Bluefield evening leader. [volume] (Bluefield, W. Va.) 1906-1911, 1908-01-11
BRAZIL PLANS A ROYAL
WELGOM FOR FLEET

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and Tanandore and the gunboats
Tamoy0. Tymbira aud Tiradentes.
the battleship feet of Admiral Evans
Is expected 10 arrive in the harbor
OF Rio Janeiro and will be given
royal welcome by the government
officials and citizens of the Brazilian
capital. Int rest in the festivities
TO be given in honor Of the Amer
lean officers is widespread in the
highest social and official circles of
Rio. and the people are anxious to
return the welcome extended to the
Brazilian naval officers at Washing
ton and Norfolk last summer.
President palma will give nota.
bic reception in honor OF Admiral
Evans, the other admirals and the
battleship commanders. Ambassador
Dudley viii also be guest OF honor
at the affair, which will b. held Ia
the presidential palace at Petropolls
The finance minister will give a bail
in honor OF the Americans on Fiscal
arranged for two excursions. one TO
the summit OF CorcoYado, a noun
tain peak about two miles from Rio
where a promenade luncheon will
be served while the guests will view
the magnificent vista presented by
the city and harbor and surround
ing country. The other trip will
be to Tijuca park. where the naval
club will entertain.
A magnificent banquet. at which
900 covers viii be laid, will be served
in the Monroe pavilion, with Foreign
Minister Brancho as host and Pres
ident Ruy Barbosa, of the Brazilian
senate, as the principal speaker.
Another banquet will also be given
by the government in the grand sa-
1onoof the marine arsenal at Yaura
Other dipners in honor of Admiral
Evans and other officers of the fleet
will be given by the mayor of Rio
Janeiro, by DR.. Jose Carlos Rodri-
gueZ. proprietor Of the Journal of
Commerce and by Ambassador Dud-
ley. Admiral Alencar, the minister
OF marine. has an especially cordial
feeling toward America and the
American naval Officers and for
weeks has given almost his entire
time to plans and preparations for
the arrival of the feet
Hair a hundred rooms in the most
magnificent hotel of Petropolis have
been reserved for the use Of the
American officers during their stay
in Rio, and the best of everything
viii be theirs for the asking.
The sailors and men will have a
good time as well as the officers.
They will be granted shore leave
about three thousand at time, and
several picnics and feeds" will be
given in their honor. There is adj
mttedly some prejudice against the
Yankee blue Jackets among a certain
portion of the population of Rio.
and fears. lave been entertained that
-the presence of so many Of them on
the streets will lead to disorder.
These forebodings are secuted by
the mayor and chief of police, VIII
declaim their confidence in the law
abiding spirit of American sailors.
The arrival of the feet in Rio will
mark the completion of the second
and longest lap Of the voyage around
South America. Rio is 300 miles
from Port of Spain, where the fleet
made its first stop. The American
battleships will remain here ten days
during which time they will be coal
ed for the trip to Puntas Arenas,
distance OF 2,20O miles. arriving
there on January 90 There will be
little JOY or jollity there, as the port
is a desolate settlement beyond the
bounds of civilization. harboring lit
tie more than a thousand souls, sit
uated well inside the Straits Of Ma
gellan. with Patagonia on one side
and Terra Del Fuego on the other
Puntas Arenas was formerly a Chill
can convict station. and the sur
rounding country is inhabited main
ly by PatagOnian Indians.
Beautiful Rio will b. the last OPP
portunity the tars will have to step
on civilized shores until the fleet
reaches Callao, Peru. the middle of
next month. Advices received from
Lima state that the Peruyians are
bent upon outdoing even Brazf's
hospitable welcome President par
do will give a banquet to three hun
dred OF the American officers. and
the minister of marine will give
ball I'm their honor. to which 1900
OF the lead rs OF Peruvian society
have already been invited. Each Of
fcer Of the feet will also be given
souvenir I'm the shape Of a magnin-
6 Mt album containing photographs
OF Peruvian scenery
Rio Jhneiro where the officers
and men VIII spend The next ten
days. noN boasts of being the most
beautiful city in the new world. and