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Show BRAZIL AND CHILE. REVOLUTIONISTS IN DO SUL THREATEN TO MARCH ON RIO. Uruguay Will be Asked to Keeoj;nie the Insurgents Montt Formally Klected President of ChileAwfnl Brutality of the Troops of the Junta. New York, Nov. 21. The JIcrahTs Valparaiso Val-paraiso correspondent says the insurgent committee at Porto Allegro has sent circulars circu-lars to all garrisons, commanders, etc., throughout Brazil, asking them to join the movement against Fonseca. The 6quadron in the upper Uraguay river is said to have gone over to the insurgents. De Brazil is said to be on the way to Montevideo to ask the goverement of Uruguay to recognize the insurgents' belligerency. The rebels are said to be receiving a large number of rifles, swords and pistols. BrExos Atres, Nov. 21. Advices received from the disturbed Brazilian state of Rio Grande tell of the difficulty the insurgents experience in securing suflicient arms. The dispatch announces that General Ossorin, who commands the insurgent forces in Rio Grande, has issued a manifesto, in which he threatens to march on Rio Janeiro. London, Nov. 21. Today's advices from Rio Grande do Sul, by way of Santiago, add very little to what is already known. It is again asserted that the man whose influence is greatest at the present juncture is Caspar Silveira Martins, at one time governor of the Erovinces, who was exiled at the times of iom Pedro's dethronement, and afterward permitted to return. It is believed be-lieved that his views as to what is the best policy for the state to pursue will prevail. Martins is admitted by all parties par-ties to be both able and energetic, lie is in favor of a republican form of government, while personally very friendly to Dom Pedro. Pe-dro. An official dispatch from Rio de Janerio this afternoon says the government of Jie dictator is continuing active measures to sup-presswhat sup-presswhat is termed the anarchical movement in the state of Rio Grande do 6ul. It is pro. posed to establish a close blockade at the ports of Rio Grande, and so attempt to cut the state off from communication with the outside world. At the same time it is said the government will use moderation in its treatment of the seceded state. The official dispatch says nothing about Fonseca' s reported re-ported illness, or the possibility of plots to make away with him. |