CHINA'S CIVIL WAR

Dominion, Volume 5, Issue 1303, 5 December 1911, Page 7

CHINA'S CIVIL WAR

INSURGENTS HOLDING NANKING. TARTAR CITY SACKED. liy Telctmph—Press Association—CoDTlichl (Hoc. December o, 0.-15 a.m.) Peking, December 4. By Uio permission oi' Uu> authorities, the Tartar city within the walled town , of Nanking lias been sacked and burned. The insurgents have now fully occupied the rest of Nankins. The Imperialists evacuated Pukow. fho Imperialists at Hanyang shelled tho revolutionary headquarters at Wuchang, causing a great exodu.s. Tho revolutionaries arc now encamped outsidiy tho walls furthest from Hanyang. The Imperialists hold Chefoo. CHINESE OFFICIALS DISMISSED. Peking, December X Advices from Urga • (Mongolia) stato that the independence of Mongolia has been declared, and that Chinese officials have been dismissed. AN AGENT MURDERED. Shanghai, December 3. The comprador (agent) of a foreign firm was murdered by revolutionaries. It was alleged that ho had sold arms to tho Imperialists. Tho murderers were pursued, but escaped. POSITION IN MANCHURIA. Tokio, December 3, The revolutionaries in Manchuria are poorly armed. Their successes havo been duo to surprises, and tho Imperialists are easily retaking the towns captured by tho rebels, who are instantly beheaded. AMMUNITION LANDED. Peking, Decomber 3. Forty million rounds of small arms ammunition have been landed at Taku, it is believed from Japan.