Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1891-03-20
THE GILLIAN REBELLION.

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Mr.. A. NJ. soteldo Says 1t. Extent Has Been
Greatly Magnified.
Just at this time Gillian affaire are attract
ing good deal of attention in this country
and Europe. Since the international American
conference was legislated into existence the
people of the United States have turned their
eyes southwark with more frequency than was
their previous custom. On matters which con-
Germ Central and South America Mr.. A. NJ.
Soteldo is high authority, and il was he who
talked of Chill to a STAR reporter today.
mr.. Ohas. r. Flints statement" said he,
published in The EVENING STAR is the best
account have seen here Of the original cause
Of the present unfortunate domestic struggle
Of Chill. Ny information from the most relia-
BILE sources comedies with his in every particu-
lar, especially IN reference to the false reports
magnifying the power of the rebellion and mis-
representing the conduct Of the government
and the policy of President Balmaceda.
Mr.. Flint, as we'll as my informants. trace to
English traders and spectators the origin of ell
the trouble. They are powerful and for a long
time have had a preponderant influence in the
| commerce Of Chill, in the mines and manu-
facturies. extending not only TO the chief in
dustries Of the country but likewise 10 the ruling
powers and even to congress and to the admin
istration Of public affairs They have been al
lowed to do this because Of their large and
powerful interests accumulated while working
In the common interest of the national welfare
They cid much to give the country life and to
bring about important commercial develop
ment, but their influence as now exerted con-
fiicts with the dignity and independence of the
nation and it is inconsistent with free CONNER
cial and political intercourse with other ma
tions.
CONCESSIONS. BALMAcEDA REFUSED.
President Bamaceda has SO understood his
duties to the country, and therefore has re-
fused concessions amounting to a monopoly Of
the nitrate trade undertaken by powerful
English syndicate Of capitalists, and embracing
likewise the Peruvian grant to Montero Bros
and the Sarapaca railroad, both of which gigan-
tic enterprises have come to an end on the
happy failure of their projectors to comply
with the conditions under which the conces-
siOns were granted
"As soon as the administration of President
Balmaceda took bold stand toward getting
rid of the obnoxious tutelage of these traders
and spectators their friends have tried to
place every possible hindrance in the way of
his administration. Congress seems to have
been influenced to the extent of opposing every
cabinet under President Balmaceda and went
under one Of their own dictation. or
else precipitate the country into the present
armed contention in which ii is involved, by re-
fusing the necessary appropriation and appoint
of present rebellion waging an informal, lawless
war on board of some of the national vessels
after having failed in their attempt to shake
the loyalty of the army.
TREACHERY AT IoUroUE.
"They tried to seize the nitrate works of
Iquique and Pisagua, which, being unfortiied
ports. have been reduced after short SIEGE
The government troops at Iquique had to evac-
uate the place without resistance but the police
nd fharr oh aT Col Got anI . av
full of volunteers, opposed their landing, and
this is what has beer called great battle and
triumph for the rebels Col. Soto was only a
chief of the police.
THE affair of the surrender Of Pisagua is a
disgrace to the faction. A flag Of truce was
displayed to attract and deceive the commander
of the garrison, who advanced to meet the flag
and was shot and killed. He was not caught
mapping, as reported by leading New York
paper.
THE PEOPLE ARE WITH THE GOVERNMENT.
"The government has tie good will of the
people in this struggle. About 10. 200 veterans
are kept ready for any emergency at Santiago.
the capital. Over $4,000 cover the strategic
points OF the maule and the southern coast,
besides 10, 600 or more at convenient places in
the north Volunteers are constantly tender
ing their services at the enlistment headquar-
tiers and only veterans Of the previous war and
young, able-bodied men are accepted.
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treasury and $50 100000 in silver bars re-
serve. The government pays punctually and
well the civil and military lists.
1.-The large number of laborers left idle by the
suspension Of the nitrate works at Tarapaca
have been conveyed to the agricultural fields of
the south, where they are remuneratively en-
ployed.
The crops are better than ever this year due
to the timely influx of these laborers from the
northern establishments. closed at present on
account Of the conflict. The rebel vessels
are kept doing as much harm
| coast and disturbing all the ports they visit
Coquimbo, Caldern and other towns have suf-
fered their occasional descents; blu: they have
been unable, so far, to secure a seat for any
kind OF organized government from which to
ask for recognition as belligerents
NO BELLIeERENr RIGHTS TO THE REBELS.
"At the capital all the representatives of for
eign governments met and came to the conclu-
sion that the rebels are not by any interna-
tioual rule or usage entitled to be recognized
as belligerents. The British ministe was the
only dissentient. The German empire seems to
have already acted upon this principle, and
has forbidden the sending OF any war sup
plies to the CHILEAN rebels.
"A monetary crisis in Valparaiso has been
avoided by the loan SIS, 600. 600 to the National
and Valparaiso banks, which, under the press
ure of a general run Of depositors would ordi-
nar1ly nave succnmDeu WIN disastrous cOnSe-
quences TO the country.
''The Edwards Bank had been closed and
sealed by the government the day previous to
the run, awaiting the investigation going on
about revolutionary correspondence which
appears to have been operated under the inter-
mediate address of Don Carlos Leon.
THE AUSTRIAN CONSUL COMPLICATED.
1.-THE Austrian consul at Valparaiso was. I un-
derstand, implicated in the rebellion. The
government withdrew his eIequator and gave
him his passports with the intimation to quit
the country within forty-eight hours.
1.-The present condition OF affairs is to be de-
plored. The triumph of the present Chiian
administration under their ablest statesman
will bring about the consolidation of the great
controlling principle Of America for the
Americana and remove forever the stumbling
block Of tutelage that may have been neces-
sary while Chill was a minor, but which is out
Of place now that she is fully grown and ready
to assume her high position in the American
family of free and independent nations"
DISTRICT GOVERNMENT.
NISCELL.ANEoUs-