Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1891-11-26
THE JUNTA'S ULTlMATUM.

Rio Grando do Sui Meets Fonseca's,Con-
| ciliatory Proifers with a Demand That
He Resign and That Congress Re
| assemble.
LONDON, Nov. 20.--News concerning tho
| situation in Brazil continues To he very
| meagre and unsatisfactory. The last nd
| vices by way of Santiago Indicate that the
| Provisional Junta in authority in the State
| of Rio Grande do Sui, is taking active
measures to strengthen its position and to
maintain the opposition Of the state to
| Fonseca's dictatorship
Fonseca, on the other hand is trying To
win the allegiance of the Junta by n CON
ciliatory course. Baron Licerna, the presi-
dent of Fonseca's cabinet, has sent n dis
patch by telegraph TO the Iunta offering,
| on the part of the dictator, to recognize
any local government that the people Of
Rio Grandc do Sui may prefer, Oh the
sole condition that peace and TRANQUILITY
be first restored
TO this offer the .Iunta. after brief DELHI
Grafton, replied that the forces would only
disarm when Fonseca shall have resigned
and the national congress shall have again
assembled.
LONDON, Nov. 23,--lntelligcnce has lust
been received here chat n revolution broke
out in Rio De lanero to-day. The object
is the overthrow of Da Fonseca.
FoNsEcA FORCED TO RESIGN
LONDON, Nov. pa latter dispatch
from Rio de Janeiro SAYS Da Fonseca hks
resigned in favor of Florano Poixotto,
Rio JANEIRo, BRAZIL Nov. 23.-AasaSxa
DeodUro Tia Fonseca, first president Of fha
republic of Brazil and for the last few
weeks its dictator, has been compelled nv
adverse public sentiment not only to
abandon his assumption of extraordinary
powers, but to retire altogether from office.
Rio is enthusiastic over his downfall. Ii
has received the news with shouts of do
light Now that the censorship over tho
press, kilograms and cablegrams has been
, lessened the bitter feeling toward Fonseca
has developed wonderfully.
Only the day before yesterday the die
tator issued his latest proclamation. nam
ing the date for holding the general cleo
tions, appointing the time for the assem-
bling Of new congress and anuOunctn,,
that the constitution had been so amended
AS to curtail the prerogatives of the national
legislature, increase the powers of the ex-
ecutives and limit the number of rcnre-
sentatives. Now he steps down and n,,t
and leaves his successor to restore TO the
discontented people of the republic the
rights he attempted to take from them.
FoNsEcAs SUCCESSOR.
Fonscca's coup detat has died almost
as soon as it was born. Floriano Peixotto
assumes the reins of government. liz,
like Fonseca, is a military man. Tho
dictator made General peixotto his minis.
ter of war under the provisional form of
government. When Lonseca was chosen
president by congress peixotto was elected
vice-president.
Ali through the recent troubles between
congress and the chief executive. Vice.
president Peixotto has remained neutral
His name has been mentioned from the
commencement Of the revolt as the man
likely TO succeed to the presidency in case
believed that he quietly opposed the dis.
solution of Congress, the ASSUMPTION of
dictatorship by the president and all the
succeeding revolutionary acts of Fonseca.