Ogden Daily Standard | 1917-06-29 | Page 1 | Brazil Revokes Decree of Neutrality

BRAZIL REVOKES DECREE s OF NEUTRALITY. RIO JANEIRO, Juno 29. Brazil has revoked her decree of neutrality in the war between tho entente allies and Germany. Tho Brazilian government, by act of congress lato In May, authorized tho revocation of Brazil's neutrality in the war between Germany and the United States. In notifying the Brazilian legations le-gations of tho sanction of the revocation, revoca-tion, Nilo Pecanpa, the foroign minister, minis-ter, in a note said Brazil up to that time had refrained from taking sides in tho European conflict, but that the republic could not remain indifferent from tho moment tho United States found Itself inovlvcd in a struggle for tho rights of the people and when Germany Ger-many meted out indiscriminately to Brazil tho most brutal treatment. A dispatch from Rio Janloro June 19 said diplomatic exchanges with rep resentatives of the entente powers were in progress and that practical results might bo expected shortly. II wan added that warships of the entente en-tente would be permitted to visit Bra-zillan Bra-zillan porta without adhering to time 1 limits Imposed by neutrality.