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Show PREMIER MULLER NOT READY TO MAKE KNOWN DECISION RIO JANEIRO. April 6. The secretary of stall.;, Dr. Eauro Muller, has deckled iMi the government's a tt ttude with re-Kiirrl re-Kiirrl to the torpedoing of the Brazilian fctenmship Pnrnna. nnd is considering the internal us well as tho external measures to be taken. The procedure -will be made : known only a fter an understanding' has j hem rear lieu between Dr. Muller and j 1'resldeiH Braz. who probably will call j t he council of ministers into session tomorrow. to-morrow. I: is possible to state, however, that the measures to he taken will be the logical consequence of the previous attitude at-titude of the Brazilian government, which in Its supplementary Instructions to the Jtrnzlllan minister in Berlin in February Inci udM a note protest ins? against Germany's Ger-many's submarine blockade and set forth to the imperial government the eondl-i eondl-i ions w hi'h Brazil considered essential for the maintenance of friendly relations between the two countries. It n lso is possible to state that the Brazilian government's attitude with regard re-gard to the sinking of the Parana will bo based not only on the destruction of the ship itself, but also on the accompanying accom-panying aggravating circumstances. The government lias reasons to believe that the steamer was sunk without warning. It has requested by cable that its representatives repre-sentatives abroad collect evidence from the sun ivors of tho Parana with a view to sealing absolutely the question whether wheth-er t he steamer was torpedoed without w aiming. Prom a Mat cment made in a. high sou i co today it would appear that the secretary of state is contemplating the breaking off of diplomatic relations with ( iei man as a necessary consequence of the facts. Nobody, it "as said, expected ex-pected Brazil to launch herself into the war. I nit nobody would expect that she would bow before an attempt against her so ereinnty and dignity, In this respect i lie w ords of a high Brazilian official in uiikini; to President Braz are recalled: "We need not throw ourselves headlong head-long Into the storm. The storm will come to us itself.'.' |