| Show BRAZIL IN BAD CONDITION brazil thursday aug 8 from rio janeiro tor the last few days indicate that the brazilian national government Is in a critical state impartial observers have abeen expecting this though the crisis has perhaps come sooner than most people anticipated there Is widespread discontent everywhere but the people of ions suffering are accustomed cus tomed to endure much before showing it the tendency therefore is to endure emch tine complaint anil postpone action under previous administrations debt has grown stead fly wah resultant increase of interest payments and taxation which has now become unbearable the present crisis has been precipitated however by events of secondary importance A Wt Weeks ago there were riots in over an attempt ot a tramway company to make a slight increase in fares under the order of the ministers of justice and interior the police alred upon the people and killed several the riots continued however to the surprise of everybody and the company was compelled to restore the old tares an effort made by the ministry to secure new regulations for the government of the higher schools also proved unpopular anal enlisted the students in the ranks of the opposition and in addition to this the disclosure ofa 1 few days ago ot a series of scandals in connection with the supplying of the national capital with fresh beet which through a municipal service tails under the supervision per vision of this same minister has aroused to the government to fever heat it was proved that diseased meat bad teen sold to the public and that the municipal and sanitary officers charged with the service of inspection had been accepting tribes to pass the meat |
