The herald., 1922-07-20

ding to arrange for official exhibits exemplifying
American progress In science industry and COM
merce. Seven government departments, Interior
commerce, agriculture, pOstOfiice, labor war and
navy and the United States shipping board, have
prepared exhibits
Twenty-Five nations will participate in tbe
celebration, which is regarded of peculiar interest
to the United States because of the fact that
Brazil has already participated in eight EXPOSE
tons in this country. Congress appropriated ST.
oO,OOO to defray expenses of participation by
the United States in the exposition The State
department VIII have charge of the expenditure
of this fund
Out OF 1t permanent building costing S35OOOO
has been erected on the Avenue of Nations TO
house the exhibit to be sent by this government
After the close Of the exposition this building is
be converted into permanent embassy for this
government.
The exposition building will be two stories in
height and of granite construction The upper
moor Will be devoted to reception rooms and the
lower hoor to departmental exhibits
preliminary TO Brazirs achievement of indie
pendence is the reign of Dom John. He arrived
In Brazil as prince regent in 1SOS. In 1915 the
colony was raised by royal charter to the rank of
a royal kingdom along with Portugal and AL
garves. Dom John then became King Jobn VT
Nhen Dom John came he brought royal
treasures in the form of art and books-to save
them from Napoleon. He founded an academy
OF art museum of natural history, libraries and
educational institutions. He fostered industries
ana opened ports to trade. But he was NOT wise
IN political affairs, outlived his popularity and
returned to Portugal in 1921
hlhg John left as regent Dom Pedro his son
VINO became the champion of the Brazilian cause
against the portuguese reactiOnaries who desired
10 reduce the kingdom to Its old colonial stains
Lie nome government demanded his return The
people asked him to remain. He remained A
rev months later in S0O Panic Ia++or ,,.o. IL
llvered to him from the Portuguese court. In a
burst of anger he tore off the Portuguese insic,i
drew his sword and shouted the historic words
independence or Death" The scene has been
lmmortaiized in a painting called The Cry of
Ipranga."
Actual independence was quickly achieved by
overcoming hostilities on the part of the Portu-
guese garrison and fleet
The most prominent of the political events of tho
hrst reign under independence include these &C.
cording to Langworthy Marchant in the bulletin
OF the Pan American Union:
First in order is the fusion of all parties into
one In support Of the newly installed head of the
nation, Dom Pedro l, Constitutional Emperor and
Perpetual Defender of Brazil: then follows tho
convocation of the Constituent Assembly for the
purpose OF establishing constitution; later the
violent dissolution of the same assembly by the
Emperor, because il proposed to curtail his
privileges and establish a virtual republic: then
in swift succession the arrest and Punishment of
the parliamentary leaders, among them the illus
trlous Jose BOnifacio de Andrada Silva who
goes down in history with the title of Patriarch
OF the independence; the PRONUNCIATION of the
constitution of the Empire by Dom Pedro Primero
"A most liberal document notwithstanding the
extraordinary circumstances in which il was
promulgated; the Republican Revolution of 1924
In Pernambuco which was repressed nv Dom
fedro In way which raised up against him the