Waterbury evening Democrat., 1908-01-20
FOLLOW UPW WARSH|PS
BraziIians Halt Plan to Blow Up
 the American Fleet.
ANARCHISTS ARE ACCUSED.


 oonspirator to Sac PauIo and Ex- pect to Arrest Him Soon--European Reds" Involved In Scheme.
 Rio Janeiro, Jan. 20.-lt is officially announced by the Brazilian authorities that there was a plot of anarchists to destroy the American batteships in the harbor of Rio Janeiro; that the United States and French governments knew of the threatened danger; that speedy work by detectives here resulted in un- covering the conspiracy and caused the flight of certain men engaged in the plan to cripple or sink the war vessels.
 The Brazilian government first re- ceived word of the plot about month ago. The police got into communica- tion with Paris and Washington with out delay. Every known anarchist in Paris was shadowed. Information was sent to Brazil from Paris that while the anarchist organizations in Paris and Madrid might be concerned in the general plan, local agents in Rio Janei- TO probably would attempt to carry it out. The shrewdest men on the Bra gillian police force were then picked to discover the local anarchists, and the United States was asked to warn Ad- miral Evans.
 Foreign Anarchists Involved.
 The local authorities say that man named Jean Fedher, who resided in Petropols, was the chief conspirator here, although it is acknowledged that foreign anarchists are deeply involved. Fedher is believed to have fed to Sac Paulo. and the police who knew him have been sent to that place to appre- bend him. One of the detectives who was well acquainted with Fedher, hay ing served on the police force at Pe- tropolis, returned from that point after having made investigations there and had long conference with the chief of police in Rio Janeiro. The latter says that the Sac Paulo police are on the track of Fedher and expect to ar rest him soon. They say their proof is good. In an official note the chief of police says:
 Some time before the arrival of the American fleet at Rio Janeiro the Bra zilian government received from Wash ington and Paris advices that anarch- ists of different nationalities would damage one or several of the Ameri- can warships. The names and ad- dresses of the conspirators were after ward indicated by information which the police here received from France, Spain and Germany. The police of this district are working with the po- lice of Sac Paulo and Mnas Geraes, and am sure every precautlon win be exercised and the most rigorous wig ilance observed both on land and at sea to prevent any injury being done"
 Brazilians Ignorant of Plot.
 The chief of police, after having made this official statement, said that be did not feel he should go into any further details with regard to the con spiracy. but he authorized the state | ment that the plot was organized by 1 Fedher. and he added that the people ] of the United States could rest easy, as all of the conspirators had taken ref uge in the interior.
 As yet the people of Brazil are ig- norant of the details of the plot to do injury to the visitors. although there has been some slight inkling of the matter. The impression which the ex- posture of this plot will create here will be profound. because it is the first an archistic conspiracy that has ever been known in Brazil. The police of Sao Paulo have sent word that they are on the track of the malefactors, who, they declare, will not be able to come to Rio Janeiro.
 Admiral Evans declined to comment upon the story told by the Brazilian police. nor would he explain why un- usual precautions had been taken at night to protect the vessels from in- jury.