The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1891-08-28
An Official Dispatch Received BY
President Balmaceda's Minister
at Washington,
Which Tells of the Unconditional Sur
render of the Insurgents to Gov
ernment Forces.
The Insurgent Agent at Washington
Has Heard Nothing Definite and
Inclined to Doubt.

w WASHiNGICN, aug. SO.-- ue lUuuWLnS
cablegram dated Valparaiso, Chill, Aug.
2eth, has been received by senior Pazano,
the Chilean minister at Washington
from the Chilian minister of foreign af-
fairs ''On the 10th, the insurgent army
was completely defeated in vina del
Mar. A division of the Chilian govern
ment army cut off their retreat to &e
lhips and obliged them to uncondition-
lily surrender
All the country applauds the valor and
,SSill of the government army
'The War lis Over"
.'The war is over" said Senior Pazano,
the Chilian minister to the United Press
representative, commenting on the fore
going cable dispatch received from the
Chilian minister of the foreign affairs.
Senior Pazano wore contented ex-
preston upon his determined face, while
his handsome wife, who acts as his in
teTpretor, beamed with enthusiasm and
JOY over the happy result.
s'The war began more than six months
ago." Senior Pazano explained, land the
insurgents were led by Colonel Canto,
who had been dis1nissd from the Gillian
j army. He had succeeded in securing
u the Chilian navy, and on this account
had been able, until now to maintain
his army The Gillian government had
no navy, and because of this disadvant-
age, had been unable TO hem In the in
surgents. Had we had ships" said
Senior Pazano, tracing the positions of
the government and insurgept forces on
the rough map he had drawn so as TO
more explicitly explain himself, I'VE
would have succeeded long ago." He
then traced the positions of the army 81
the Chilian government, under COM
mand Of General velerquez, the present
minister of war, and who disting rushed
himself in the war between Chill and
Peru ten years ago. AT Coquimbo, on
the northern coast of Chill, 10000 gov
srnment troops were stationed. AT San
tiago, $4,000 troops were in Garrison,
while below at Conception, ten thous-
and men were under arms. To the left
Of Concepcicon ain army of 5000 men
were randezvoused. Between Santiago
and Quinteros, just above the Aconca-
gus river the insurgents, under Colonel
Canto, landed 10000 men. Under pro-
lection from their ships the insurgents
moved down the coast towards Valpar-
also.
AT the Aconagua river the insurgents
were met by force of 1000 men from
the government army, which had moved
up from the. left of Conception. This
force held the insurgents at bay for
thirty hours. In the meantime the gov
ernment forces at Santiago, Concepcicop
and Coquimbo moved down, hemmed in
the insurgents and compelled an uncon.
ditional surrender.
Spreading the News.
The minister sent number of tele-
grams during the morning spreading fan
and wide the glad tidings Of the victory
of the Chilian government.
The dispatch received here by the
Chilian minister, announcing the defeat
of the insurgents at Vina del Mar, was
shown to Mr.. Foster, one of the insur.
gents representatives, and that gentle
man was asked if he had heard anything
from his party. He replied that he hat
I received the following cablegram from
their agent late in the night: Notice!
nspiTcu ny the uCtdtoI agents III LliIi'
/ absolutely without authorization.
i This, Mr.. Foster said, probably re
L ferred to the reported defeat Of his party
J II do not say that the dispatch receivet
by the Chilian minister is not correct,
I he continued, ..but / think that in cas-
Il the battle had been fought ON the 23th
Il and won by Balmaceda, he would no
I have delayed SO long in spreading th
news" Mr.. Foster also took into cor
sideration that the forces of Balmaced
outnumbered those of the insurgents, bu
I said that in case the insurgent party wa
4 defeated 1t only meant prolongation G
the war, and that the insurgent fore
would be increased in every possibl
way, and the dictator fought to the end