Uew York Timea May 14,1939. brazilMSing i FOR (M. MARSHALL .,., ~ —¦¦ ¦ ¦ Extensive Program to Greet U. S. Officer—Visit Seen as Good-Neighbor Gesture ARMY'CHIEF IS GRATIFIED Looks Forward to Trip Here —Refuses to Say if Canal Defense Will Be Discussed Special Cable to Tire New Tons Tnrai. RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, May 13.—When Brig. <3$q& George C. Marshall, ¦ who will soon become Chief of Staff of the United States Army, arrives in Rio de Janeiro on May 25 aboard the: United States cruiser Nashville he will be con- fronted by a program of visits and entertainment that will keep him busy till June 6, when he will leave for home with General Aurello Goes Monteiro, Chief of States of f the Brazilian Army. General Marshall's visit is regard- ed Here as a lofty Pan-American gesture and as a distinguished com- pliment to. the Brazilian armed forces that is appreciated all the more .because of General Marshall's high rank and because of the fact that he is coming aboard a warship with a special invitation to-the head of the Brazilian Army. Some observers link General Mar- shall's visit to purposes other than courtesy. It is suggested;* for ex- ample, that matters relating to the defense -of the Panama Canal may be discussed. One of the Canal's flanks is-unprotected, it is pointed out, and Fernando de Noronha, an island off Brazil's northern coast, and the Amazon Basin are stra- tegically situated to offer ample defense. i§8*>|£ However, General Goes Monteiro refused in an interview toi disci'"" such matters beyond declaring that Brazil and the United States had always shared their troubles and would continue to do so. However, he showed unmistakable pleasure over his coming visit to the United States. Always Wanted to Visit U. Si " 'l1-13 been'," he said, "among the greatest desires of my life to visit the United. States, but in my wildest dreams I never believed I would go there aboard a United States warship' with a chief of the United Stat'e'svArmy who had come specially to take me along. It is a great honor ,to the Brazilian Gov- ernment, .its armed forces and its peppfea< TjjeV~correspondont asked If thre was any hidden motive for General Marshall's visit. "I am a soldier, not a politician," General Goes Monteiro replied, and he added that all conversations be- tween .General Marshall and him- self would remain private- JThen he went on': "Geenral Marshall's visit must be Interpreter as a Pan-American ges- ture .within- the Monroe Doctrine, which is now bolstered by President Rp^soiefi^K^^^^i^^^B5^wa and in "line- with- the century-ok BrazJl-tfnlt&J.States friendship." General Goes Monteiro, -who declined an invitation- to visit, many as a special guest of the man Government, Jsaid he did know howlong he would stay in United States because "there ! much to see" and because "It is so j'Si§F:'» country and so interesting.' that is offers many possibilities for study." "Besides," he added,/'tthere are '-£wo whole expositions going on, so there'you are;;.' Marshall to See Five States General'Goes Montfero Voiced re- gret over the shortness of General Marshall's visit* ¦¦but- even" sorrow visitor will see much of the country. iHej will vjsit Mbe] five ^Southern States and-on the way back to the United' States will holt at Bahia, Pernambuco and Para^f;' General Marshall's trip apparently has distrbed some foreign nations, Sad they are trying to becloud .the nited States gesture. B Just now the/German Postmaster General is here to demonstrate'tele- vision apparatus to government of- ficials.'- TJo the press he declared the apparatus was specially con- structed to show German progress to "our dear Brazilian friends." General Marshall's trip is believed to have inspired the/ forthcoming visit of Premier Benito Mussolini's daughter, Edda, who is the wife of Coutit Galcazzo Ciano, the Italian Foreign Minister, Inasmuch as noth- ing was announced about her trip! before that of the general became known. JtQ&per junket was timed to coincide with General Marshall's arrival as a counter political move of the type so dear to totalitarian nations, it will undoubtedly Vail of its purpose. // m I