The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1913-06-09
Brazil ENVOY
returns CALL
Dr.. L. S. Muller, Minister Of
Foreign Affairs, Comes
This Week.
GUEST OF UNITED STATES
Distinguished Diplomat to Arrive at
Norfolk in Compliment to
Root Visit.

Inc O1nCldl WISH 10 washington OF DT.
Lauro Severiana Muller. Minister Of For
eign Affairs of Brazil, will mark an i'm
| portant step in the relations of the
! United States with the Latin-Ameriean
countries. DIR. Muller, who is one of the
most distinguished statesmen of South
| America, will land at Norfolk, Va, next
Wednesday, from the Brazilian Dread
nought Minas Geraes, the largest battle
| ship OF the Brazilian navy.
The ostensible significance OF DIR. Null
ler's visit is TO return the one made to
Brazil in 1896 by Elihu Root, then Sec
rotary of State. There is, however a
deeper significance. 1t is the hope OF
the Brazilian government that DR.. Null
ler's visit to the United States, and his
meeting with President Wilson and Sec
rotary Bryan, may serve to bring about
a better understanding between the gov
ernments at Rio de Janeiro and WASH
ington.
Coffee Caused Friction.
Ever since the trouble over the Sac
Paulo coffee valorization syndicate.
which the United States government tried
TO dissolve, there has been an underlying
cause of friction between the commercial
relations of the two countries, which the
State Departments OF both hope will be
overcome through this visit.
DIR. Muller probabI will he the guest If
the United States government in Wash.
ington for a week. during which he will
be entertained by President Wilson. Sec
rotary Bryan. and John Barrett, director
of the Pan-American Union, and this stay
will doubtless be followed by a tour Of
the country. including a visit to San Fran
cisco, where he will select a site for thc
Brazilian building to be erected at the
Panama-PaCific Exposition. He may visit
the important American navy yards and
gun factories.
A large suite will accompany DR.. Null
Ter. With him, named in the order Of
precedence furnished 10 the State De-
partment by the Brazilian government,
are: DIR. Hello Lobo. secretary of the
mission: Antonio Sampais, captain Of
frigate; Alberto de Ipanemo MOrearI.
naval aide; Capt. Antonio de Fonseca,
former military attache Of the Brazilian
Embassy in Washington: Lieut.. EuclidCs
Hehmesda Fonseca, son of President Fon-
SEGA, military aide: Custodio Alves de
Lima, private secretary, and Maurice
Nabuco. attache. son of the late Ambas-
sador Nabuco. Edwin V. Morgan. United
States Ambassador TO Brazil. who has
had much to do in bringing about DR..
Mullers visit. is also in the party.
Muller of German Descent.
DR.. Lauro Muller minister OF foreign
affairs of Brazil and special ambassador
from that country to the United States.
was born on November s. 1853, in the
state of Santa Catherine. His father was
a German merchant. and his mother Was
likewise of German nativity. After an
early education at home, Muller entered
the military school al Rio de Janeiru.
from which he was graduated into the |
engineering branch of the army. He =
still. by the way. a colonel in the corps
of engineers OF the Brazilian army, and
Is looked upon as a soldier as well as
a statesman.
Later on, after entering the army. he |
studied law and took his degree in this |
subject. In his youth he worked actively !
for the abolition of slavery, and was |
elected president of the Sociedade Adolf |
ciOnista. When the feeling against I'M
perialism began to spread through Bra
I'll. Muller was one of the first TO give ,
il his support, and he played a prOmI- |
nent part in the establishment OF the
republican form of government.
At the critical moment of the uprising
that ended in the dethronement of Dom
Pedro. he arrayed his soldiers on the
side of the republican generals. Benja-
min Constant and Deodoro. and In re-
ward for his endeavors, nine days after
the proclamation of the republic he was
He also was one of the signatories OF
the constitution of the Brazilian republic.
Public Rendered Service.
In 1893, when a revolution broke out
and the crews of the Brazilian warships
in the harbor of Rio de Janeiro mutinIed
under Admiral MeIlo. Muller was chosen
chief of the general stan under Gen.
rarneiro, and afterward distinguished
himself by his bravery at the siege of
Lapa He was elected Senator and
placed on the budget commission. ana
later once more became Governor of the
state of ST Catherine. but resigned that
post on being appointed minister of ways
and communications in the Federal gov
eminent. Agricultural interests were
then entirely under the charge OF that
department..
As minister of ways and communica-
ions, under President Rodriguez Alves.
he rendered great service to his country.
The city of Rio de Janeiro owes TO himl
he construction of the Avenida Central
or Rio Branco), which hs projected and
,ut this monumental work he was Obliged
% raze to the ground more than 6Ooi
houses situated in the center of the
own. He also built a canal. the Canal
Nangue. through the city, erected via
iucts. and built docks and railways.
Among other achievements of this char
Lcter he connected the north with the
outh by network of tracks, started
he MadeiraMamor Railway, which L.
oins Brazil with Bolivia, over the Anna