Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-03-29
BRAZIL. BOLIVIA TROUBLE.
Far from a Settlement, but No Present Dan
ger Of War,
Statement from Each side raziIians
in Bolivian Territory Want TO Keep
the Country for Brazil.

Rio Janelro. March i-TCorrespond-
ence OF the Associated Press. l-Dr. In
ocencle serzedello Correa. deputy from
the state OF Para and formerly a min
ister, published recently the following
article, which VIII show the feeling OF
the greater part Of the Brazillans OF
the northern states Of Brazil in regard
to the vast region Of the upper Amazon.
at present under the rule OF Colonel
Braga and others, who deposed the
president Of the republic OF Acre:
There has never been any revolution
against the Brazilian authorities IN
Acre The population OF almost the
whole Of that region composed Of about
10000 Brazillans demand guarantees
for the property and the payment Of
such duties TO the Brazilian government
as they were always accustomed to pay
The mixed Brazilian Bolivian commits
sion VIII meet every facility and aid
IN carrying out the survey and making
plants Of the headWaters OF the Jayary
The Brazilian naval force will be met
with festivals which are already pre-
pared, and not gun will be fred. You
need have no fear that Acre VIII prove
TO be another Canudor. The laborIng
people have not practiced a single act Of
violence, and all the news Of combat
ana deaths so plentlfully published at
Rio Janeiro and here also are unfound-
ed.
Commanders Cardeao. Qulerez and
Parente and General Galvez have al
ready arrived from Acre and confirm
what | say. The Tupy will go up the
river IN March and will return loaded
with rubber In April, just as all other
steamers have gone up and come down.
The desire Is not TO pay duties 10 the
Bollvians at their lmproylsed custom
house at Puerto Alonzo. All declare
this.
"All the Brazilian merchants and la
borers trust that the Brazilian gov
eminent will not force them 10 pay, but
they affirm should the government send
orders 10 the guuboats and forces I'M
der Baptisto Franco, they will not re-
sist while the vessels are there, but
when the waters recede, obllglng the
gunboats TO come down, they Will again
throw of all Bolivian jurisdiction,
My firm opinion Is that the Brazilian
government should insist on the statu
quo anterior 70 the protocol, and that
all should be done az once 10 resolve
the question Of the true frontier, as
Bolivia clearly has no means OF man-
tanning her jurisdiction. II would be
strange indeed, for our government In
a territory In litigation, occupied by
Brazillans, 10 send forces 10 compel our
people TO pay duties 10 Bolivia. ] have
been with Barbosa Settle, vice governor
OF Acre. Paso de Ollvlera, chief OF po-
lice Of Acre. and dozens OF other well
known Brazllians engaged In the move
ment, so l may cay that am well in
formed as to what they think and ex-
pect."
Moyses santivans Bolivian consul at
Para, has published the following In
regard TO the Acre question:
The final termination OF these events
suggested 10 the government OF
Amazona, the idea Of expelllng the
Bolivian authorities from Puerto Alon'-
20, and 10 this end orders were sent to
the Judge at Antimary and 10 the dele
gate Of police, the highest state author
tiles In that region. and these carried
out faithfully the instructions sent. At
the head OF so or 100 Brazilians Of Acre
they entered Puerto Alonzo, which was
wholly unprepared for an attack OF any
kind and unsuspicious OF any III will
on the part OF the Brazilian citizens
who are In a large majority. When the
acts were contaminated their only de-
sire was 10 inform the supreme federal
government al Rio, so confident were
they that these would be censured and
the Bolivian authorities replaced by
the Brazilian government.
And, in fact, this was the attitude at
first assumed by DR.. Campos Sales,
who gave orders TO Ramalho TO chastise
the dellnquents and replace the derosed
members OF the delegation; but as
this measure would mean the abandon
ment OF what was later TO be his rights,
the agent OF the government had re-
course 20 astuteness In order TO pre-
vent the Boliyians from reoccupying
the district and from this the idea OF
the GalveZ expedition was born pre-
pared and realized at Manais, without
the least scruple; SO much SO that even
before the arrival OF the president OF
the independent republic at Puerto
Alonzo, we already knew OF the famous
independence movement organized by
agents Of an unknown syndicate, whose
manager was the then editor Of the
Commerce. Do Amazonas Alberto
Moreira, Jr.
"Galvez was ACCOMPANIED by thirty
Adventures. nearly all Spanlards. well
armed and provisioned at a cost OF $780,
600. He carried with him his manifesto
Limited az Manais and constituted the
same newspaper his organ. These and
other adventures have contantly re-
ceived aid Of all kinds from Manais
and even In Para. So far every means
has been employed TO prevent the re-
placement Of the Bolivian authorities
1T is too early 10 declare that Bolivia
has not the means OF imposing by
force her authority. She has never
thought for a moment that the federal
government Of Brazil intended 10 pre-
vent her from occupying what she has
right 70 consider her undisputed terri
tory. Bolivia does not for a moment
fear her ability TO overcome the power
OF the adventures there, but II behind
these there be any considerable hidden
power interested In fomentlng trouble
and that furnishes material elements
for resisting her authority after exalt-
ting the patriotism Of the inhabitants,
then probably. she has not the means
required"
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