Santiago, Sept. 8, y the curtain was dropped in the latest act of one of South America's tragic-comic revolutions When the Chilean naval mutineers, who had rebelled against the proposed decreases in their pay, surrendered.
Their capitulation came when the Government air force threatened to continue its bombardment of the mutinous ships, Yesterday, when the mutineers refused to accept the Government's offer of conciliation, the vessels were subjected to freavy aerial bombardment.
The bombardment was surprising ly effective, It lasted only 15 minutes, but at the conclusion of shat period the back of the mutiny vas broken and it required only a heat of renewed bombardment com-sletely to cow the mutineers.
At Taleahuano, a sanguinary battle occurred, but while unofficial reports state that 1,000 men were killed, the Government declares that oily 80 lost their lives. The official version, however, states that 1,000 mutineers were taken prisoner.
News of the surrender of the mutineers was received with joy in che capital, which quickly donned holiday garments. Happy crowds thronged' the streets and cheered repeatedly. In the meantime the government formed by Dr. Gaspa Mora, who was given extraordinary, Jpcwers to deal with the rebellion, being warmly praised in the press, which congratulates him on hho prompt, decisive action he took to quell the revolt—Reuter.
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