Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-08-27
THE GILLIAN WAR.
A Dispatch That the Insurgents Have Sur.
rendered to Balmaceda.

THE GILLIAN WAR.
A Dispatch That the Insurgents Have Sur
rendered to Balmaceda.
| THE GILLIAN MINISTER SAYS "rHE WAR Is OVER
AND TELLS OF THE POSITION OF THE FORCES
Mr.. FOSTER DOES NOT BELIEVE THE REPoRr-
THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS NO NEWS.
The State Department is singularly helpless
at this present phase of the Chilian war. As
sistant Secretary Wharton said to STAR re-
porter this morning that the department had
heard absolutely nothing from its diplomatic
correspondents in Chill for several weeks. The
| trouble lies in the strict censorship that is
being maintained by Balmaceda's agents over
the telegraph lines and cable. so that nothing
| can get in or out Of an Official character.
What puzzles the department is the facility
with which the journals seem to keep supplied
with information from the seat of war. and it is
| to hem that the officers of this government arc
now looking for the details of the strife. The
most startling rumOrs and even verified reports
OF battles and sieges are met at the department
| with the universal shake OF the head and the
'je ne sails pas of diplomatic language, that
may or may not be misleading.
THE CHILIAN MINISTER'S DISPATCH.
The following cablegram, dated Valparaiso,
Chill, August 26, was received by Senior Lazcano,
the Chilian minister at Washington, this morn
ing:
On the 25th the insurgent army was COM
pletely defeated in Vina Del Mar. division
OF the Chilian army cut off their retreat to the
ships and obliged them to Internationally sur
render. All the country applauds the valOr
and skill Of the government army.
(SignedD Nj. A. ALDuNATE,
Minister of Foreign Affairs Chill
LATE NAVY DEPARTMENT ADvIcEs.
The Navy Department has received letter
dated Coquimbo, Chill, July 16. from Rear Ad-
miral George Brown. commanding the United
States naval force on the Pacific station. With
reference to the war in Chill Admiral Brown
says:
| There are about 5000 well-equipped and
well-organiZed troops, consisting of all arms of
the service, within a radius of seven miles of
Co4ulmbo.
| On the 7.h instant there vas a fight between
| the government troops and those of the insur-
gents at Vallenar, in which not 800 men
| on each side were engaged. The result of this
engagement cannot be ascertained with aLy de-
gree Of accuracy, the official reports of both
sides are conflicting. 1t is known, however,
| that the government force returned to Serena
Immediately after the fight Vallenar is inland
| from the port of Huasco and about 100 miles
north of this place.
1t is positively known that the insurgents at
Iquique have recently received by their trans
port II. Maiopo about 15 600 stands of arms,
some rapid-firing field pieces and great guam
tity of ammunition. These munitions Of war,
it is believed, were received by the transports
from German steamer at either the Falkland
Islands or at some anchorage near Cape Horn.
SO far as men, arms and ammunition and
ships are concerned the insurgents are now
prepared for a.movement to the south, but it
is my opinion that no movement is probable
| until the winter season is nearer at an end, be-
cause Of the want Of clothing for the troops
If, however, the report just received here, to
the effect that the two ships about to be COM
pleted in France have been delivered to the
government officers is true it will have the eff
feet OF Fastening action on the part OF the in
surgents.
will go to Valparaiso in about week or
| sooner should my presence there be deemed
important.
THE WAR Is OVER"
''The war is over" said Senior Prudencio
Lazcano, the Chilian minister, commenting on
the cable dispatch received from the Chilian
minister Of foreign affairs. Senior Lazcano
wore a contented expression upon his de-
termined face. while his handsome wife, who
acts as his interpreter, beamed with enthu-
siasm and joy over the happy result.
The war began more than six months ago,
| Senior Lazcano explained. and the insurgents
| were led by Col. Canto, who had been dismissed
| from the Chilian army. He had succeeded in
| securing the Chilian navy, and on this account
had been able until now to maintain his army
| The Gillian government had no navy and be-
cause Of this disadvantage had been unable
to hem in the insurgents. Had we had
| Ships" said Scnor LazcanO, tracing the posi-
tions Of the government and insurgent forces
| on a rough map he had drawn as to more
explicitly explain himself, I'VE would have sue
ceeded long ago." He then traced the positions
Of the army of the Chillan government. under
1 command of Gen. Veiar1ueZ. the present min
| lister OF war, and who distinguished himself in
| the war between Chill and Peru ten years ago.
| At Coquimbo, on the northern coast Of Chill,
| 49, 900 government troops were stationed at
/ Santiago 1000 troops were in garrison, while
below at Conception IL, 900 men were under arms.
| To the left of Conception all army of 5000
men were rendeZvOLsed. Between Santiago
| and QuiEteros just above the Acon"agua
| river, the insurgents, under Col. Can"o, landed
| 10000 men. Under protection from their
| ships the insurgents moved down the coast to-
! ward Valparaiso. At the Aconcagua river the
| insurgents We're met by a force Of 5000 men
from the government army, which had moved
up from the lett OF Conception. This
force held the insurgents at bay for
| thirty hours. In the meantime the govern
ment forces at Santiago, Conception and Co.
! quimbo moved down, hemmed in the insurg-
| ents and compelled the unconditional sur
| render of the insurgents. As Senor Lazcano
| in an off-hand manner described how the war
| was brought to a close he naturally became
exuberant with joy, and as he hes,tated for
words t. express, in broken English, his ideas,
his wife, who WAS enraptured with his warlike
\ description, would fill in the interstices. The
| minister sent number of kilograms this morn
ing, spreading far and wide the glad tidings of
the victory Of the Chilian government.
MIR. FOSTER DON'T BELIEVE IT.
| The dispatch received here by the Chilian
minister announcing the defeat OF the insur-
gents at Vina del Mar was shown to Mr.. Foster,
one of the insurgent representatives, this
| morning, and that gentleman was asked if he
had heard anything from his party. He re-
piled that he had received the following cable
gram from their agent late last night
| "IQUIQUE, August 26.-NOtices inspired by tho
dictator's agents in Lima absolutely without
| authorization. (SignedD ERRAZURIZ.'
This, Mr.. Foster said. probably referred to
| the reported defeat OF his party.
! II do not say that the dispatch received by
the Chilian minister is not correct" he con-
tinued but think that in case the battle had
been fought on the 25th and won by Balmaceda
he would not have delayed 80 long in spreading
| the news"
Mr.. Foster also took into consideration that
the forces OF Balmaceda outnumbered those of
| the insurgents but said that in case the Yiaur-