The herald and news. [volume] (Newberry S.C.) 1903-1937, 1906-05-22
A NEW GERMANY m BRAZIL.
Half A Million Immigrants Found
ing A Branch Deutschland.

/ Germans long for q, foothold in Bra
zil, says tho Fortni9htly Review, and
they are marching to d realization Of
their hopes with a patient confidence
BORN Of we'll organized plans.
Already 100000 Germans, emil
;rants and their offsprings, are resi-
Tents in< Brazil. In the south, where
they are thickest, they have become
the ruling element. German facto-
ries, warehouses, shops, farms, schools
and churches dot the country every
where. German has superseded
Portuguese, the official language Of
Brazil, in scores of communities.
Twenty million pounds Of vested in
tcrests claim the protection Of the
kaiscr's flag. A cross country rail
way and a still more extensive pro-
;ected system are in the hands Of
German capitalists. The country's
vast ocean traffic, the Amazon river
shipping and much Of the coastlng
trade are dominated by Germans.
Over and above this purely CONNER
cial conquest, however, looms fac
tor Of more vital Importance to North
American ptibilitics-namcly,
the creation of nation of Germans
in Brazil. That is the avowei pur-
pose of three German colonizing con
cerEs Hhich have become lords and
masters orcr 5000 square nils t
Brazilian territory, az area consid-
crably larger that the kingdom IF
SaXony and capable OF drawing half
dozen German Grand Duchics.
1t is the object Of these territorial
syndicates to people their lands with
immigrants willing to be "kcpt Ger
man "a race Of transplanted men
and women who will find themselves
amid conditions deliberately design
ed to perpetuate "Deutchum' which
means the German language, German
customs and unyiclding loyalty to
German economic hopes.
These various colonizing concerns
conduct a sleepless propaganda
througCut German speaking Europe.
They vic with one another in painting
Brazil as a picture of glorious future,
always providing that Germans in
goodly numbers go there to develop it.
Public lectures are delivered. The
Berlin Tageblatt in response to the
growing interest of Germans in South
America, has dispatched special
commissioner to Brazil to make a COM
prehensive report upon the status Of
"Dcutschthum there.
All sorts of tempting bait are dan
gled before the Hans and Michaels,
who are contemplating emigration.
They are assured that Germans may
live in Brazil for years without II
sight Of a policeman or soldier. An
other report mentions cncouragingly
that lager beer, brewed by German
brcwerics on the spot, is gradually
supplantin" Paraguay tea rs the ma
tional beverage of the country.
Great stress is laid upon the ease
with which families are bred, thanks
to favorng climatic conditions. Par
ents with twelve or fourteen children
are described as common throughout
the "GcrmaH "olonies,' and it is
pointed out that amid the urgent de-
mands for manual labor in Brazil
they constitute real blessings instead
of mill stones, as they frequently
prove in Germany. with it's bitter
struggle for existence.
Moneyless emigrants, with qualms
about a home in Brazil, are informed
that very decent existence can be
enjoyed for the first year or two in
log huts. with palmetto leaves for
roofs. The colonizing syndicates offer
settlers practical inducements in the
shape of cheap lands.
Farms Of sixty-fve acres can be had
for from 80 pounds to 80 pounds, and
buil ding lots iii towns for II pounds
to Is pounds. Property may be
bought on seven years time and ten
per cent rebate is granted to cash
purchasers.