New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-08-16
TIE BRAzILIAy PRESIDENT-ELECT Tp,,
WENT TO EUROPE INSTEAD OF TO THE uyIrrn
srATEs-HAD TO MAKE FINANCIAL
ARRANGEMENTS

The Presiden.-elec OF Brazil Senior Cana.
Sales. is now at sea. his return TO his COUNT
from trip 10 Europe. instead OF coming IN ~,
United States as II first was reported HIS A..
parture from Lisbon. on August !. marred h
accident He embarked the transstan,.
liner Thames and Two steamers that were carr
ing friends to bid him farewell came into collision
swapping two small boats and causing the dea,.
OF about twenty persons. Before reaching Rio =.
Janeiro. Or Campos Sales may visit also Rusro
Ayres and some provinces of the Argentine D..
public.
lie will be installed In the Presidential chair A,
November Is TO which he elected by 400 IN
out of $4,000 voters. favorable augury for
the success Of his future administration. lie wa.
anxious 10 visit the United States. and had osts,
expressed his admiration and friendship toward
this country but the financial condition Of 3rs,u
compelled him 10 go to Europe. and assist thu
Ministers Of his country r perfecting plans for tina
advancement ~ the new South American Republic
DR. Campos Sales would have been cordially vel.
como in this country, where the former Brazilian
representative. Senior Salvador de Mendonca has
been 50 popular for the last twenty-five years al
onsul-General and Minister from Brazil Despite
the attacks Of the Opposition press at Rio de
Janeiro par'ici.arly those Of the "Jornal do Com.
mercio." which ma.icously pretended that Mr. De
Mendonca had betrayed the interests Of Brazil IN
concluding the commercial convention with Mr.
Blaine DR. Campos Sales was aware that tho
capitalists ard merchants in the United States are
the best ard most useful friends OF his country
He will not forge it. even after his successful
Journey 10 Europe.
He arrived there soon after his election which
took place on March !. and spent the first weeks Of
his trip in London. where. by his erorts an ar
rangement was concluded between the Brazilian
Government and rs creditors tbs ending an
were becoming ntOerabi". as eV'H'hceh IN letters
published from Rio de Janeiro m the principal
70 paris at the beginning OF June. and was enter.
taired by the Gov. rnmen. RE me,tsSe' nsim SCI.
ouently attended the sitinRs 81 the Chamber o.
Deputies. where he was prnseT, on ne Gay OF the
much dc ba Ted election Of NJ. Paul Descnanels az
m ddle Ct July He stopped on hls way to Rome
at Turin. To visit me National ExPosiii2n which
was being held in the snSni Csr,1l Of ,b Pednoni
in the STATE % $40 Pauo formerly governed By
happened that KSg Ha%9er 1o Ta1 b sayns At
formal visit. in which the King invited him 70
dinner 4 few days later BON N them were az
Rome and Or Campos SALES paii ne usual round
when looked nj from Roman Ca'ho IL standpoint.
The customary rule is that 70 foreign omc.a DE-.
the Pope If he has paid previously formal visit
to the secular executive at the spirin4fii; lbs J.
man. who cal Cd first upon the King Of Italy and
his Ministers giving As an answer 10 ne enlreaues
of the Vatican Confidential Envoy, that ne was
the moro comDelled to act so. because ne hae al
ready accepted ~ Turin an invitation 10 dinner
from King Humbert. Leo Mi readily UNDERSTOOD
,hn situation and the interview between him and
Or Camnos SALES held with great ceremony
and attended 10y the highest IRE atfs or me VAT
rar After some moments OF conversation WIN
His Holiness. the President-elect called upon the
Cardinal Vicar. Monsignor Rampolla. VINO prompt
cd Tho yiSi,. These interviews could not
fail 10 cordial. since there IL no religious cues.
lion now pending IN Brszl where TIE Roman
Catholic clergy is treated by the Republic better
than (, was nv the former Empire. which had 10
imprson an Archbishop Of Rio de Janero