Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1891-11-18
A New and Ominous Move on
the Part of Dictator
Fonseca Against the
POSTS AND TELEGRAPHS.
Internal, as Well as External, Com.
munication Is Now Cut Off.
A DECISIVE BATTLE EXPECTED.
An Army of Insurgents in the Most
Southern State Marching.
THE TROUBLE In THE PARA PROVINCE

LONDON, Nov 1.-THE Exchange Tele-
graph Company gives publicity to sensa-
tional news from Rio Janeiro. Noexplaua-
tion is given as to how the news was allowed
to be cabled, and as it is known that the
Government of the Dictator has taken CON-
plete control of the cables, and has refused
to permit any intelligence not favorable to
its interests to be telegraphed out of the
country, to-day's dispatches are not certain
to be accurate
The Exchange Company's advices report
complete suspension of the postal service
to-day. 1t is supposed that this refers to
the general postal service of the Republic,
though it may mean that of the capital. At
stop to the transmission of all press dis
patches by telegraph lines to the various
cities of the country.
The Disaffecton Seems to Spread.
This step is interpreted as meaning that
the opposition to the Dictator's rule is
growing in the provincial centers, and that
the authorities are determined, as far as
practicable, to prevent one center of dissat-
isfaction and ircipient rebellion from gain
prompt intelligence of revolutionary move
ments or uprisings in other parts of the Re-
public
In Rio Janeiro it is declared that a prac-
tical stage of siege exists. The CITY is in
the hands and at the mercy of the Dicta-
tors soldiers The most stringent measures
have been adopted to prevent disorder or
organized opposition to the present regime.
If this report proves to be founded on
fact, it would seem that a very large ele-
ment in the capital is opposed to the die
tatorship, and is only prevented by the
strong hand of the military from asserting
itself AS all the papers which refused to
support the Dictator have been suppressed
the opposition has no. public mouthpiece.
The only papers that are allowed to appear
persist in asserting that the country is
tranquil and that the assumption of author
ity by Fonseca has met with popular ap-
provaL
Southern Insurgents in the Field.
The news received at Rio. Janeiro from
the State of Rio Grande do Sui, is i'm
portant That State, it will be remembered,
is in the throes of civil strife because of
party dissension, according to the official
dispatches: or, according to independent
advices the State has seeded from the
Brazilian Union, and is prepared to main
tain its independence by force of arms. AT
any rate, its Governor has resigned and has
been superseded by a Provisional Junta
consisting of four members
To-day's dispatches report that the forces
of the party of secession are already in the
field and marching to meet the army of the
Central Government. The armies are not
far separated from each other, and a de-
cisive battle may be expected within very
short time.
The Exchange Telegraph Company's ad-
vices also give sensational news from Para.
1t is asserted that the principal naval and
military officers stationed in that State have
held meeting, and after a discussion of the
present situation have decided in favor Of a
declaration of Independence.
The Para Situation Warlike.
This movement is considered so formida-
BILE at the Capitol that it is feared the Gov
ernment will be unable to cope with it.
Many believe that for some time to come
anarchy will prevail
The only news favorable to the Dictator
which has reached Europe this forenoon is
contained in a Rio Janeiro telegram re-
ceived at Paris This says that the Gov
ernor of Sac Paulo, the wealthy and popu-
lous State adjoining the State of Rio
Janeiro on the west, sent congratulatory
dispatch to the Dictator yesterday on the
occasion of the second anniversary of the
proclamation of the Republic. This is
taken to indicate that the State of Sac
PauIo supports Fonseca.