832.00 Revolutions/326: Telegram
The Consul General at São Paulo (Cameron) to the Secretary of State
[Received 6:11 p.m.]
Newspapers here publish today what is said to be the text of a note dated August 10 from the Italian Ambassador to the Brazilian Government with reference to a recent proclamation of the commander in chief of the Federal forces in regard to confiscation of private property in São Paulo, herewith translated in full:
“His Majesty’s Government issued instructions to the Royal Ambassador in Rio de Janeiro to bring in a friendly way to the attention of the Brazilian Government that the State of São Paulo has de facto control not only of the persons and property of Brazilian citizens but also of the persons and property of foreigners. His Majesty’s Government therefore makes the most ample reservations as to the principles announced in the proclamation of the commander in chief and the application thereof”.
Repeated to Embassy at Rio de Janeiro.