Show THE revolution IN BRAZIL ON THE insi there commenced to pass over the wires news of a revolution in brazil but ae 18 these dispatches were sent to rubber and coffee houses in the united states and europe by their correspondents pon dents in rio bio janeiro they were discredited at first and looked ed upon as tricks designed to increase the prices of those products only a month ago an election was held throughout the empire at which all U seemed peaceful and the result UP appeared quite satisfactory to the masses there had been neither before or sil since 3 ce the election no in ili dica dictations tiong of a revolution or even of any sort of uprising emperor empero r dom pedro had always been be loved by his subjects and there were few countries in the world in which the sudden overthrow of the government seemed more im probable than in brazil The seand other reasons made it difficult to be e lieve that in an hour so to speak IN the empire had been overthrown but later advices advises ad vices though meagre confirm the announcement that t is provisional government in form having a preel president dent and cabinet modeled after the united states has actually assumed control wad and that emperor dom pedro is either a prisoner or a fugitive it is quite clear that the cables have been seized by the insurgents which sufficiently explains the paucity of news concerning the developments that have taken place most of jhb details so far received have been gleaned from commercial cable grams and are so scant as to make it impossible to obtain from them a full understanding of what has occurred even brazilians Brazi lians in the united states well informed RS as to the political affairs of their country do not comprehend what has happened As nearly as can be gathered from information received up to the present writing the following is the situation in brazil it has been understood for years that the emperor would be willing to abdicate in III favor of 4 a republic that he be did not care to perpetuate the empire and would in all probability offer no determined opposition to a movement having in view a change in the form of the government to a republic among the american press this has long been understood to b be e dom pedros position it seems that a coterie of ambitious spirits perceiving that the country was ripe for transformation into a republic and that a sentiment favoring buch a change prevailed in all or most of the provinces organized a conspiracy to suddenly and by what they intended should be a masterstroke master stroke inaugurate a republic with themselves at its head with the love of dramatic effect which Is often paramount to every other consideration olt among peoples of the latin race the conspirators appear to have carried out their design by securing the operation cooperation co of a few of the leading officers of the army an i navy they were able to make it appear that both were with them and to cripple any attempt that might be saade made in behalf of the empire em PI re the conspirators have probably counted largely upon the emperors indifference in regard to the throne in the hope that it would be so great that hat he would make no determined effort to continue in power and having secured the army and navy by oy gaining the commanding officers office ra of each they also evidently hope that he will be unable to do anything effective should he so BO desire dom pedro in almost or quit guitie in hig hi dotage la Is somewhat eccentric very democratic in his views 3 and habits and had the move to establish a republic been conducted in a proper manner he would very likely have favored it should he refuse even now to lead the opposition to it there is no one els else e to do so and the populace will probably make no effective demonstration there is thus a probability that success will attend the plans of the insurgents sur gents notwithstanding that not more than a small fraction of the populace have openly taken sides with them to undertake a full statement of the situation and its probabilities would be injudicious in the absence of more complete information and it is uncertain when this will be received as a has been established over all telegraphic communication muni cation since the foregoing was written a dispatch has come to hand an announcing nou ne that fighting has taken place in the streets of rio bio janeiro between insurgents and monarchists but the latter seem to have no recognized leader |