The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1917-11-13

. | popular generals OF Tue DIdllllStl oiihJ
placed himself at the head of the revolution
and on the date named published proclana-
ton in which he stated that the people, the
army and the navy had decreed the deposition
of the imperial dynasty and the extinction OF
the monarchical system. He assured the people
that the provisional government guaranteed all
inhabitants Of Brazil security for life and prop
Eerty, and respect for individual and political
rights; that it recognized and respected all ma
Itional engagements contracted during the mon
arehy; and that it would adhere to existing
treaties with foreign countries acknowledge
the domestic and foreign debt, and assume all
other legally constituted obligations.
This was very simple and very plain docu-
Iment and was signed by Marshal Fonseca as
chief of the provisional government and the
members of the cabinet that had been selected.
That was all there was to it. very polite and
courteous letter to Dom Pedro Ii informed him
that ''the presence of the imperial family IN
this country, in face of the new situation Gre
ated by the irrevocable revolution of the fit
! teenth inst would be absurd and impossible,
and provocative of troubles which the safety OF
the public impresses upon us the necessity to
avod.' A time was fixed for the embarka-
ton of the royal family, and the former en-
peror was assured that ''your comfort and
| health during the passage will be looked after
with the greatest of care, and the government
will continue to pay you the sum assured by
law until this point has been settled by the APP
preaching constituent assembly, And so 1t
was all settled in the incest manner possible
Dom Pedro Ii, erstwhile emperor of Brazil,
sailed for Portugal and the republic of Brazil
started on its prosperous career. No frenzled
mobs-no numbering of high officials, no butch
ering of innocent people, no burnings of par
aces Order was maintained, and things went
on safely and sanely. Truly remarkable revo-
| lution-and that is all the more reason why
Brazil should celebrate the fifteenth OF Novem-
Der, the day when it became a republic without
shedding blood. The mother country, Portugal,
according to a cablegram from Lisbon, has sent
a special embassy at whose head is Commander
Leotte do Rego of the Portuguese navy, to par
lticipate in the general rejoicing and celebra-
Ition an evidence that all past family differ
iences between the two countries have long
since been buried in oblivion.
/ As evidence of the need of labor which is be-
coming widely felt throughout the country
comes the announcement that there are large
number of drafted men who are still awaiting
call to the training camps where they cannot be
accommodated because of incomplete construc
| ton work There are three thousand such
men in Pennsylvania, as many more IN south
ern states and the west has its quota The
most irritating phase of the matter is the waste
of time and money in these who must wait
without the benefit Of the training which is in
process and unable because Of uncertainty Of
call to undertake any permanent employment
The government is urging on the construction
but there is a shortage of laborers, and if this
| does not lessen measures must be taken to obvi-
ate the difficulty.
| Lord Northcliffe in one of his numerous
| statements in this country has said that the