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Show BRAZILIAN REBELS VICTORIOUS Government Pardons Murderers of Officers Of-ficers of Warships and Mutineers Surrender CaptVired Vessels. Rio Janeiro. The ships of the Brazilian Bra-zilian fleet which have been in the hands of mutinous sailors since November No-vember 22 were surrendered to the government at 7 o'clock Saturday evening. This action, followed by the granting of .the mutineers' demands by the government, included amnesty to all concerned in the revolt, higher pay and less work for the sailors and the adjustment of certain minor grievances. griev-ances. The warships in the hands of the mutineers included the Minas Geraes, the San Paulo and the Bahia, the Rio Grande, Du Sul and the Deodoro. After the announcement of the surrender they proceeded out into the bay and re-entered the harbor at 1:30 o'clock, no longer flying the red flag. Jean Candido, the leader of the mutineers, mu-tineers, in company with forty other sailors, abandoned the Minas Geraes some time Friday and the minister of marine dispatched an officer to board the battleship and ascertain whether it was the intention to deliver over the vessel. About the same time it was rumored that the officers who had been named to take command of the warships after their surrender would decline to do so, fearing the fate of Captain Neves, the former commander of the Minas Geraes, and several other officers, who were killed by the sailors when they offered resistance the night of the outbreak. The rumor caused considerable consid-erable alarm, but proved to be without with-out foundation. |
