The list of the
summarily shot has been reduced by over
a hundred, but the number grows daily, as
the facility of inventing names, occasions
and circumstances is immense.
Colonel Innocencio Serzedello Correa,
ex-Minister of Foreign Affairs, ex-Minister
of the Interior and ex-Minister of Finance
under Peixoto, who resigned at the same
time as Admiral de Mello, that is long
enough before the termination of Peixoto's
period to render them eligible, and who
fully expected to be either President or
Vice President with De Mello. has written
long expression of the facts as seen
through the eyes of an unfortunate would
be insurgent.
Serzedello takes three columns of the
Journal de Commerce. to prove that he is
a much-injured man, whole-souled
Republican and victim of the dictator
The truth of the business is that Serze-
dello, when Minister of the different port
folios under Peixoto, was, together with
Admiral Mello and probably Silvena Mar
tins as well, arranging affairs so as to be
elected to the presidency, and they were
INSCRIPTIONS as to the means employed.
While he was still Minister he was making
love to the daughter of Silvena Martins
who was almost openly raising a fund
(Which amounted finally to 5000 cantos,
nearly $4,000, OO0) to begin the war in Rio
Grande.
A correspondent at Rio took to Serze-
dello copy of the contract made by Sill
vena Martins with George Boytons, who
afterward pretended to blow up the Aquid-
aban, to furnish arms, ammunition and
other war material at Montevideo Serze-
dello refused to read or even see the docu-
ment at all, alleging that Martins was a
great patriot and incapable of such a
traitorous act; that he was greatly ma
ligned and that he was even then treating
with the Republican Government to aid in
the establishment of a true republic at Rio
Grande. And yet Silyena Martins was
openly Boosting at Fecitas Hotel and other
places that he, and he alone, could man.
age the State, and it could never be done
unless a parliamentary government were
established. Martins went to Montevideo
and Buenos Ayres, contracted with Taveres,
Sarabbia Dinarte and others, and a war
began which will never cease as long as
Argentine and Uruguay assist in furnish
ing arms, ammunition, horses, food and
men.
When Sarabbia passed the frontier an
Englishman, who had immense interests
on the Government side in Rio Grande
and Parana, received from his Entire Rios
branch house a telegram to the effect that
1000 men, well armed and equipped, had
passed the frontier and invaded Brazilian
territory. The Englishman confided this
telegram to the correspondent, and the
latter Immediately called on Serzedello,
the Minister of the Treasury, who declared
the telegram false.
When informed of this the Englishman
had the telegram repeated. 1t came ::
'Sarabpia, Prestes and Dinarte invaded Rio
Grande three days ago with 1000 men well
armed, equipped and mounted"
When shown this legram Serzedello
actually ordered the correspondent out
saying: "No revolution is possible in
Brazil unless begun by the army. The