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New Zealand Tablet, Volume V, Issue 214, 1 June 1877, Page 19

The revolutionists of Ecuador, who are under the command of General Maldonato, are not meeting with the success -which the sudden outbreak in Guyaquil first promised. They have been arrested in their progress, and we hope that their country will soon, see the end of them President Borrero has issued a proclamation from which we take the following passages : " The new revolution is a criminal attempt to disturb the religious, social and political order which we now enjoy in Ecuador. It is on those men who dw# the divinity of our Lord Jesus Christ, who pretend that the ' JjPvple are above God, who demand the abolition of religious marriage, 'ana who have chosen as their leader a soldier who is a traitor to his duty, that the responsibility of this attempt lies. People of Ecu-

odor! if you are a Christian people, defend jour God, combat atheism. If you are an. enlightened people defend society which ia menaced in Ecuador, rise against the International and the Com* mune, protect your families and reject civil marriage." It is reported that this proclamation has been productive of the happiest result. The people are cheerfully paying the war tax which is to cover the deficit caused by the seizure of the revenues of Guyaquil by the insurgents. As time goes on the people are becoming sensible of the dangers that are threatening their country, which the Catholic government of the martyred Garcia Moreno has made prosperous and happy, and which the leaders of the present rebellion would reduce to a state of anarchy and decay.