Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-07-29

The Governments Cause Growing-Rebel
Forces Deserving.

Forces Deserving.
Adispatch from Santiago, Chilli. dated Satur-
day last says that Claudio vicuna has been
| elected president Of Chill. He will assume the
duties OF his office on the 18th Of September.
The election is regardeda as pledge that honor.
energy and patriotism win mark the future con-
duct OF the government. The dispatch says:
The government has q. 900 troops between
here and Valparaiso and Conception. 1t can
effect a Junction between these troops in a
single day and can give battle to the rebels.
Numbers Of deserters are arriving. here. They
say that the rebels are enlisting men by force"
Ihe San Francisco Chronicles Los Angeles
special says: An officer Of the Charleston gives
IL as his opinion that if Balnaceda succeeds in
geutihS his three ships from France the war
wlil be practically ended. Their appearance
o. on the CHILEAN coast is regarded with horror by
tne insurgent party. The officer also states
that Balmaceda held the southern part Of Chilli
winch Is the food-producing part OF the coun-
Try; that the congressional party had the north
ern part. where the nitrate mines lie, which are
unfolding and proftless at present. Balma-
ceda has money;is feeding his troops and paying
them, and can prolong the war. The congress
sionalisfs have no money and little food, and
are having very hard time. Contrary to reports
the officers State that there has been practically
no naval fighting The sinking Of the Blanco
worth mentioning. The dispatches sent over
the wires by both parties are totally unreliable.
They are doctored and colored by both sides,
whichever side has control Of the wires, SO it
Is impossible to get any truth from the coun-
try. The officer stated that there IL no money
in 1quique. Every firm issues its OWE. Tho cur
reney Of the country is paper and it hns de-
prec1ated to 25 cents on the dollar from gold
standard. Pill-box lids are q medium OF cir
culafion In lqui4ue. round lid is good Tor
mercantile firm issuing these stamps its name
upon them and ia supposed to redeem them in
gold coin some time III the future, meanwhile
to honor them with their face value in goods.
vIcuNA WAS BALNAoEDA's CHOICE
Regarding tho election the New York Herald
prints the following dispatch from Valparaiso:
''The electoral college OF the Chiian govern
ment, representing all the provinces under con-
troll OF Balmaceda, assembled on July Is and
unanimously elected Claudice Vcuns his sue
cessor As president Of the republic. This is
simply the confirmation of the popular vote of
June "a, when Vlcuna was chosen the new chief
magistrate OF the country, Vicuna is Balma
cedas own choice as his successor He will
carry on whatever policy Balmaceda should
wish SO that there is very slight consolation for
the insurgents in his election. He will take
office september next The terms of Office il
i've years and the salary SlS, 900 year. He
will have the naming of five ministers and Of
nve OF the eleven members OF the council Of
etate.
That trouble ia looked for at Coquimbo
within a short time is evidenced not only by
the fact of the massing of 10 GOO to Il, 600 gov
erument troops at that port and the sending Of
the Balmacedan fleet north some days since,
but also by the news that the Amer
lean, English German and French s1uadrons
are now assembled in Coquimbo bay to see
that the rights Of the citizens of their respective
countries are not infrnged upon. The Esmer-
aida and Aconcagua of the insurgent fleet are
towering of the port also and it is said the
Amazone and Cochrane are not far away.
1T is reported here that the insurgent army
has recently been supplied with arms and am
munition and it is believed that some Of these
have been struggled out of the United States
in the steamships plying between San Fran
cisco and the CHILEAN insurgent ports, and that
the rest have been brought into the CHILEAN in
sursent territory through Peru and Bolivia
which are very willing to add all in their power
to their old foes discontinue. 1t is also
thought that arms and ammunition have come
across the ocean in British vessels. 1t is given
out here that Vicunas election means that
energy, honor and patriotism will mark the
governments future conduct. There is some
- 600 OF Balmaceda's troops at Santiago, VAL
paraiso and Conception. II is said they can be
massed together within one day."