Mutiny within Brazilian navy according to the Dutch newspaper Het Volk: dagblad voor de arbeiderspartij daily edition dated 26 November 1910

battleship Minas Gerais

According to telegrams received at London at Paris broken on board of the warships stationed in the harbour of Rio de Janeiro mutiny out. According to one tiding were all warships involved, according to another tiding just some ships. The Brazilian representative at London received a tiding that the crew of the Minas Gerais (1) mutinied demanding higher payment and less hard labour. The mutiny wasn’t of political importance and the remaining warships and the whole army were still loyal to the government. On board of the Minas Gerais were the captain and 3 other officers killed. From Rio de Janeiro was also reported that the night remain peaceful and that the ships which mutinied were lying at the mouth of the harbour waiting for amnesty and that the government mastered the situation. In Paris however were tidings received which were far more pessimistic. The government was prepared to use all means and even to sacrifice the ships which mutinied. The mutineers send a telegram to the cabinet saying they would surrender and the senate accepted with general votes a proposal for amnesty, the chamber however didn’t decide how to respond.

Note
1. Laid down at Armstrong Whitworth &co. Ltd., Elswick, England on 17 April 1907, launched on 10 September 1908, completed on 5 january 1910, commissioned on 18 April 1910 and finally broken up in 1954.