THE CHINESE REBELLION.

Greymouth Evening Star, 4 December 1911, Page 5

THE CHINESE REBELLION.

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THE SPREAD OF THE REVOLUTION. . |rs* pkssb amooiatio* —oofxbiqhx.] PEKIN, Dec. 2 The Shanghai revolutionaries have captured Purple Mountain, east of Nanking, by a brilliant combined attack made by three infantry columns. They hold all the hills commanding the' city and are placing the big guns in position. REMOVING THE ROYAL TREASURE. LONDON, Deo. 2. The Samuel Montague Company state that unprecedented shipments of gold from China are assumed to be the reserves of the Dowager Empress being broken up. One shipment was valued at £125,000. Reuter’s Shanghai correspondent reports that the revolutionaries have occupied Nanking. RISING IN MANCHURIA. TOKIO, December 3. The Revolutionaries in Southern Manchuria are active. The Imperialists have been defeated at Wafantsen and the Commander captured and beheaded. AMMUNITION FOR THE IMPERIALISTS. TOKIO, December 3. The revolutionaries in Manchuria are poorly armed and their successes were due to surprises. The Imperialists are readily retaking towns that were captured. The rebels captured are instantly beheaded. PEKIN, December 3. Some 40,000,000 rounds of small arms, ammunition has been landed at Taku it it believed from Japan. SHANGHA, December 3. The Comprador of a foreign firm was murdered by revolutionaries, who alleged that he sold arms to the Imperialists. The murderer terrorized his pursuers with a revolver and escaped. i