COST OF CHINESE REVOLT
£2,000,000 IN BRIBES. INDUCEMENTS TO DESERT. By Tole?,raph—Press A«boctation—Copyright. (7<teceivfcd August* 11. 9.20 p.m.) Pekin, August 10. The revolt has cost the Government £2,000,000. This sura was expended chiefly in bribing the rebels to desert. ■ * Four Government detachments are advancing on~the Woosung ports which are short of ammunition.
Several war junks at Woosung attempted to desert. One escaped, and the rebels burned the rest.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume L, Issue 15377, 12 August 1913, Page 7
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