Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-11-25
RIO De JANEIRO QUIET
AFTER NIGHT OF FEAR
Scout Cruiser Deodora. Joining NAL
contents. Bombards Arsenal.
BUSINESS IS NOW RESUMED
Presence of Ambassador Bryce in
Capital May Have Saved It
From Serious Damage by
Fleets Guns.


RIO DE JANEIRO. November 2a-
with the granting of amnesty and the
demands of the mutinous sailors by joint
resolution of congress this morning the
revolt came to an end
The rebelious fleet, after holding the
city in awe one night. firing upon the
arsenal in the early morning hours and
producing doubts Of their willingness To
make terms of any kind. submitted to the
government on information of the action
of the national legislature
Congress Accepts Ultimatum.
Congress met in extraordinary session
this morning. The chamber of deputies
| first concurred with the senate in grant
ing amnesty. Both houses then passed
resolutions conceding the demands of the
ultimatum. presented yesterday. including
general amnesty for the sailors who after
numbering as many of their superior OIL
ncers as was necessary to place them
In complete control, trained the guns
| OF the warships upon the capital
Inc capital slept last night with the
| guns or Its navy trained upon It, The
mutlneers remained seemingly masters of
the situation. The scout cruiser Deodora
joined the battleships Minas Geraes and
sac Paolo and the scout Bahia in revolt.
TodayFs session Of the chamber of dep
uties was awaited with anxiety Whether
1t would follow the example of the SEN
ate anu vote amnesty for the mutineers
was In doubt. The lower house could
not come to an agreement on the mat
| ter yesterday, although the action OF the
higher chams'ey WEE pananislSasss, p.
Mutineers' Purposes in Doubt
The rebellious sailors continued a de-
nant attitude this morning There was
nothing to indicate that they would COM
promise or surrender, even though a.
sureo OF amnesty, the government yield
| ing to the ultimatum of yesterday and
granting Increase i'm pay, abolition of
corporal punishment in the navy and the
adjustment or minor grievances
The Sac PaolO and the Bahia withdrew
| last evening from the harpor, supposedly,
! because they feared a night attack from
the loyal torpedo boat destroyers. The
Minas Geraes, however. remained. oppo-
site the government palace, and was
/
! For several hours everything was ouiel
Then watchers on shore noted activity
| on board the Deodora. The hour follow
ing midnight passed anxiously.
Deodora Fires on Arsenal.
Then the small guns of the Deodora
awoke the town. 1t was at first thought
| that the revolving vessels were makins
a combined attack upon the city.
For time a panicky feeling was gen
eral. Then it was discovered that the
firing was confined to the scout, and was
| directed only at the naval arsenal
The cannonading did not last long. No
great damage was done.
The local garrisons and the loyal tor
pedo boats did not respond, although ac-
cording TO this mornings papers. their
officers had received sinister orders as to
their duty in certain continge encies.
When the Deodora had ceased firing
she put to sea. accompanied by the Minas
Geraes. Morning broke with the mutin-
Gus craft still outside the harbor. They
did not return to port until some hours
later.
Following the action of Congress the
mutineeers went through the formality
of surrendering. Before noon today the
city had resumed its normal activities
ahd the public excitement had subsided.
What effect the outcome will have
eventually on the discipline I'm the navy
Is matter of some concern. The inn
mediate effect is to give the sailors in
less work. through the recruiting of ad
ditions to the crews, and to abolish cor
poral punishment in the fleet
Ambassador Bryce in Capital.
While the revolt lasted the people of the
city were kept in a state of suspense.
fearing that the mutineers would make
good their threat to blow up the capital
unless their wishes were met II is doubt
full, however, that they would have taken
this step in any event, because Of the
likelihood Of complications with Great
Britain:
During the progress of the revolt Jane.
Bryce, British ambassador to the United
States, was the guest of Baron Rio
Branco. the Brazilian foreign minister.
He would have been as likely as any ono
to suffer from a bombardment.
On the other hand the mutinous battie-
ship Sac Paulo had on board several Brit
ish subjects. who accompanied the yes
sci on it's first trip home after It's con-
struction at Barro Win Furness, England
At the outbreak OF the trouble Sir Viii
liam H. Di Haggard. British minister to
Brazil. notified the Brazilian foreign Of
flee that any attempt OF the loyal tor
ships would be attended with danger TO
British subjects on board. 1t also In
known that the government hesitated to
damage the bulwarks Of its navy.
There is no attempt to give political
color to the revolt, as only petty navy
officers participated with the sailors The
mutinous ships constituted controlling
proportion of the fleet.
Mutineers in Control.
Brazil has but two Dreadnoughts, the
Minas Geraes and the Sac Paulo, and
these being Joined by the coast defense
ships Marshal Floriano. the scout cruiser
Marshal Doodora and the scout ship
Bahia. the possessors were practically In
control of the fleet and IL necessary to
accomplish their end probably could
have made short work OF the smaller
craft, consisting of six protected cruisers,
three torpedo cruisers and several vessels
of the gunboat class.
The trouble among the sailors had been
brewing for some time. When the Minas
Geraes ran up the red nag Tuesday night
the other vessels soon followed her e4-
ample. Capt Nevess OF the Minas 9erasp