From the Buenos Ayres Standard., July 10, 1880

From the Buenos Ayres Standard.

the interpellation.

The following questions were last week put to the national Executive, and the answers to these questions we now give a most important state paper:

• What are the bases of the arrangement for the surrender of Buenos Ayres, and whether the Executive considers them satisfactory to the dignity and laws of the nation?
• If the ignoring of the act of the chamber of deputies, declaring the absent members unseated, is part of the arrangement; and if this resolve has been communicated to the governors of provinces, in order to fill up the national representation in Congress?
• If it is part of the arrangement that the rebellious authorities of the province of Buenos Ayres remain in power, and in what light the Executive regards that legislature and its present composition?
• What steps have been taken for the judicial suppression of the crime of rebellion?
• Why have the prisoners captured been released, and is it intended to let them go unpunished?
• What is the position of the superior officers who have tired on the national flag, and ave they been arraigned before a court-martial?
• If the rebels will hand over their arms to the national government, and whether the disarming of the army is a part of the arrangement?
• What guarantee has the Executive for the preservation of peace in the future, so that war may not break out again, and necessitate fresh sacrifices?
• How long does the Executive intend to remain in Belgrano with the national authorities if
• Should the national authorities return to Buenos Ayres, what security will they have, what jurisdiction will they exercise there, and what will be the bases of the relations between the national and provincial authorities, until a definite law, establishing the capital of the republic, be passed?

answer of the national government.

To the honorable Senate of the Nation:

The Executive hastens to answer the questions put, awaiting further opportunities to dwell further on them.

Answer to the first question. There is nothing reserved. No other notes have been exchanged except that of the new governor, and the short one of the minister of the interior. The submission to the government is absolute and complete within the limits of the constitution.

The attributes of the President of the republic have been entirely recognized, subject to no private or public arrangement.

The President of the republic has announced, through the minister of the interior, that he will not arouse any political or military trials, in order to stop animosities and secure peace. When making these declarations, the President used a faculty conferred on him by the constitution, exclusive of the privileges he enjoys as commander-in-chief of the war operations, and of the circumstances tending to their termination.

It is inopportune here to answer the seventh question.

The commanders and officers who did not obey the summons of the government, and those who served in the rebellion, have been struck off the army roll.

The same happens to the employés of the government who have lost their positions through a deliberate and spontaneous decision of their own. Strictly speaking, no dismissals have been made. When the government officers were removed to Belgrano, all the employes were summoned to occupy their respective posts. Each chief of department personally notified them of this resolution. A subsequent decree accorded to them a further term to present themselves, after the expiration of which they were considered to have abandoned their posts.

As regards the second question, the answer is simple. Whatever concerns the internal arrangement of Congress is not within the jurisdiction of the Executive; therefore nothing could be decided upon in this matter.

The third question finds its answer in the recent events. The Executive has recognized as governor of the province of Buenos Ayres the president of the senate, which signifies the recognition of this body and of the legislature.

The fourth question is already answered; the fifth and sixth ditto. The President of the republic has liberated the prisoners, according to his faculties as commander-in-chief of the armies of the republic. This has been done without conditions, and not conditioned on the disarming of the rebel forces, taking on himself all the responsibility of the act.

The eighth and ninth questions are quickly answered.

The arms of the rebel forces shall be deposited in the arsenal of the nation, comprising, naturally, those which were violently landed on the 2d of June ultimo.

The joint disarmament of the national army could not be stipulated, as its formation and numbers depend on the laws of Congress.

As regards the national guard mobilized, it will remain in arms as long as deemed necessary by the Executive, or until a law of Congress dissolves it.

In reference to the tenth question, the executive power declares emphatically that there is no truce, but peace. The republic has not been convulsed to its very confines, nor has the noble blood of its sons flowed in vain; it has been spilt to guarantee its prosperity and existence from future commotions. It would be a crime to render these great efforts barren of the essential condition of our existence—peace for the province of Buenos Ayres and for all.

The Executive trusts to the honor and patriotism of the governor of Buenos Ayres, and thinks that he will soon give a definite policy to his government, basing it on pacific and sound elements, and especially in the sentiment of peace, which is the aspiration of all and a supreme necessity.

Up to the present the internal situation of the province has changed but slightly, and the public peace remains in the same hands which opposed the government of the nation.

The Executive wishes the province of Buenos Ayres to return to its former normal condition, and will make every effort towards this result, hoping that prudent and peaceful measures will open the road to facilitate action.

The eleventh question refers to a determination which entirely depends upon the turn of events. It is difficult to fix the day of the return of the government to Buenos Ayres, since up to this moment no communication has been received as to the disarming of the forces. The trenches are not even yet leveled.

The twelfth occasion depends on the deliberation of Congress.

The Executive might have refused to answer several of the questions put to it, but it prefers that on this occasion its conduct may be known by all.

God preserve your honors.