Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-03-07 | Page 6 | Brazil's Trouble

BRAZIL'S TROUBLE. In tho present difficulty the Brazilian Brazil-ian authorities appear to have taken time by the forelock xm4 declared a state of Uge before tho insurgents bavn nude much headway, but as the sows is carefully ccaorod before being scut out eno caauot be sure that the lry teW iu the uicpaiches is entirely eorrset- (Svwal tsojcwu ar gWcx for tho glutting gl-utting etiwatiot lu Bra til. The Uie f Ceara has been the scat of discard for some tlwo n4 tbe rslxsta bav taoa .raustauUy ueraaln; is mmbers. The tate of TWnxnbun and Pars, itbxt in f ibr rirh-tn -art , . 'o-intr' ha I - ' Al ' tho government. That tho difficulty is partly racial is evidenced by the fart that "tin- nftgro population is prcdomi-ant prcdomi-ant Ln tho nffetl district. Outside of the racial differences, how , over, tho question of states" rights has complicated matters for the government, ; whieh is charged with the assumption j of power in violation of the constit" ( tion. Tho financial pituntiou in Hrasil is precarious owing to the depreciation in tho rubber market and the breaking i up of tho coffee valorization system h . the United States when an enormous amount of coffee stored in New York j na put upon tho market in order to' prevent soisurc under the hr maa law. The Brazilian govern mcnt was behind the valorisation scheme, although the money wan fur niahfld by London and Now York inter psts. It is probable, therefore, that the anti-trust campaign in this country is in part responsible for the difficulties iu whieh Braxil finds itself involved. It is to be hoped that the revolution j will be shortlived, for Secretary Brjanj and th dove of peace are scheduled j for a visit to South America in the near fuluro and it would uovor do for too many of the ropublics lo be in dulging in revolutions nt the same time. There sh'ould be some favored spot for thu dove to alight with the olive branch. Brazil has had a stormy carcor over since Viconto Pinr.on landed on its shores in JiiOO A. D. It has had all kinds of rulers, good, bad and indifferent. indiffer-ent. Of late years the impression has been quite general that the government "was stable and Hint the people were happy, contented and prosperous. News of the revolution will consequently cause something of a shock.