The Sunday telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1914-1927, 1916-11-26
Upon His Return to Brazil after
a Story of Four Months in
the United States.

RIO DE JANEIRO, NOV. 25.-Dr
l4auro Muller, the foreign minister of
Brazil, who has been absent in the
United States for the last four months
has returned to this city and with
him came the vexed question of neu-
trality, and that of the attitude Brazil
should assume in the present Euro
pean struggle. For some time past
the Brazilian public has been agitated
over the utterances OF Senator Ruv
Barbosa, the eminent Brazilian iurfst
and statesman, who has repeatedly
counselled the Brazilian people to es-
pouse the cause Of the Allies in a warm
and open manner.
DR.. Muller, in his reply to the or
fetal speech OF Welcome made at the
great reception rendered him BY the
people OF Rio. advised an adherence
to the strtctest neutrality and told
his large audience that the salvation.
Of Brazil rested in the energy cour-.
age and initiative which Brazilians
might have in the fight TO restore the
damages caused by the shock OF the
great war.
No country in South America has.
suffered more from the effects Of the
war than Brazil. Economically the
war dealt all of South America al
,
I'll. 1t cut of some of this country's
best customers. it damned up the
source Of considerable Of its supplies.
frightened the purse strings of its
bankers; and for time threatened to
paralyZe all big public enterprises I'M
der construction The story is told
by the foreign trade reports OF the.
last three years.
All Pro-.illy.
The great mass Of the people of Bra
I'll have always been enthusiastically,
and sometimes aggressively. pro-Ally,
SO that when the eminent Ruys Barbosa
councilled open allegiance 10 the
cause of the Entente, he was warmly
applauded. But there is a large for
eign element IN Brazil which has done.
its best to stem this tide. In the
southern states Of Rio Grande do Sui,
Santa Catharina, Parana and others,
some 100000 Germans have for a long
time livedtand Drospered. These peo-
! pie have given to Brazil some Of its
most modern municipal and port
works, and through intermarrlage
have supplied the govornm entail ranks
with some of its most able leaders.
ltGerman influence has for years been
I strong in tile larger cities where its
merchants have lead in trade, often,
as in Rio. constructing and owning
rows of business blocks on the main
avenues that their wares might be
I more efficiently retailed
Il AS a result the bitterness shown be-
tween the nationals OF the various war
4 ring nations, living here has been un-
4 sparalleled in any other n-belligerent
part. Each Sunday flags wave from
hundreds of residenccs, the banners OF
/ the Central Powers being in the de
cided minority. but always flying. Ger
man members have been unceremon-
tously expelled from international
clubs and some hotels here are now
extensively advertising the fact thai
no Germans. Austrians or allies OF
the Central Powers will be admitted
as guests.
Point to Unitcd States.
Writer'S and speakers, in discussing
this matter of neutrality. often point
with condemnation to the United
States because the northern republic
failed to take stronger stand on
the occasion Of the invasion OF Bel
GUM BY Germany. These contend
that Che United States as the leading
acknowledgement power might have es:
tablished precedent IN this matter
which would have done much to have
saved future embarassments for al
n 5neutral nations. is ~
y IN mn Eazi1af a1-tt ls1.asasst1g nj