Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1894-03-15
BRAzlL'S WAR SUDDENLY ENDS.

Da CANA Surrenders After Demanding
Full Protection for Himself and HIS
Foiiowers-No Attempt at Fighting.
WASHINGTON, March 12.-Advices
received al the State Department to-day
from Minister Thompson, at Rio
Janeiro, indicates that the Brazilian re-
bellion is about ended. The dispatches
from Minister Thompson contain the
information that Admiral Da Cana has
gone aboard the Portuguese war vessel
Mindelo, now in the harbor at Rio, and
has sent to President Peixoto by the
Portuguese officer an offer Of surrender
on condition of full protection for him
self and his followers.
Two dispatches were received by the
State Department. as follows:
No. IDA Cana to-day, through the
senior Portuguese naval commander,
offered to surrender to the President of
Brazil, provided he and his followers
were guaranteed protection against
punishment"
No. 2-"Da Cana has gone aboard a
Portuguese man-of-war for asylum"
Secretary Gresham believes that this
marks the end of the Brazilian war.
A third dispatch was received at u
late hour tonight by the secretary from
Minister Thompson, containing the
additional information that Da CANA
asks only that he and his officers may
be allowed to leave the country, and
that the lives Of his private soldiers and
sailors be spared 1t is regarded by
prominent officials as without question
that the Brazilian government will ac-
nant thu ~ lar txyifh 4hA rnl
for by Da Cana.
There is considerable surprise ex-
pressed here by those interested in the
affairs at Rio that the offer of surrender
should have been made through the
Portuguese commander, who up to this
time has not shown any particular dis
position to take hand in the conflict.
1t is not thought, however, that the
action of the Portuguese in receiving
Da Cana is necessarily an act of SYM
pathy with the insurgents. The Portu-
guese are said to recognize principle of
international law, now obsolete, by
which right of asylum, as it is called, is
granted temporarily by neutral power
to a defeated belligerent. This right of
asylum is not recognized of late years
by most nations except in cases of half
civilized people.
Minister Mendonca when seen this
evening admitted that he had received
news of the surrender, but was un-
willing to give out any information con-
cerning the exact terms of Da Gama's
offer of surrender, or discuss the proba-
BILE action of the Brazilian government.
The rebel forces consist of the gum
boat Leiberdade, Da Gama's flagship,
cruiser Da Meandare, gunboat Trajano,
transport of war Purus, armed mer-
chantmen Jupiter, Marte, Pircira Da
Cunha and Adolpho de Barros, and four
torpedo boats. The force of men ON the
rebel ships and in rebel fortresses aggre-
gates about 700. Outside the harbor the
rebel warships Aquidaban and Republic
are cruising about.
Notice of the intention of the Brazilian
fleet to begin an active attack on the in
surgent fleet had been given Sunday
noon to neutral forces in the harbor.
This notice was given 4S hours before
the firing was to begin. According to
this arrangement firing could not begin
until Tuesday noon.
Da Canals offer of surrender was
made, therefore, fully "a hours before
an attack was to be expected. The offer
of surrender, in fact, followed the first
actual show of determined force on the
part Of the Brazilian government