The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-03-25
A NEW GERMANY IN BRAZIL.
UaIf a Million Immigrants Founding q
Branch Deutschla

Germans long for a footho,d in Brazil,
says the Forth ightl, Re,ieu, and they are
marching to a realization of their hopes
with a patient confidence born OF we'll
organized plans.
Already 100000 Germans, emigrants and
their offspring, are resident in Brazil. In
the south. where they are thickest, they
nave become the ruling element German
factories, warehouses, shops, farms, schools.
and churches dot the country verywhere.
German has superseded Portuguese, the
official language of Brazil, in scores of CON-
munities.
Twenty million pounds of vested in
terests claim the protection Of the Kaiser's
flag. A cross country railway and a still
more extensive projected system are in the
hands Of German capitalists. The coun-
try's vast ocean traffic, the Amazon River
shipping and much Of the coasting trade
are dominated by Germans.
Over and above this purely commercial
conquest, however, looms a factor Of more
vital importance to North American sus-
ceptibilitie namely, the CT alton Of a
nation of Germans in Brazil. That is the
avowed purpose Of three German colonizing
concerns which have becom' lords and
masters over 1900 square miles of Brazilian
territory, an area considerably larger that
the Kingdom Of Saxony and capable of
dwarfng half a dozen German Grand
Duchies.
1t is the object Of These territorial syndi-
Gates to people their lands with immigrants
willing to be kept G~erman"-a race of
transplanted men and women who will
find themselves amid conditions deliber-
ately designed to rerpetuate -Deutsch-
thum," which means the German language,
German customs and unyielding loyalty 10
German economic hopes,
These various colonizing concerns con-
duct a sleepless propaganda throughout
German speaking Europe. They vie with
one another in painting Brazil as a picture
Germans in goodly numbers 60 there t
develop it.
Pubic lectures are delivered. The Ber-
lin Tdgebtdh, in response to the growing
interest of Germans in South America, has
despatched a special commissioner to Brazil
to make a comprehensive report upon the
status Of @Deutschthum' there.
All sorts of tempting bait are dangled
before the Hans and Michael who are con-
templating emigration. They are assured
that Germans may live in Brazil for years
without a sight of a policeman or a soldier.
Another report mentions encouragingly
that lager beer, brewed by German breweries
on the spot, is gradually supplanting Para
quay tea as the national beverage Of the
country.
Great stress is laid upon the ease with
which families are bred, thanks to favorinp
climatic conditions. Parents with twelve
or fourteen children are described as COM
mon throughout the German colonies, and
it is pointed out that amid the urgent de-
mands for manual labor in Brazil they con-
stitute 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 a very
decent existence can be enjoyed for the
first year or two in log huts, with palmetto
leaves for roofs. The colonizing svndicatcs
offer settlers r tactical inducements in the
shape Of cheap land.
Farms Of sixty-fve acrns can be had for
from E30 to ESQ, and building lots towns
for E12 TO ELS. Property may be bought
on seven years time and 10 per cent. rebate
is granted to cash purchasers.