The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1891-09-15
The War In Chile.


The situation in Chile has not changed.
The Examiner publishes a concise ac-
count of the present condition OF things !:
At present the insurgent forces under
Canto are encanped TO the north CT Vina
del Mar, on the other side OF the creek.
The Government troops, under the
leadership Of President Balmaceda. are
strongly intrenched at VIVA del Mar and
have been largely aided in repellng the
repeated and determined assaults of the
rebels by the guns of Fort Callao.
Neither army did much fighting Mon
day or Tuesday, but it is believed that
the rebel leader has been meanwhile
maturing plans by which he hopes to
execute flank movement and proceed,
by rapid marches behind the hills that
protect Valparaiso and its environs on the
land side, to the rear of Valparaiso.
Should he succeed in this Vancouver
he will, it is reported, plant his artillery
on the heights in the immediate rear OF
the city proper and she'll the Govern
ment's stronghold aud principal source
Of supplies.
1t is believed, however, that Balna-
ceda is on the look ont for such move
ment, and the initiative on the part of
the rebels towards the execution of this
plan may precipitate another fierce and
perhaps decisive battle.
Ealmaceda is strengthening his army
as much as possible, and there is an i'm
preston that his idea is TO cut off the
enemy's line OF retreat 10 his ships be-
fore he gives battle, and then he hopes
to give him q crushing blow which will
wipe him out OF existence, and thus end
the rebellion.
The news OF the battle when received
in London had = favorable influence
upon the stock exchanges. The prices
for Chilean bonds advanced slightly.
1t is believed that u big recovery in
these bonds will occur when things nave
settled down, although the conditions
which prevail in other South American
republics will prevent speedy return to
prices that ruled before the breaking out
Of the troubles.
Famine in Russia.
The short crops, have already occa-
stoned great distress in Russia. A cler-
gyman writing from one of the villages
OF KaZan, says, sit is sad to watch the
sight presented by an ordinary sick per-
son, but it is far more unbearable to look
at the hungry. panicstricken, starving
people in my parish. There are indi-
viduals who have gone without bread for
two and three weeks together and en-
deavor to nourish themselves upon grass
and the leaves of the trees. When they
get hold of morsel of black bread they
do not eat it themselves, but they give it
to the children"
In one village this priest says he found
sixteen people in the last stages of ex-
haustion from hunger, and one of the
women succumbed very shortly after. In
his village there were las houses, but in
only twenty of them were the peasants
eating the sort OF food to which they
were accustomed He says there is dis
tress as great in the other villages of the
same district, and there is great deal
of excitement among the peasantry at
the prospect which they see before them.
Ryeis beingimported from Russia into
Germany in enormous quantities, the
carrying capacity of the railroads being
pushed to its extreme limit. The ex-
portation OF grain has produced great
disafection among the laboring classes
and peasantry in Russia, leading to seri-
GUS riots. The peasants declare that
they would rather 20 to Siberia than
sta-ve at home.
RiSu1aYcLrtS Aufobio6ronb.,