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WELCOMING THE BRAZILIANS. 



r^R. Lauro Severiano Miiller and the other members 

 '-^ of the special embassy sent to this country by 

 Brazil to return the visits made during recent years, first 

 by Secretary of State Root, and later by Secretary of 

 State Knox, will probably never complain that the re- 

 ception accorded them was not sufficiently warm and 

 cotnplete. Probably if they were to express their real 

 sentiments they would say, "How fine this would all be 

 if there were only half as much of it." But this is a very 

 large country, and there are a great many people here 

 and many organizations and institutions that cannot for- 

 bear showing the good-will which they sincerely feel 

 toward the great Republic of the South — and this is the 

 first chance they have had in some time to give any sort 

 of expression to this feeling. The amiable Ambassador, 

 therefore, and the other members of his special suite, will 

 have to endure as well as they can the superabundance 

 of our American welcome. 



On the day of the envoy's arrival at New York he w-as 

 lunched at noon and dined at night — as described in some 

 detail elsewhere in this number — and besides did much 

 sight-seeing and receiving and returning of visits. The 



next day was equally busy, terminating in a great ban- 

 quet by the Chamber of Commerce, at the conclusion of 

 which he started for Boston. There he was similarly hbvaK< 

 feted, and taken out to Cambridge, where the degree oPEU' \uu\ 

 Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by Harvarff^^*'^'*' **- 

 University. These two days are samples of the Ambas- 

 sador's entire American visit. 



The sincerity of this reception cannot be questioned; 

 the great Northern Republic has the friendliest regard 

 for the great Southern Republic. But in one respect our 

 relations with Brazil are certainly susceptible of much 

 improvement, and that is in the matter of trade, which 

 has not yet struck the proper balance. We took from 

 Brazil last year $142,000,000 worth of her products. We 

 sent her in return only $40,000,000 worth of American 

 wares. We took one half of the coffee and rubber that 

 came from Brazil, and yet the bulk of Brazilian pur- 

 chases was not made in the American market, but in 

 England and Germany. This is not Brazil's fault, it is 

 our own, and it is one that calls for earlv correction. 



THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ON THE PUTUMAYO 

 HORRORS. 



'"T'HE committee appointed some months ago by the 

 ■■• House of Commons of the British Parliament to 

 investigate the Putumayo atrocities has brought in its 

 report. As the English directors of the Peruvian 

 Amazon Co. were men of standing and reputation, 

 there naturally would be a temptation on the part of 

 this committee to attribute all the blame to the Peru- 

 vian partners and as far as possible to whitewash the 

 Englishmen connected with the company; but the 

 committee has not yielded to this temptation. While 

 it held the Peruvian manager, J. C. Arana, directly 

 responsible for the atrocities and absolves the English 

 directors from any personal acts for which they could 

 l)e punished under the Slave Trade law of England, 

 yet it finds them "deserving of severe censure," and 

 adds: "Directors who simply attend board meetings 

 and sign checks cannot escape from their share of 

 moral responsibility when gross abuses are revealed." 

 The committee further expresses its belief "that the 

 Putumayo incidents are but a shocking instance of 

 the conditions that are to be found over a wide area 

 in South America." 



This is certainly a very serious imputation to be 

 brought against the rubber country. If it is true, and 

 if the Putumayo revelations are simply one glimpse 



