Evening star., 1928-12-23
BRAZIL AS FRIEND
. OF i. S. EVIDENCED
Tribute to Hoover Cited.
Rio Called Most Beautiful
City in World.
BY MARK SULLIVAN.
D. Radio to The Star and New York Herald
Tribune. Copyright, 1928

Tribune. Copyrlght, 1873.
RIO DE JANEIRO, December o.
When the President of the Brazilian
chamber of Deputies in public ad-
dtess describes the United States as
"the supreme inspirer of peace and fra
tccnity among the nations" and Presi-
dent-elect Hoover as IAN altruistic Su-
pcrraan," it may be truthfully inferred
thas the reception here is on high
note. But the key of the reception Is
no more elevated than the facts of the
Condition.
The BrazilianS are a folk, who, if they
choose to say it at all, say it with
mowers of language, but if the facts co
not seem to them to call for gracious
ness, they can be more eXpressively sill
ent than any Anglo-Saxon.
The truth is that the Brazilians feel
1or the United States friendship-and
praclice with us a cooperation tnat IS
one of our principal pillars in our po-
Sitich in the world. If Americans gen.
orally were aware how deeply Brazil S
friendship is priced by our diplomats
and others who have had occasion to
come in contact with the facts, the re-
suit would be that every American in
dividual would make it his patriotic
duty to seek opportunity to make ac-
uuaiitance and practice responsible
friendship toward Brazil.
BraziIians Remarkable People.
The service would have abundant per-
sonai rewards for all who undertook II.
The Brazilians are unique and re-
markable people.
Rio de Janeiro is one Of the great
cities of the world in the ordinary
sense, and there is justification for say
ing, with considered SuperlativeneSs,
that it is literally the worlds most
beautiful city. Its beauty is not ac-
comprshed by any Selective choosing OF
models of beauty from European cities.
The lovelineSS of Rio de Janelro Is
unique in the world and is in turn the
direc. indigenous expression OF peo-
ple who possess a unique grace.
In the entertainment here practically
every detail has been different from the
corresponding detail in any other city.
The peril of gariShnesS. which in our
own cities sometimes accompanies this
form of decoration is absent from Rio.
The Individual forms and colorS taken
by the lighted loops and pendants and
columns and other figures along the
avenue leading to the palace where Mr..
Hoover is staying were never seen any
where else.
An instructive and Speclal grace,
permeating every workman and prac-
ticed in everything the city has done
since the original laying out OF the
streets and planting of the trees, has
made this city an artists vision OF the
ordinarily unattainable.
Helpful Actions Remembered.
The friendliness of Brazil for the
United States in everything having to
do with international relations has sew
eral foundations. Certain helpful actions
by us at the beginning of BraziPs in
dependence are remembered here as If
they happened yesterday.
In practically every speech welcom-
ing Mr. Hoover, mention was made OF
the fact that one of the early Brazilian
martyrs to independence went to the
scaffold carrying in the pocket OF his
death garments a copy of the Constitu-
ton of the United States.
Help toward mutual friendship and
toward standing by each other in in
ternational relations arises from the
fact that in an economic sense the, two
countries are complementary to each
other Brazil is a tropical country, pro-
ducing what we need but cannot raise
ourselves, and vice versa.