Rensselaer Republican, Volume 23, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 July 1891 — THE CHILIAN REVOLUTION. [ARTICLE]

THE CHILIAN REVOLUTION.

tnsurgent* Said to Have No Hope of Saccess—Balmaceda Gaining* Ground, A dispatch from the Chilian government presided over by Balmaceda, and dated at Santiago de Chili, says that the rebels have lost all moral force, and that all action upon their part in- the south has ceased. On the other hand, the dispatch states that President Balmaceda is taking ictlve steps to increase the strength of his irmy and that the loyal warships are attacking the rebel ports, while the rebel squadron avoids the fighting. The President, it appears from this cable message, walks freely in the streets of Santiago, which city is said to be entirely on hlsside. Inclusion, the statement is made that the rebels are prolonging the war solely to anich themselves from the nitrate deposits at oapaca. It is also asserted that thq “Constitutional cs>naress” slts with regularity and Dasses measures in the of the people, and furnishes the govern-* ment with ample resources. Nineteen provinces, it Is further stated, are under control of President Balmaceda. thesq provinces being inhabited by 3,000,003 people, while the rebel provinces, according to the cablegram from Santiago, are only inhabited by 50,000 people, one-half of whom are said to be foreigners.