The Argentine Revolution.
BUENOS AYBIiS IN A PITIABLE PLIGHT. DEFEAT OF THB INSURGENTS. (_PEB ESKSS AB3OOIATION—OOPTEIQHT."] London, July 29. Telegrams received iv Paris announce a renewal of the armistice at Buenos Ayres, and that the formation of a conciliation Cabinet is probable.
The Argentine Legation in London reports that the revolt is subdued. Private telegrams also state that a settlement ia probable, but the latest news a«serts that no compromise has been arrived at, and that the quarrel must be fought out to the bitter end. There is also a report that a plebiscite is to be taken for the election of a President, and that the candidates will be the present President Celman, General Mitre, tlw late President, and lJr. Ribero leader of the Radical faction. Another version is that the insurgents have surrendered the arsenal, the floet, and their arms and that the troops have returned to their allegiance. The superior officers of the Sfi r e rrf eu dißmis * ed > and the forces modified. The member of the Government are returning from the provinces to the capital, and the whole country i s qu i ot . ,^r &Cn u Celmail arrived Ul lhun«Quadi U n aC t h0Sa8ll « e - Uard and ordered tte) obeyed T r 8 - fi ,- lns '- wlli « h <*d e r was/ ooeyea. rbe indication of the trooDs and armed citizens at the fleet des'S ,T T" T'- ble, and after firing a voUel at haphazard in blind fury the rebels C S sented to disarm. The a prospect* of Buenos and murderous outbreaks are dreaded. When President Celman appeared in the sSs the hired Guacbos cheered, but the citizens remained silent. The squadron had Sed the Customs House and Government House compelling the president to vacate the positions taken up here. Desultory riflo firing was kept up until the afternoon but when victory was almost assured for the in surgents they found that their cartridges were exhausted. Only a hundred thousand rounds had been provided instead of a million as supposed. The rebels wanted to attack with the bayonet, but their leaders prevented them at the risk of their own lives. President Celman, when he an. poared vi the streets, was deadly pale. (Received July 31, noon.)
The revolution is at an end, and President Celraan has published a general amnesty.
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Daily Telegraph (Napier), Issue 5897, 31 July 1890, Page 2
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