Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1904-01-15
PANAMA PRECEDENTS
RECOGNITION OF BRAZIL AS A RE
PUBLIC BY q. S.
Admiral Benhamss Later Action Also
Bears on.the Present
Situation


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\ The action of the administration Ill eN-
| tending prompt recognition to the new re-
| ,,t,;o of pa,ara and nraventins Colombia
| -, = ~. ,.h,,;., saces
iioih "asihs wal on '"e 's'n'. -.
| slonists Is not without precedent III the MS
| tory of the United States. This fact has
| beep pointed ont nv A washinetonian we'll
| ,,r,o,,r, u oe,o,,, oi,.,,.s u,ho has c,oselv
=, oN''- -, So,
| seuuieu the course VI events III 'he oo"'"
and Central American states. lie SAID TO-
day 10 a star reporter
prar,, - Gov Io,,o rar,o,, ,,re.ar,;ne,,,v
| ~ ,,, .,, .,..rro, &c south ,,,ar
| a.. ana ,ho. o., an,n.,or uas narsop,
,rat, a. ,h, Irritaa cts p,t tho neo,,e
| - 49, oo,,n.,.,, oo,,.,5o, -, h.,,a , rer,,b.
lie; so. one day. they escorted their empe-
| ror. Dom Pedro, on board of steamer and
| sent him to Portugal for his health and set
! up a government of their own Before that
vessel had reached its port the United States
government acknowledged the independ-
ence of the republic of Brazil. The act was
promptly DONE and greatly appreciated by
the people of that great country. So much
! for prompt acknowledgment on the part
of the United States-as precedent for the
| recognition of Panama.
Time rolled on. and in due course of
events the. imperial party in Brazil con-
| Guided that the conditions We're propitious
|
| demonstrations in various states of the re-
public But their main dependence for sue
cess rested In the navy. Dom Pedro had
built up during his reign very respectable
Meet and every officer was creation Of
| the emperor, and naturally attached and
| loyal to him. So when the imperialists had
| set IN motion their counter revolution the
| Brazilian fleet promptly bombarded the
| forts or the republican government in the
| Day OF Rio Janeiro; which were located
| along the shore below the city, while the
cred down their rain Of ,e shells Ils ''''e '"'"
American Marcb.n+r.n o,d 1u.r.b;,s
|
| 'i'e' e''s iea.u'e VI 'iii' IN
- - " No" ii',o.' ""' ."o
| -. 80 wv ''S Vi 'du""io i I'M III"
| "i.'e' 'ne oo,'i,i"nu Vi 'na'
o 49, u ."e SEQ l,oi'lil al oenna'h' "no
| was not only grand representative OF MS
| noble craft, but also worthy representa-
| tive OF what in these degenerate days in
| America is called 'commercialism.' Now. il
SO happened that during this bombardment
by the imperial fleet. there had gathered In
| the Bay of Rio Janeiro number of Amer
| lean merchant vessels, with cargoes of
| American merchandise. which they greatly
| desired to unload. But, unfortunately, the
warehouses were located adjoining the
| forts which the Brazilian war vessels were
| bombardng. So the chances of getting in
| were sim-to impossible. After waiting pa
tiently some time for the bombardment to
| Brazilian admiral. notifying him that On
| the following morning he should convoy
wharf near the batter,es u,b,cb the inn ne
perial fleet was bombarding. The reply
from the Brazilian admiral was that if Ad-
iral =, ne th unueftooR sueh an ,n,ee,el
| TO fire on the tinted states fleet Renham,s
response was that if his vessels were fired
| on there would be only one fleet left in the
Day a' the hiiish-
| Benham'S Maueuver
| .,, s,, , ,
ioio"ne iHoii''.e plo,"pt,s' az
| cordlng TO program Admiral behhdH
| directed the American merchantmen to
| hoist anchor and proceed to the wharf and
| unload their careoes The I-nitad states
| i '
war Nesseis formed IN hne between the
| merchant ships and the Brazilian fleet and
proceeded to the landing place.
The Brazilian commander thought 1t the
| better part OF vaior to hold his fre No
| haste was made in unloading the cargoeS.
| long time elapsed Time for thought
| was given the imperial admiral Thought
gave wisdom TO TINS man OF the sea;
of the bay and anchored if off an island
| there. The imperial admiral, followed by
MS imperlal omcers' landed ana TOOK pas
i"in his imneraI raster u,h ho hd n aa ~
| him to Lisbon.
| Thus in the interests of commercial
| ISM South American republic was saved
| and all the sad results of a bloody conflict
| were avoided.
M. a,..
| Ane ADMINISTRATION angry.
History records that Mr.. Cleveland was
| ruler of the United States whom this dis
| tressira ino,da,t in .ha I-,;.oa &c. -.
e iieiuen' III INC Chi'eu states navy
| occurred. But he must not be held re-
| sponsible for such acts of piracy on the
| part of the United States feet in Pic how
The great and good friend. of uro,ra.
| lani 81 80, CT" soo" lilehu VI Liuoha-
| tani, - ~. iosa persons lnheoiateiy
| SO go SIPS ~ coIrect inns outrage. HIS
| ~, ~ s.nS. ". -. 'ns t|aNs was oiuereu 10 ara"
| ~ q 800 ahu Nuons repflmano 1or
| ao,in, Do nam, ioI ms unwarranted
| $500, put aias: the Same wires Whicn
| olousht me report OF benhams illegal
acu .' 10 the mite House also flashed the
nant rba