The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1910-12-01
YIELDS TO
NAVAL MuTINEERS;
GRIMES CRIMES FORGIVEN!
Inhabitants Sleep With Guns
of Republics Navy Trained
Against City, and Some
Shots Fired.

Rio Janeiro, Nov. %. - The govern
ment of Brazil today yielded to Its
mutinous navy. Congress, meeting in
extra ordinary session, voted to concede
every demand of the ultimatum present.
ed yesterday, including general amnesty
for the sailors, who, after numbering
as many of their superior officers as was
was necessary to place them in COM
plete control, trained the guns of the
warshfps on the capital.
What the effect will eventually be
on the discipline of the navy is a mat
ter OF some concern. The Immediate
effect is to give the sailors Increased
pay, shorter hours and service, and
less work through the recruiting of
additions to the crews, and to abolish
corporal punishment in the fleet.
Following the action of congress the
went through the formality
of surrendering, n before noon today
the city had resumed it's normal activi-
ties and public excitement had sub
sided.
1t is doubtful that the mutineers
would have destroyed the city. as they
threatened, because of the likelihood
of complications with Great Britain.
During the progress of the eve james
Bryce, British ambassador to the
United States, was the guest of Baron
Rio Branco, the Brazilian foreign
minister, and he would have been as
iihSly oS Gill; ltn-t SulleI lIOIl u
bombardment.
On the other hand the mutinous bat
tleship, Sac Paulo, had on board sew
eral British subjects, who acconlpan-
led the vessel on it's first trip home
after It's construction at Barrow-in-
Furnass, England.
At the outbreak of the trouble Sir
William H. d. Haggard, British min
lister to Brazil, notified the Brazilian
foreign office that any attempt of the
royal torpedo boats to destroy the re-
voting warships would be attended
board. 1t also is known that the gov
eminent hesitated to damage the bull
warks of it's navy.
Politics Not Involved.
There is no attempt to give a poll
teal color to the revolt, as only petty
navy officers participated with the
sailors, blu the mutinous ships con-
stituted a controlling proportion Of the
fleet.
Brazil has but two dreadnoughts,
the Minas Geraes, and the Sac Paulo,
and these being joined by the coast
defense ships. Marshal Floriano and
Marshal Deodoro, and the scout ship,
Bahia, the possessors We're in practi-
cal control of the fleet, and, if neces-
sary to accomplish their ends, prob
ably could have made short work Of
the smaller crafts, consisting of six
protected cruisers, three torpedo cruis-
ers and several vessels of the gunboat
class.
The trouble among the sailors had
been breeding for some time, and
when the Minas Geraes ran up the red
flag. Tuesday night, the other vessels
soon followed her example. Captain
Neves, of the Minas Geraes, and two
officers were killed, as We're several of
the IN who attacked them, as the
officers preferred death to the surren-
der of the ship n fought gamely.
Officers of the other mutinous war
ships yielded n were put ashore.
Throughout Wednesday and Thursday
the city was at the mercy of the out
law crews who dropped an occasional
shell into the city to d force to their
demands, which We're incorporated
yesterday in al ~ultilnatum to congress,