Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-11-21 | Page 5 | German Agitators Flee from Brazil

GERMAN AGITATORS FLEE FROM BRAZIL Believed Government Is Planning Wholesale Arrest Ar-rest of All Spies. RIO GRANDE DO SUL, Brazil, Nov. 12, Monday (By mail to Montevideo, Uruguay, Uru-guay, Nov. 13). Prominent German agitators, agi-tators, including leading business men of thiB city, are fleeing Into Argentina. Before martial law was declared on oi the first persons to leave was a ma named "Brombergr, a wealthy business ' man. Christian Meissner, the Austrian consul, whose attempt to smuggle out Interned In-terned German sailors led to the declaration declara-tion of martial law, has escaped into Paraguay, through Argentina. Reports received here from Rio Janeiro Ja-neiro say the government is planning wholesale arrests of spies in this state. German schools sre being closed and , German priests in Ca tholic schools arc 1 being replaced by Brazilians. Reports of Herman unrest In the states of Santa Gat hart na and Rio Grande do 1 Sal are frequent, but the government evidently has tho aliens well in hand and is in a position to prevent a widespread revolt unless threatened by invasion by South American neighbors, a contingency contingen-cy which is widely rumored and generally general-ly feared. In the western part of this stn te the army is being increased rapid rap-id ly. The Germans in this city and In Porto Alegro have been quiet since the destruction de-struction of their property last week by enraged Brazilians, as a result of their continued agitation and open insults to the Brazilian government after its dec-i dec-i laration of war on Germany, and the government is taking all necessary precautions pre-cautions to control the movements of the 10,000 German reservists In this state.