REBELS’ INFLUENCE WANING.

Gisborne Times, Volume XXXVI, Issue 3995, 28 July 1913, Page 5

REBELS’ INFLUENCE WANING.

THE CHINESE REVOLUTION, SOME PITIABLE SCENES,* [SYDNEY SUN SPECIAL CABLE.j [UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION—-COPYBIdM] (Received July 27, 5.5 p.m.) PEKING, July 27. The rebels at Shanghai made a series of attacks on the arsenal, but Admiral Tseng dispersed them with severe shell fire. The Consuls have protested against the Admiral’s OTratic firing, as many s’hells fell in the European settlement. The rebel leaders have telegraphed to President Yuan Shih Kai proposing a basis to negotiate peace. ' The Northerners have occupied Suchowfu. Hunan has proclaimed its neutrality. It is believed that the rebel influence is waning. The country between the Shanghai Arsenal and Hunghua Pagoda is in a pitiable plight. Whole towns have been burned and refugees are swarming into Shanghai. The rebels are retreating towards Nanking. Though all Dr. Sun Yat Sen’s railway concessions have been cancelled, it is expected that the Government will recognise the British Paulings Company’s construction of 800 miles from Canton to Chunking, costing eight millions. Thirty thousand troops have been despatched to the South