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...second war, Hearst was less bellicose. In February 1917, alarmed by the German submarine menace, Hearst wired General Manager Carvalho of the New York American that the British would be starved out in six months. Three months after the U.S. got in, Hearst gloomed...
...supplies by sending them abroad." The Hearst press took such a strong pro-German, anti-British line that an aroused public, all over the country, burned Hearst in effigy. As usual, Hearst plastered his pages with red, white & blue U.S. flags until the excitement subsided. Once he wired Carvalho: "I think they [the flags] have been good for this week, giving us a very American character and probably helping sell papers, but to continue effective they should be reserved for occasions...
...major battles. Brazil's civil war ("bloodiest in South American History") ended last week. Rich, coffee-growing Sao Paulo lost its attempt to regain control of the Federal Government. General Bertholdo Klinger, No. 1 rebel, onetime chief of Rio de Janeiro police, laid down his arms. Colonel Herculaneo Carvalho headed a temporary military government for Sao Paulo state. No accurate casualty lists were published on either side. For Brazil as a whole the civil war has had one beneficial result: The blockade of the port of Santos boosted coffee prices in the world market nearly...
Though a large part of the loyal Portuguese Navy lay off Funchal, though the revolutionary junta of General Souza Dias was in Funchal, days passed and Funchal was not bombarded. The- flagship of the Portuguese Navy bears the imposing title of Carvalho Araujo. Twelve years ago this same ship was the bouncing little British fleet-sweeper, Jonquil. One shell from the London could scuttle it. Not until the British had established their safety zone did the Portuguese ships begin a fitful bombardment. Soon Minister of Marine Commandante Magalhaes Correia sent a transport and the 55-year-old iron-clad Vasco...
Just before the attack was to start a tiny fishing launch shot out from Funchal pier with a large white flag flapping from its flagstaff. As it neared the Carvalho Araujo the cabin opened. Out stepped Rt. Rev. Antonio Emmanuele Pereira Ribeiro, Bishop of Funchal, swaying unsteadily. A rope ladder was dropped. Hand over hand, up went His Reverence, his purple silk skirts flapping about his legs, to plead for the cessation of all hostilities, but Commandante Correia locked himself in his cabin...