The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1894-03-17
|DA CANA READY 10 QUIT
Seeks Asylum Aboard a. Portuguese
War Vessel.
FERNS on which He surrenders-want.
Peixoto to Guarantee Protection to
Himself and His Followers
Against Punishment.

WASHINGTON. March 13.-Advices re.
ceived at the state department. late Mon
day afternoon from Minister Thompson
at Rio de Janeiro indicate the Brazilian
rebellion is about ended. The dispatches
from Minister Thompson contain the in.
formation that Admiral da Cana has
gone aboard the Portuguese war vessel
Mindelo now in the harbor at Rio and
has sent to President Pei9oto by the
Portuguese officer an offer of surrender
on condition of protection for himself
and followers. Two dispatches were re.
ceived in cipher by thedepartment which
translated read as follows:
RIo DE JANE1Ho, March Il.
Gresham, Washington:
Da Cana today through the senior Port
uguese naval commander, offered to sur,
render to the president of Brazil provid.
ing he and his followers were guaranteed
protection against punishment.
THOMPSON.
Rio DE JANEIRo, March IL.
Gresham:
Da Cana has gone aboard a Portuguese
man-of-war for asylum. THOMPSON.
Another dispatch was received at a
late hour Monday night by Secretary
Gresham from Minister Thompson con-
tanning the additional information that
Da CANA asks that he and his followers
be allowed to leave the country and the
lives Of his private soldiers be spared. 1t
is regarded by prominent officials as
without question that the government
will accept the surrender with the terms
asked for. ="
Marks the End of tho Rebellion.
Secretary Gresham believes this marks
the end of the rebellion. There is CON
siderable surprise expressed here by
those interested in the affairs at Rio that
the offer of surrender should have been
made through the Portuguese comman-
der, who up to this time has not shown
any particular disposition to take any
hand in the conflict. 1t is not thought
that the act of the Portuguese in re-
ceiving da CANA is necessarily an act of
sympathy with the insurgents. The
Portuguese are said to recognize a prin-
ciple of international law. now obsolete,
by which right of asylum, as it is called,
Is granted temporarily by a 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, and, moreover,
the Brazilian insurgents have never been
recognized by any body as belligerents,
therefore some speculation as to the ex-
act meaning of the action of the Portu-
guese commander is heard.
Minister Ntendonca Unwilling to Talk.
Minister Mendonca admitted that he
had received news of the surrender, but
he was unwilling to give out any news
concerning da Gama's offer of surrender
or discuss the probable action of the
Brazilian government. He. said, how
ever, he had no doubt final settlement
had been made by the time he was speak
ing, or would certainly be made soon.
Notice of the intention Of tho Bra
lillian fleet to begin an active attack on
the insurgents fleet had been given Sun
day moo to neutral forces in the harbor.
This notice was given As hours before the
f-ing was to begin. According to this
arrangement firing could not begin until
Tuesday noon. Da Gama's surrender
was made, therefore, fully "a hours be-
fore an attack was to be expected. The
offer, in fact, followed the first actual
show of determination or the part Of the
Brazilian government.