New-York tribune., 1891-08-28
STATE OR NAVY DEPARTMENT.

STORY Is FALSE-No NEWS AZ THE
STATE OR NAVY DEPARTMENT
Washington. Aug. 27.-Senor Lazcano' 'iic
Cbilian Minister at Washington, to-day recei'eu
cable dispatch dated Valparaiso, August 70 lron
M NJ Aldunate, Minister of Foreign Ahairs' say
;rr that on the previous day the insurgehV army
,ros completely defeated at Vina del Mar. a
division of the Chilian army cut OIL their ie''e"'
~ the ships and obligcdtthem TO surrehoet "I Ia
sitionally All the country, the dispa'cn ". ~''us'
,nnlands the yalor and skill Of the Uo'ei""'e"'
army. x.o, .bis after
Minister Lazcano said to reporter tllS "i'ei-
,oon that he was hourly expecting the oe''n'
oY the surrender and that as soon as u'eS 49, 80
~ borod IN make them public lie Is n"o"
- o,,or tho turn affairs have taken as ne
.L;nLs that the loss of such large nunioer Vi
,non bv the insurgents will result IN ceSS''ion
90 bostilities He scouts the Suggestion "''O PC
hons the insurgents may attempt 10 Idlse "Ho'".i
orrov and continue active operations III Spear,
;rr generally about the war, ana elie "Nese"
unconstitutional acts Of President p"lui@0eu''
sbich the insurgents have made pie'e"0e iot
tho revolt, the Minister declared 'ilaO hoO '"0 "a
,boso acts had been unconstitutional
'noDe webster has sent dispatches to all the
~ n' ansuls throughout the United States, ap-
-, .,o,o of the news he has received
oobIo 6isnatch was received tonight by Mr.
- ar Montt's representative In the iatler
snno from Errazuriz, the Congress party
ssnetor - Foreign Affairs at Iquique staclng thaO
c;rculatcd in this country by Balmacedas
-, 20 the effect that the insurgents nave
% so,aotod in the recent battle near Valparaiso
M Foster received this afternoon three or
,onr disnatches dated to-day, from Min
- 49,. Frraznrz. which seemed to the former
.hrov considerable doubt on the
....-ao, ~ the report Of the surrender. Ihese
Ss~natoSos are addressed to Mr.. Montt, the prln-
cinal Chilian envoy, and say that the news -
toyorable: that the Constitutional forces are
stlI advancing, and that the Congressional party
is still confident Of the defeat OF Balmaceua
army. Mr.. Errazuriz asks that the Reports given
ont Inv the agents Of the Dictator" be denied
The news impaired by Balinaceuas "sehC "O
Rnenos Avres he adds, is as inexact as that given
10 the public by Mr.. Vicuna 1.-THE Presldentelec1'
The news referred to being given out at
Buenos Ayrcs is supposed to be similar to that
received here by the agent of the Government.
The discrepancy in the dates and in the nature oil
the contents of the dispatch received by the Chl-
ian Minister and those received by Mr. Foster, COLI
nIed with the fact that the United States Gov
ernment has received official news OF the fe-
ported surrender tends, Mr.. Foster thinks, 10
make the issue still uncertain.
Speaking further of the matter. Mr.. roster
said that the attempts of the Congressional army
to obtain a foothold in the country occupied py
Balmaceda's troops were desperate ana rash, put
that such a course had been repeatedly urged upon
the leaders of the army by many persons Of wealth
living in Valparaiso who sympathized with the
revolutionary caAse, and By many others who had
been furnishing money to aid the Congressional
army.
Nothing has been received at either the state
or Navy Department of the reported surrender
of the Chilian Congressional Army on tuesday
at Vina del Mar. Admiral Brown, the COM
mander of the Pacific station, who now represents
the United States in Chilian waters, was at Va!-
paraisO on August Is, and 1t is presumed ne lb
still There This being the case, he Is cl0Se 10 le
place where the fighting of the last few days mas
been going on. IL is, of course, supposed th1';
had the surrender actually occurred, he would
hasten to report it 10 the Department
Minister Egan at Santiago, has had little 10
communicate recently TO the Department concern
ing the troubles in Chill; but an occurrence OF
such importance as the surrender OF the COhgres-
sional army, il is thought, would have Deen tele-
pranbed promptly to the Department Notwltn-
standing the non-receipt Of any news except
through the Cbilian Minister, it Is generally De,
heved here in official and unoiiiclal circles IhaU
the report of the surrender Is true.
Paris. Aug. 27.--A dispatch has been received at
tie Chilian Legation III this clty from Duenoe e
Ayres stating that the troops Of the ChAan 10y
ernment have had another engagement with the
insurgent forces near Valparaiso and were com
pletely victorious. The Insurgents the dlSpatcn Yen
eontinues were hcmmed in between two fires OF the
Bsimaceda troops, and were unable to carry out
an attempt to retreat to their ships which were were
lying off the coast and assisting theh as lar . as ray
in their power The dispatch also says that IL
was reported in BuenOs Ayres that the lnsnrgent
forces had surrendered To the victorious balna-
The confidential agent of the Provisional Gov- En
ernnent in Chilli denies that Bamaceda has Deeh
tcleorann from I0uioue and another from Buenos
Ayres, stating that Balmaceda has been del&ted'
Berlin. Aug 27.-The Chilan Legation mere CON CON
firms the news given out by the Chlllan Legation
in Paris to-day, and asserts that the insurgents
surrendered. ,-. ,o,.o
Kiel, Aug. 27.-The authorities at this port nave
received instructions from the Imperial Govern
mcnt in regard TO the Gillian warship Presldente
Pinto and have taken measures 10 prevent tnau
vessel from shipping arms, ammunition OF Gre"
in these waters.