Waterbury evening Democrat., 1894-03-13
DA CANA ASKS QUARTER
Insurgent Admiral Takes Ref
 uge on a Portuguese Ship.
BRAzIL's WAR PROBABLY ENDED.
Hemmed In by Peixoto's Dynamite Throw
 ers the Rebel Commander Asks Leave to Surrender His Fleet and Leave the Coun-
 try With a Whole Skin-NIay Be Granted.

CTS, the Rebel Commander Asks Leave to
 Surrender His Fleet and Leave the Coun-
 try With a Whole Skih-NIay Be Granted.
 WASHINGTON, March 13.-Advices receiv- ed at the state department from Minister Thompson, at Rio .Janeiro, indicate that the Brazilian rebellion is about ended The dispatches from Minister Thompson contain the information that Admiral da Gama has gone aboard the F. .'tugutse war vessel Mindelo, now in the harbor at Rio, and has sent to President IoeiXoto by the Portuguese officer an offer of surrender on condition of full protection for himself and his followers.
 Two dispatches were received by the state department. They were in cipher and when translated read as follows;
 RIO DE JANEIRo, March F. Gresham. Washington:
 Da Gama today, through the senior Portu- guese commander, offered to saSrender to the president of Brazil, provided htVind his follow CTS were guaranteed protection against punish ment. THOMPSON.
 RIO DE JANEIRo, March F. Gresham, Washington:
 Da Gama has gone aboard a Portuguese man. of-war for asylum. THOMPSON.
 Probably Ends the War.
 Secretary Gresham believes that this IlafkS lu6 entl Ol tue war.
 There is considera ble surprise expressed here by those interested in the affairs a. Rio that the offer of surrender should have been made through the Portuguese com mander, who up to this time has not shown any particular disposition to take a hand in the conflict. It is not thought, however, that the action of the Portuguese in receiving Da Galha is necessarily an act of sympathy with the insurgents.
 The Portuguese are said to recognize q principle of international law, now obso- lete, by which the 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 peoples, and moreover the Brazil ian insurgents have never been recognized by anybody as belligerent. There is, there fore, some speculation as to the exact meaning of the action of the Portuguese commander.
 Minister Mendonca admitted when seen that he had received news of the surrender, but was unwilling to give out any in formation concerning the exact terms of Da Gama's offer of surrender or discuss the probable action of the Brazilian gov ernment. He said. however, that he had no doubt that final settlement had been made or would certainly be made today.
 Possibly as good commentary on the surrender as can be made consists in the following summary furnished by Senor Mendonca of the forces engaged in the na- val maneuvers in and about the harbor at Rio:
 Surrendered at the First Show of Force.
 The rebel forces consist of the gunboat Leiberdage Da Gama's flagship; cruiser Da Meandare, gunboat Ira jano, transport of war Purus, armed merchantmen Jupi- ter, Narte, Pireira da Cunha and Adolpho de BaIros and four torpedo boats, two of which are in good condition and the other two half disabled. The force of men on the rebel ships and in rebel fOrtresses az gregates about 700. Outside the harbor, whereabouts unknown" the rebel war ships Aquidaban and Republic are cruis- ing about.
 The array of government ships lying on the south side of the entrance to the bay under the batteries of Fort St. John is somewhat more formidable. The forces consist of the dynamite cruiser Nlctheroy, ironclad Bahaira, cruiser Tiradentes, tor pedo boats Aurora, Pirating, Javalin and Fyseen; armed torpedo boat MoXoto and five torpedo boats recently purchased in Germany. Cruising outside are the cruisers America and Parnahiba. The loyal force of men aggregates about 25OOO.
 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 mo- tice was given IS hours before the firing was to begin. According to this arrange ment firing could not begin until Tuesday noon. Da Gama's offer of surrender was made, therefore, fully 24 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.
 Another dispatch was received at a late hour by Secretary Gresham from Minister Thompson containing the additional infor- nation that Da Cana asks only that he and his officers be allowed to leave the country and the lives of his private soldiers and sailors be spared. It is regarded by prominent officials as without question that the Brazilian government will accept the surrender upon the terms asked for by Vl,I