The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1891-11-18
HOSTILE ARMIES, NOT A FETE.
Repeated Reports Of Threatening ReVG
luton in Brazil.
TIE INSURGENTS ON The AGGRESSIVE.
Preparing to Attack the Dictator's Forces
All Reports of The Uprising For
hidden by Fonseca.
CBy Gable to The Times.

LoNDoN. November 7.-fn spite OF the
announcement sent out officially in the In
terest of Dictator, Marshal da Fonseca yes
terday t. the effect that the second anniyer-
sary Of the proclamation of the republic OF
Brazil was celebrated at Rio Janeiro the cap
ital with military review and fetes in
honor o. the occasion" the United Press cor
respondent IN this city IS IN position to
state that this ls t. all intents and purposes
nothing more than q blind When that
official announcement was made it was IN a
most rigorous state of seige and the review
and fetes consisted of little more than pa
rade of a garrison.
Code messages received here to-day by the
Commercial Gable Company from Brazil. re-
pOr5 that all press messages have been stopped
by order of the Dictator In addition the
pos al service throughout Brazil has been
suspended. and the utmost confusion and
alarm prevails in business and other quarters.
THE INSURGENTS ORGANIZING.
All denials to the contrary and all state
ments as to the trouble in the Rio Graude do
Sui being Simply OF a local character" being
taken into consideration do not alter the
fact that messages received from Brazil this
morning state in the most distinct words that
the Congressional troops from the reyolted
province of Rio Grande do Sui are already so
far organized and 50 full of enthusiasm that
their commanders are now leading them 70
the front with the intention of attacking the
DictatOrs forces instead OF waiting % be
attacked by the latter. This movement on
the part OF the Nationalist party has been a
complete surprise 30 the Dictator and Will
cause a considerable change IN MS pian OF
operations. The Dictator ls now on the de-
fenslve and this alone shows that the trou-
bio" in Rio Grande do sui Is certainly more
than local in its character.
But this is not the only news OF Importance
received from Brazil to-day IL has previously
been stated in these dispatches that II was re-
ported that tho province of Para or Grao
Para, having an area of four hundred thou
sand square miles and population OF about
three hundred thousand, had decided 20 de-
clare itself independent.
THE ASSERTION EErEATED.
This assertion is repeated to-day. This
province Is one of the richest in Brazil. its
capital, Para, or Belem, q handsome seaport
city having a large trade with Liverpool
London Barbados New ork aud the Brazil
ian ports. If this report turns out to be cor
rect and there now seems no reason TO doubt
it, the secession Of Para will prove a terrible
blow TO the cause OF the Dictator. The COM
mission sent to Uruguay 10y the Nationalist
party in order 10 persuade that country not 10
let the troops of Da Onesca violate its terri
tory and purchase arms and ammunition, has
met with success. 10 is now considered GER
tain that Uruguay will prevent the Dictators
troops from crossing It's frontier. Arms and
ammunition are said TO have been secured IN
considerable quantities and 1t is reported
that a number of Uruguaydn officers are 70
iOin or have Joined the Nationalist forces.
While it Is true that the Congressional forces
have occupied the town OF ltaqui. II is now
said that the troops having charge of the
arsenal have not surrendered that building,
but that they are still holding 1t against the
Congressional tr ops. This may be correct,
though it was reported from seyeral sources
two DAYS ago that tine arsenal was n the pos
session of the insurgents.
BuFNos AYRrs NOV. T.-Brazllan adyices
to-day indicate that the Rio Grande insur-
gents are marching against the Government
forces and the province of Para has seeded.
no NEWS PROM THESE.
NFw York. Nov. 7-Merchants in this city
are fairly in the dark IN regard to the alarm
ing news contained III cablegrams to-day
concerning the Brazilian affairs. Mr.. Charles
h. Flint said he had private cables to-day
from kio Jenerio and from Para. Both cables
were confined % business matters. and no
mention of political or revolutionary matters
We're made
Mr. William r.. Grace is ont of town. but
his representative Mr.. Albert .. Falcon, who
has charge of Brazilian matters, said that the
last private adyices from Rio came yesterday
and revolution was not mentioned. lie sad
that be did not believe the report that the
province of Para had decided 10 declare lnde-
pendence. as all their adFices indicated that
Para was loyal 10 Fonesca.