New-York tribune., 1902-07-02
sPANISH-AMERIC4N TOPICS.

There are continued in Germany efforts MADE
now for several years to increase the NUMBER o.
Teutonic coonists in Brazil The German braHii-
tan Association held recently its annual meeting at
rerIin in the offices Of the Berlin Colonial society,"
Tho association which has increased its member
shin by one hundred during the last year. has re-
Gently occupied itself with furnishing Information
TO intending emgrants. 1t has also participated ID
the work of organizing the Imperial Bureau OF
Information I t3a tiIa is not far distant when Ger
man capital and German enterprise VIII once more
lind promising field in the SoutheTh oISAtes "
cafharina and Sac Paulo: for there is already Ia
large colony Of Germans IN the staoe ta OF 1 dI1o
are actively working to extend their commercial ial
Of PaTagaay Although there are in that country
hardly more than two hundred Teutonlc coionists.
a weekly review the Paraguay Rundscnau, mas
been started recently at Asuncon, the capital al f9r M
their euidance and for the protection of their in
,erests.
DR.. Cecio Baez, who took such prominent part
in the deliberations of the Pan-American Congress
IN Mexico, where he represented the Repuohc OF
Paraguay, has arrived back in his country, after
having made tour in the United states ana hu-
rope. Dr.. Baez was received Asuncion almost
IN trgmPh9l b69 & The t6
bort of Asuncion- on nm the PaTagIay River sur
rounded by iotila of steamboats, loaded with citi-
meet him A large eoncoGrse @ OS of people saiuted him
on his landing and accompanied him to his house,
national flags. 1t must be added that DR.. Cecilio
@ Of Paraguay 10 TIE argentine In ms Rep1bc is the
candidate OF the Liberal party for the Presidency of
Paraguay.
The Minister of the Interior in Ecuador has issued
lately very liberal circular to the governors of
the provinces. He tells them that the government
has heard OF innumerable abuses committed by the
curates of parishes. They compelled the unfortu-
nate native Indians to contribute with their means
10 the support the ecclesiastical esta hshmenta:
they were forcing them to pay tithes and other as
sessments though these had been abolished Inv law.
besides submitting the Indians 10 physical nInish.
ments always Illegal and frequently cruel and de-
grading. In consequence, the Minister orders that
inquests shall be made, and that the perpetrafors
nately," says "EI Critic del Pueblo these abuses
do not exist In the districts along the coast but
only in the interior CT the country, where the
1sdans do dare to resist and where the cra tee
have not raised themselves TO the moral level at
tanned by their colleagues OF the seashore par
fishes"
''El Diario," of Buenos Ayres, published a dispatch
from its MonteVideo correspondent asserting that
high political parsonage in the confidence Pres-
cent cuestas OF Uruguay had received from the
latter an assurance that he Is not disposed TO re-
main in power II there is any prospect OF trouble
or disorder the election Of his successor 1t
was added that II agreement was not reached
before August rs Senior Cuestas would resign the
rsslaefscy, and apply TO the Chambers for pernis-
sts,n sttsn 70 go TO Europe; and he was SO decided on
-1D Aest n.s private secretary. Seor Zufrlateguy,