A tremendous battle occurred on the border of the States of Matto Grosso and Sao Paulo in Brazil. No information escaped the censorship, but the fight was such that correspondents fearlessly declared it to be the most important since the rebels evacuated Sao Paulo City (TIME, Aug. 4).
It leaked out that the rebel cause had been given encouragement by the adherence of the Federal troops under General Isidore Diaz Lopez to the rebel cause. General Lopez commented upon his disaffection, said ironically: "You will receive news, as you have already received it, of...
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