The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1915-11-16
Republic of Brazil Is
 Twenty six Years Old

The United States of Brazil will pass its twenty sixth milestone today for it was on November16, 1889. that a provisional government was formed ito replace that of the empire, and the largest of South American na- tions became a republic. The events of the 18th and 6 of November, 1889, i'm portant as they were, caused more than a surface ripple in the life of the BraziIians. Don Pedro It,, the last Brazilian emperor, sailed away for France, and Marshal Deodoro daFan- seca, as head of the provisional repub- lican government, ruled in his stead. blood, and within the space of forty eight hours, an empire as large as the United, States was tranforpled into a republic.
 The Portuguese people seem to have a special genius for staging LeacefuI revolutions. In 1922 the Brazil ians calmly and quietly declared them selves free and Independent of Portu- gal, and Don Pedro l., of the Portu- guese royal house, was made the first emperor That change, by which Port ugal lost 5,218,130 square miles of territory. was accomplished without turmoil or bIoodshed, and established a precedent which was followed when the Brazilians decided that they pre- ferred a republic, and gave their eIn- peror his passports.
 It was with a little more. cemmo- ton, and without meeting any resis- tance worthy of the name, that Portu- gal itself followed the example of it's former dependency. and, deposing young King Manuel, set up govern mental Housekeeping as republic. The Portuguese revolution of five years ago was an accomplished fact before the startled world realized that
  King Manuel and his court followers were in full flight. The preservation of the republic against it's enemies has not been accomplished without the shedding of blood, but, alarmist re- ports of n1onarchist press agents to the contrary the republic of Portugal is apparently established on firm and lasting foundation.
 Within a century the Portuguese people have thus staged three great and radical revolutions, completely overturning the existing order, and 1 that without as much b1oodshed as customarily marks a change of Presi- dents in a Central American repub- 1 lie.
 While the Portuguese continue to l be the dominant element in the gov ternment of Brazil. the people of pure Portuguese blood form but a cornpara- i lively small minority of the whole The masses of the Brazilians are of l mixed blood, Portuguese. negro and Indians Full -b1ooded negroes consti- l ute the largest unmixed element in the population of the Great South American Republic While public af- 1 fairs are in control of men of Portu- guese decent, and Portuguese is the national language of the country, l their domination has of late been 1 threatened by the Germans, who have established large colonies in several 1 of the states. Not a, few of the lead i CTS in Brazil are Teutons. Dr. Lauro i Severiano~ Mueller, the Brazilian Minister of Foreign affairs, who is 1 oftened referred to as the command 1 ing figure in Brazilian politics, was l born in Brazil of German parents, and l 1t typtcally Teutonic in appearance. l Although pr. Mueller enjoys a wide popularity, there is disposition among the Portuguese BraziIians to 1 resent the increasing participation of