New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1915-04-04

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assist in the supposed impenGing Ger
man invasion, could not help wonder
ing if all this did not have some pollt-
ical purpose. Some years later ] had
conversation with an exalted German
parsonage that tended to confirm my
suspicious In later years | again re-
turned to South America. | found that
this German interest had been extend
ed TO other countries where established I
German colonies are fostered by the
home authorities, although IN lesser
degree than in Brazil, although still /
very markedly. In Brazil there are Ger
man settlements in different parts OF /
the country, and the German popula-
ton in the southern states-Parana,
Santa Catharina and Rio Grande do Sui .
is generally estimated at about mill /
ion. | once asked the German Minister |
in Rio how many Germans were there.
Referring, ! think, to the states have /
mentioned, he said he estimated them .
at about 1000. ! fancy that he under
estimated them. IL must be remem- /
bered that a million Germans or .
less-represent not only a considerable .
percentage of Brazi's population, but
an infinitely larger proportion of the ,
pure white population throughout
Brazil.
"The large population already there
a. carefully nursed from Germany,
which pays and directs the clergymen
and the schoolmasters. II Is the same
spreading of German enlightenment,
ideals and education in Brazil as that
followed by other nations in former /
days among the conflicting elements in /
the Balkan Peninsula. A German rep !
resentative in Rio told me one day that /
I'D IN nff
through the custom house, free OF
duty, 10000 German school books sent /
10 him from Germany for the colo |
nists. 1t is hardly to be supposed that
this was an isolated case or shat all
this fostering aid has nothing but
sentimental object. In the states most
populated by Germans there are not
only scattered settlements, but towns
bearing German names. with German
churches and schools mainly support
ed from home-German newspapers; IN /.
fact, all the surroundings of German
life. ] have been repeatedly told that
many of the children. even of those |
born there, cannot speak Portuguese
| the language of the country-and com
| plants have been made in the Prazil- .
| ian press-I do not know with what
| truth-that even the learning of Portu- |
guese is forbidden in these schools.
"There has recently returned to Eng
land Mr.. Chevallier Boutell, an Eng
lishman who has been for more than
forty years in the Argentine and has
travelled a good deal throughout South
America. He confirms my view that
the German advance in South America
IS political and imperialistic. This
gentleman has high standing in Ar
gentina. He comes Of good family,
as he is the son of the distinguished
antiquarian, while his mother and Lord
Kitchener's were sisters. He has,
therefore, hereditary intelligence, and
he tells me that he has made special
study Of this question of Germans in
South America, especially In Southern
Brazil, and that he is convinced not
only Of the German governments ag-
gressive intentions, but that the colo
nists are themselves in the plot. He
gave me also, in confirmation Of his
views, those of friend Of his who
had lived among them for two or three
. years, who said that he was absolutely
certain that the people among whom
he lived were only waiting for the ar
rival OF the German hordes. | accept
Mr.. Boutell's evidence on this point,
but unfortunately never was able to
satisfy myself on Il when in Brazil, as
my official duties at the capital pre-
vented my ascertainng from personal
intercourse with the inhabitants Of Rio
Grande do Sui their views on the ques-
ton.
/ Remarkable Confirmation.
"Only to-day have received a re-
markable confirmation of Mr.. Boutelrs
views from a prominent foreign resi-
dent, not English, in Rio Grande do
Sui, who writes in connection with our
war:
"'There is a large GermaA colony
here, and they have been so aggressive
that they were called TO order by the
authorities, and there was threatened
attack on German business houses
which was almost a riot and had to be
suppressed by the troops. The Brazil
ians dread German victory as much as
any one, as II would simply mean the
appropriation of this province
4 "Mr. Boutell also says that certain
4 of the South American armies are
being modelled on the German army
and are being inculcated with German
influence by German officer instructors.
That IN itself is something worthy of
profound study. The German govern
ment, when | was in Brazil, made a de-
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get German officers appointed to in
struct the Brazilian army These were
actually appointed, but the Brazilans
/ backed out OF 1t at the last moment.
"All this points in only one direc- /
ton. which is the eventual occupation
OF these territories by Germany, and
/ II can hardly be doubted that this
forms the eliminating point OF the
great German plan Of world-conquest
which has been maturing for many
| years past. and the carrying out of
which is now being attempted After
/ Europe. and especially England. has
been reduced, Germany counts on the
United States finding themselves iso- .
lated and unable effectively 10 assert
the maintenance of the Monroe Doc
trine, at all events without a severe
struggle. She reckons on one of two
! things: either that the United States B