Show PEACE IS IN BRAZILIAN PORT Stories of ot Strife Between Americans and Natives Cause Calise Comment I STEWARD WITH CAMERA Japanese Plot Rumors Are A All Alli i Founded on 1 Flimsy F. Evidence BY llY RICHARD HARRY BAnny Special Spec Ira 1 Correspondent With Admiral Ivans's g heeL Rio Itlo Do fl Janeiro Jan l Much Much ruch comment common most t of oC It a 11 humorous vein vein In tho spirit has lias been caused hero h by hi Am American press reports of or the tho fleet t Iti Rio Janeiro and anil of or clashes be- be t thc sailors and the populace The truth ot the matter Is I the reception recep recep- tio tion given the Americans was the tho warmest c t In In the history of Brazil and wo's was unruffled h by the slightest ill feel In Ing or private Thc Tho of street fights lights mcl other r c circulating in American pa papers papers papers pa- pa pers aro too ridiculous for and are arc the tho talk tolk of or the Sleet and the people of or Rio The lurid account o of a conflict between between be be- tween American sailors and a mob o of 2000 townspeople is absolutely absolute without without with with- out foundation The truth of or the matter is it that a arow arow row v began in a small cafe where four tour United States sailors were seated a aa at ata a n table A row developed elop e cl between a aGerman aGerman German sailor and three Italians at another table and a beer bottle thrown I b by a Portuguese ue C who joined in the tho fight accidentally struck the thi table at nt which the Americans were seated A common saloon fight light ensued during dur dur- Ing which the three Italians drew knIves The Tho Americans thinking thinking- the bottle bottlo hart hl been thrown at nt them Joined In tho the brawl and one of ot the sailors drew hits his knife to protect himself from attack by the Italians There was no mob and no stones were thrown Indeed It would not bo bu I possible to find n a stono stone in Rio unless one takes from the building building- J v TIl Tho Dho Brazilian police pollee were not called J and took tool no part In Jn tho fracas The i people of or RIo o regret that false also reports A of ot lie Uio affair should shod circulate In American Amen Ameri can cnn p papers Are Arc fc marine patrol under I on or f Jio JI ft H P ft ran ran- 11 mi i t llo wa o c from ti h. h r ot er ho ly 1 Mii-l Mii 01 oro l en man aboard rd ship and all were put In Inthe the iho brig C It was natural that a curious crowd should gather outside the saloon while Lieutenant Nelson was rounding rO up tho the men men There Thero were probably OO In InI I all but t there was absolutely no not t trouble Since tho the fleet has been In the tho harbor liar har bor or there has not been a single arrest b by the police Comments are he heard herd rd ev everywhere e cv- on the Rood Hood behavior of tho the Am Americana er lean s. s Tho The Journal de the tho lea lead lead- t lag IHK newspaper here this morning contained con con- tamed a denial h by a New York newSpaper newspaper newspaper news newS- paper correspondent that ho had cabled n a story ston that a plot had been discovered discover discover- ed by the execution of which tho the Japanese Ja In- Ja- Ja panel panee hoped to destroy tho the ships This rumor was based on an nn occurrence occur occur- rence ronce at the top o oC ot Corcovado two days das n ago o when the minister of or marine gave I a n luncheon to Admiral Thomas and the fleet officers One of or them was discovered surreptitiously surreptitiously taking photographs These must have been o of a most dangerous clangorous character as the principal officers of oC the fleet within a n few rew feet of the photographer while the heat fleet lay only about SOO metres down clown the mountain t au and 11 some three miles off In the ba bay T The Tue Japanese se were quite broz brazen In the work woric of observing They rhey confined themselves themselves them them- the of or unInvited uninvited un un- un- un strictly to selves 8 invited n guests who among others of this kind happened to be In a public garden lunaR during the presence of or an official of of- party One o of tho the Japanese was ns assistant steward on the tho Connecticut local hither hither- and his friend was from Crom a shop ship The Tho talk taU of or fear Cear of oC the tIle Japanese in hi inthe hiI the fleet Is all manufactured outs outside hIe 1 J I from front Hampton I wired you yon ou a month ago Roads Roads' that there thore are arc on this cruise at ai employed In various van vari I least Cort forty Japanese menial capacities ous ow |