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Show The Rebels Take Over Shanghai f.o Reslitanee Offered by Authorities or Public That' Still Remains LoyalPolice Loy-alPolice and Native Soldiers Did Not Interfere. ' Shanghai, Nov. 3. Tho arsenal and tho native city of Shanghai wero taken over by tho revolutionists lato this nf tcrnoon. No resistance was offered b) the authorities or such of tho public as remains loyal. It Is expected that Wu-Sung, at the mouth o fthe Wu-Sung river and 10 miles north of Shanghai, and the up-river up-river forts will fall tonight. It Is con-' fidently believed that Hanking and Chlng Klans will bo captured by the rebels tomorrow. Somo of tho foreign warships land-cd land-cd marines In this city before the rebels took possesslori. Foreign volunteers vol-unteers were called out nnd have tnken tnk-en every precaution to protect the concessions. con-cessions. It is reported thnttho lebels at Klu-Klang have seized tho Hrltlsh tug boat Sampson. , It became evident enrly In tho aft-ernoon aft-ernoon thnt tho revolutionists proposed propos-ed to nssumo control of affairs here within n short time, though it was not thought they would occupy the ur senal tho following night. As the day progressed the rovolutlonnry flag was hoisted over all the buildings In the vicinity of tho nrsenal nnd thousands wearing' on their arms tho white bnnd Inslgna of tho constitutionalists, gathered gath-ered in the streets. Soldiers Fraternized. The pollco nnd native soldiers mndo no attempt to Interfere, on the other hand, fraternizing with tho natives. The taotnl, realizing tho iuevltnble, caused notices to bo posted stating thnt the native city might bo tnken over by the revolutionists tonight nnd expressing the hope that tho public would not bo thrown into n panic nnd thnt tho shops selling food should not bo closed except at the usual hour. " At fi;30 o'clock all telephone nnd telegraph communication with tho arsennl wns cut off. Tho rebel throng grew to grcnter proportions and In tho natural excitement a number of shots wero fired by tho government forces in tho direction of the mob, but theso wero without effect nnd it was plain thnt tho Chinese soldiers, the pollco nnd tho native volunteers were all in sympathy with tho rebo'.s. At this point tho taotnl fled nnd the nisennl and nntlvo city cpiletly capitulated. |
