People's Pilot, Volume 3, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 March 1894 — BRAZIL’S WAR ENDED. [ARTICLE]

BRAZIL’S WAR ENDED.

Seeing the Hopelessness of His Cause, Da Gama Tries to Make Terms. Rio Janeiro, Brazil, via Galveston, Tex., March 14.—Admiral Saldanha da Gama has sent a message to President Peixoto offering to surrender his fleet and cease fighting. He named terms, which were to include immunity for himself and all connected with the revolution. After dispatching his message containing the terms on which he was willing to surrender Admiral da Gama sought safety. He requested an asylum on board the Portuguese man-of-war Mindello, which is in the harbor. The Portuguese commander received him, and the rebel admiral is now on board that vessel. After getting on board he modified his terms and asked that himself and his officers be permitted to leave the country and that the lives of the privates be spared. Nothing has been heard of Admiral Mello, with the Aquidaban and Republica, since he successfully ran past the forts. It is thought he is now in the south, probably off Santa Catharina or Paranagua. The circumstances which led to Admiral da Gama’s offer to surrender were no doubt the preparations for a decisive fight which had been made by President Peixoto. President Peixoto had issued an official decree announcing that at noon to-day all the government batteries would open fire on the rebel ships in the bay as well as upon Fort Villegaignon and Cobras island. Warning had been given to the citizens to leave the city and seek shelter outside the range of the rebel guns. With the Republica and Aquidaban somewhere out at sea and the loyal navy guarding the entrance to the harbor to prevent their return or the escape of the hem med-in rebel ships the enemy was at a great disadvantage, and the general sentiment was that even if President Peixoto did draw their fiercest fire upon the capital he was justified in doing so under the circumstances.