The Washington herald., 1914-01-26
|BsaxiI a.d Oursslves IN Brie,
~ GRIpLnY DEDE.

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~ GRIDLEY DEDE.
The United states Of Brasil will be only
twenty-ave years old BY next November.
| It II young yet as q republic and ex-
periencing some Of the troubles Of youth;
for its finances arc not on sound basis;
II has spent lavishly on docks and perma-
nent beautincation. and-hke q youth
Jan its parts are not yet made to work
Together for the good of the whole; for
instance, the States constituting Brazil
retain certain powers to levy export and
Import duties In interstate as well as
foreixn trade II would be indtscreet to
say that this plan could not possibly
work. for IL has worked somehow. 1t is
safe to say. however. that 1t can not
work well. Brasil might well learn from
our wisdom of long ago and remove re-
strictions from the interchange of COM
modities between the States and take
away any hampering Of business by ex-
port duties. With us, the first plan pro-
duced national feeling, apd the second
gave stimulus to enterprise.
Brastrs History Briefea.
To draw attention to BraziPs extreme
youth as a republic-hot quite 90 Old as
our Okianoma-aibo compeis aetenuoH "
her longer and less broken existence as
an organized nation than we can boast
4 Some sort of definite division of the
Brazilian area was arranged by Portugal
ninety years before THE Msyficwer''
landed Its cargo of men and women. with
hopes and ideas. on the New England
coast
4 As early as 1o4s loose confederation OF
interests existed for common defense
A college was founded in San Paulo in
1858.
Spain held the country irom ie'e &c
re.tored To Portugal. the Dutch tough,
| for a. footinr and failed. So did the
| Er.,,n
O. advanced tvere tn. ideas Of tbose
wbo Controlled brazil. thar as early a,
| 10, ali SsudaI ,rivileees were taken away
| ara fn.n vera ynade eoual IN the eve of
the law
| In Isos-ovinr IN NapoleonIc activities
that which hsd been a mere posses.Iou
| hecan. m. neat OF Portuguese govern.
| ment. for the King Of Portugal. findine
| Eurone a little too unsettled for personal
/ .o,,to-+ ..ta hI;.h.d nj. sour, IN this bern.
| i.nher.
Then came q stranre stem. When tn,
| vein hody - IN. Lin~lv fo,l went hacL
% Errons.n ,nts,es,s and trorbIe. Nh,
4
| indenenaent. shortly after in Is2s. he
wa. nroclaim.d q constitutionaI EMPEROR
| o., IssI uh,r,, thon.ht h.d 40 NERVE.
ated the country that a regent for the
| infant Dom Fedro was eiecteo' mus IN
enec, making Brazil ciose Mn 70 re-
pubic.
| by Iefo, pom feofo-S sooo' ussiu, ma
uon-io'fhs personsseEoecane emperor
ana remained al tne neim LOT iortS-nine
years un'iI tne aiinoso oioouiess re'oiu'
uoh OF november H. isss.
Brazil and slavery.
| One more notsvortbv thing Brazil dis.
, no.ed ~ slavery wi,bo,t a civu u,ar
Abopt m. middle on las, century III.
promise TO abolish slavery was siyer
Internationally
In lS7I the decree wen, firth ,ba, chill.
dren Of slave narents sbouId tbemseIve.
he free Iexac,iv the Gradual emancIna,
| tiop NAV which JJncoIn urged uno,
1 Delaware and the ana, details NJ aboU,
tjon were compIeted a few Years arte,
the renublic came into .xistance I, cos,
| money. a ROOD deal a, n and /, Injured
some owners of slave, on sugar anT
coffee plantations grievously, but ther,
| never came such a heinous strurrle a,
We went through.
So that while We might feel inclined
| to think Brazil is Young when comparet
| with us, We must own TO a praise OF
national character that is worthy of hirt
honor.
| u.,,,. E.,
Let US consider also the fact that the
irontiers OF Brazil touch or have
toucheo every other nations frontier
In south America, except Chile.
| we can see al once now eSacting
must nave been her efforts to maintain
oorder-hne integrity. She has had to
hsht fof some thlhss' she mas mad 10
surrender others that she thought
were hers, out many OF The note
worthy enorts for rectincatlon served
10 crown with glory and with honor
the same principle OF arbitration. BY
negotiations Tor instance. running
over years, her questions with Dutch
Gulana were aroitrated by the King oil
Brazirs history shows little "a "a