Through Five Republics on Horseback

since the opening of the year 1900, thirty thousand Colombians have been slain and there have been dozens of revolutions. Darwin relates the fact tha

hole Republic. The President, Don Juarez Celman, had long been unpopular, and, the mass of the people being against him, as well

seph Mary Campos. The battle-cry of these men was "Sangre! Sangre!" [Footnote: "Blood! Blood!"] The war fiend stalked forth. Trenches were dug in the streets. Guns were placed at every point of vantage. Men mounted their steeds with a careless la

ections by the 2nd Battalion of the Line, the firemen and a detachment of

form barricades. In the narrow, straight streets the carnage was fearful, and blood soon trickled down the watercourses and dyed the pavements. That morning the sun had risen for the last time upon six hundred strong men; it set upon their mangled remains. Six hundred souls! The Argentine soldier knows little of the science of "hide and seek" warfare. Wh

en, stupid ferocity, indifference to pain, bestial instincts. As for his fighting qualities, they more resemble those of the tiger than of the cool, brave and trained soldier. When his blood is roused, fighting is with him a matter of blind and indiscriminate carnage of f

d many of them fortified with the first means that came to hand. Mattresses, doors, furniture, everything was requisitioned, and the greatest excitement prevail

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pied by the Government troops have been

Some were lying down to drink the water flowing in the gutters, which water was often tinged with human blood, for the rain was by this time washing away many of the dark spots in the streets. Others lay coiled up in heaps under their soaking ponchos, trying to sleep a little, their arms stacked close at hand. There were men t

the police offices, threw their furniture into the streets, tore to shreds all the books, papers and records found, and created general havoc. They gorged and cursed, using swords for knives, and lay down in the soaking str

pes.] in the river opposite the city blazed forth upon the quarter held by the Government's loyal troops. One hundred and fifty-four shots were fired, two of the largest gunboats fi

ent off at a terrible rate, and volleys succeeded each other, second for second, from five in the morning till half-past nine. The work of death was fearful, and hundreds of spectators were s

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the tram companies and the wagons of the Red Cross were busily engaged all day in carrying away the dead. It is estimated that in the Plaza Lavalle above 600 men were wounded and

arge number of coffins, which were not delivered, as the undertaker wished to be

e, an ultimatum to the National Government, demanding the immediate dismissal of the President of the Republic and disso

sanguinary fighting

upayti. Our readers may imagine the fire they suffered in the straight streets swept by Krupp guns, gatlings and mitrailleuses, while every housetop was a fortress whence a deadly fire was poured on the heads of the soldiers. Let anybody take the trouble to visit the Calles [Footnote: Streets] Cerrit

on every side, and nearly all the beautiful Italian balconies and buttresses have been demolished. The firing around the palace must have been fear

e there on stretchers made often of splintered and shattered doors. Nearly a hundred men were taken into the San Franci

he Government troops were finally repulsed. People standing at the corners of the streets cheering for the Revolutionists were fired on and many were killed. Bodies of Govern

ere chatting, joking and laughing at their doors. The attitude of the foreign population was more serious; they see

avidity; fancy prices were often paid for them. The Sunday edition of The Standard was sold by enterprising newsboys in th

bullets ceased, but the insurgent fleet still kept up its des

was seriously affirmed, had been sold for

pt with rage. A sergeant exclaimed: "And for this they called us out-to surrender without a struggle! Cowards! Poltroons!" And then with a stern glance around he placed his rifle to his bre

amusing spectacle was seen of men and youths patrolling the streets wearing cards in their hats which read: "Ya se fue el bu

890, a rising which sent three t

complete. The beautiful partierres were trodden down by horses; the trees had been partially

during this revolution. The Plaza Parque was occupied by four or five thousand Revolutionary troops; all access to the Plaza was defended by armed groups on the house-tops and barricades in the streets, Krupp guns and that most infernal of modern inventions, the mitrailleuse, swept all the streets, north, south, east and wes

e asked for everything. In some districts provisions could not be obtained even at famine prices. The wri

tine News, July 31st of

unded gathered up by the ambulance wagons. I should think the dead are less than a hundred, and the wounded about four times that number. The surprise was so sudden that the victory has been easy and with little loss of life. The Revolutionists are behaving well and not destroying property as they might have done. The whole town is rejoicing; flags of all nations are flying everywhere. The saddest thing about the affair is that some fifty murderers have escaped from the

the Moreno, were launched for the Argentine Government. These two bat