The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1894-03-13
BRAZL'S WAR ENDED.
Admiral Da Cana on Board q Por-
tuguese War Vessel.
GREAT NAVAL BATTLE PREVENTED
she Insurg.nt Leader Evidently Fenred
the Governments Formidable Array of
warships-He Offers to Surrender on
Conditions of Full Protection.

warships-He Offers to Surrender on
Conditions of Full Protection.
WASHINGTON, March 13. -Advices re-
ceivcd at the state department from Min
ister Thompson. at Rio Janeiro, indicates
that the Brazilian rebcllionis 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 of
Rio, and has sent to President PciXoto by
the Portuguese officer an offer of surren-
der Da Cana asks only that he and his
officers may be allowed to leave the coun-
try, and that the lives of his private sol
dicrs and sailors be spared. II is regarded
by prominent officials as without question
that the Brazilian government will accept
the surrender, with the terms asked for by
D1 Cana, and that the war il ended.
There is considerable surprise expressed
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 disposition to take
a hand in the conflict. 1t is not thought,
however, that the action of the Portu-
guese in receiving Da CANA 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 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 anybody as belligerents.
the exact meaning OF the action of the
Portuguese commander.
Minister Mendonca when seen today,
admitted that he had received news of the
surrender but was unwilling to give out
any information concerning the exact
terms of Da Gama's offer of surrender or
discuss the probable action of the Brazil
ian government. lie said, however, that
he had no doubt that final settlement had
been made by this time.
Possibly as good commentary on the
surrender as s,,n be made consists in the
following summary furnished by Senor
Mendonca of the forces engaged in the
naval maneuvers in and about the harbor
at Rio.
The rebel forces consist of the guuboat
Leiberdade Da Gamas flagship; cruiser
Da Meandare, gunb0at Trajano, transport
of war Purus, armed merchantmen Jupi-
ter, Marte, pircira da Cu1hu and Adolpho
de Barros, and four torpedo boats, two of
which are in good condition and the other
two half disabled. The forces of men on
the rebel ships and in rebel fortresses ag-
gregate about 700. Outside the hurbor,
'whereabouts unknown" the rebel war
ships Aquidabnn and Republica 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 tho dynamite cruiser Nictherov,
ironclad BHhaira, cruiser Tiradentes, ari
the torpedo boats Aurora, Pirating. Java
lin, Fieseen and MoXoto. while cruising
outside are the cruisers America and Par
nahiba. The loyal force of men aggre-
gates about $4,000.
Notice of the intention of the Brazilian
fleet to begin nm active attack on the in
surgent fleet had been given Sunday noon
TO neutral forces in the harbor This no
tice was given forty eight hours before the
firing was to begin. According to his ar
rangement firing could not begin until
today. Da Gama's offer of surrender was
made, therefore, twenty-four hours before
un 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.