The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1894-01-13
MELLO is HOSTILE.
He Does Not Like the
United States.
DISREGARDED THE LAWS.
Peixoto Brought Foreigners to
Fight the BraziIians.
DISREGARDED THE LAWS
REASON FOR THE COMPLAINT
1t Suits the Rebel Commander Just
Now TO COnciIiate the Euro
pean Powers.

New YORK. Jan. 12.-The Herald's Rio
Janeiro special says: Admiral MeIio's
flagship, the Aquidaban, is again in the
bay before Rio. She ran the gauntlet of
the forts at the entrance to the harbor this
morning as safely as she did when leaving
1t some weeks ago.
A Herald special from MOntevideo says:
News has just been received here of some
fighting in Rio Grande do Sui. Brazil. The
rebels have captured San Juan Bautista
without meeting any opposition.
Brazilans In this city have received no
word of PeiXoto's reported resign alton,
and consider il false. They think the
AQuidaban is still at Desterro and know
nothing of the Republicans whereabouts.
kilograms have been received by Bra
zilians here from Porto Allegro. and letters
from Senator Cinheiro, confirming the
report of the Government victory at It's
jahy. already sent you. The defeated
rebels embarked that night on tie ships
Wiano and Meteoro ana steered for Des-
terro.
Writing under date of January s, the
HeTald's correspondent in Rio sends word
that unsigned notices were then being
circulated throughout the city, in which
the charge was made that Peixoto had
been hiring North American mercenaries
TO fight against BraZiians. They charged
that Minister Mendonca and Charles r.
Flint had spent 100000 centos OF reis for
that purpose, though Peixoto had OBJ
jected to the rebels getting similar aid in
Uruguay. BraZiPs laws are mandatory
they say on the point that three-fourths of
the crews of all Brazilian ships must be
natives, which laws have been violated in
the case of the Nictheroy and America.
These arguments fail to include the fact
that England, Germany and Italy have
also allowed Peixoto to purchase muni-
tions of war and torpedo boats from their
citizens. but it suits the insurgent party
just now 10 attack the United States in
every way possible.
Captain Lang commander of the Brit
ish gun boat Sirius, was reported to be
seriously i'll and purposed returning TO
England. This would leave Captain Pick
ing of the Charleston acting senior officer
of the foreign fleet before o, because the
captain of the French cruiser Magnon,
who was actually entitled to the distinc-
tion, did not wish TO act In that capacity.
Two cases Of yellow fever were reported
on board the Austrian corvette Serinyi and
FIVE other cases upen the merchant vessels
in the bay. The health Of all on board the
United States men-of-war was excellent
owing to the splendid sanitary and ven
| tilating equipments of the ships.
The Herald'S CORES pondent at Rio also
reports that on January all Ministers
Of foreign powers having warships in the
bay informed PeiXoto and Saldanha that
they would suspend all efforts at interven-
tion between the contestants and that both
sides might 20 ahead and bombard each
other to their hearts content, but the for
eign ships did not move from their anchor
ages and the rebel vessels still remained
eDscOnced behind them, safe from Peixoto's
gunners.
Part of the opposition to Peixoto for
hiring foreigners 10 fight on his side comes
from the feeling, among loyalIsts and reb.
els alike, that if there is to be any glory at
all for any one arising out Of the war it
ought to belong exclusively to the native
Brazlians, no matter which side wins.
News has just reached Rio of small
mutiny on the NictEeroy at Pernam5uco.
which forced Captain Baker to shoot one
or two of the crew. 1t is believed by some
in Rio that the New Workers were really
afraid to take the Nictheroy into a fight.
She and the European torpedo boat Aurora
cruise about at sea nightly, fearing to be
caught at anchor bY the rebel shins