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Show REBELS ME 101' IAKENJMI IG. SHANGHAI, (By WiiPless from Nanking, Nov. 29, 12:45 a. m.) The rebels had not taken Nanking at midnight. mid-night. TJcsnllory firing by heavy guns contiued throucfiout the night, but tho gunboats did not take pari, 12idcnt-lj 12idcnt-lj thoy are preparing for action. " The great crisis in tho revolution has been reached. The bei whelming defeat at Han Yang came to the revolutionists rev-olutionists and their sj mpathi.ers south of the Yangtsc unexpectedly. Even tho radicals admit that the reo-lntlon reo-lntlon Is held together b a slender throad. WirelcsB report"; from Hankow Indicated In-dicated yesterday that it wan comparatively com-paratively nuiet 'around Hankow and Wu Chung. The gntes of tho latter city were closed and It could not be told what was happening Inside There was 8omc firing, but apparently apparent-ly St was of little importancT The imperialists aro occupiug Han Yang and Hankow. They are making gieat pieparations and are awaiting reinforcements rein-forcements before a grand assault on Wu Chang is attempted. It lh reported report-ed that big reinforcements continue lo join tho rebels, but the loss of the aisenal and tho resultant shortage of ammunition !s fatal. All eyes arc turned on Nanking, where Gen. Shang holds out. He Is surrounded on ovorj side and cscapo is impossible. Chang is favored by the strength of the walls and gates and lightness of the revolutlonai, guns. Tho flro from 'l lger hill, occupied hy the rebels, was directed against tho north gate of Lion h.li last night. Tho imperial guns replied feebly A well-authenticated statement asserts that the labels expected will be opened open-ed at a given signal, but there is reason rea-son to beliee that Gen. Chang dis-coeieo dis-coeieo the treachery in time to prevent pre-vent this. Changs troops still occup.x one position po-sition on Purple hill. This was at tacked by the rebels during the night. The rebels also attacked seveial of the gates, but Ineffectively. The fact that the fleet has not taken par In the bombardment is regaided as of great slgn.ilcance. it would not surprise ohserveia to see the d.agon flag rehoisted on the ships at an time in which event the reolutionary can so l.koly will loso. The situation would then become dangerous, because be-cause of tho disappointed millions, many of whom nre on the veigo of starvation. They were promised freedom free-dom from taxation and the absolute elimination of the Manchu dynast. Government Getting a Strong Hand. PEKING, Nov. 2S Han Yjing has been occupied h. the imperial lorces. which crossed the Han liver twenty miles above 'hat place Wu Chang has made a provisional capitulation and it is cudent that the government is getting a strong hand in that part of Hu Peh province, whore a few weeks ago the lebels seemed to hae suprome contiol There is no news of Li Yuen Heng, the revolutionary commander, and It Is not known whethei he led the defense de-fense of Han Yang or directed it from Wu Chang. It is not believed that the rebels will surrender, but 'will prefer pre-fer to take chances in lllgh& in the open country The rebels endeavored yesterday to obtain the terms oflci'ca by Yuan Shi Kai three weeka ago, but it Is lealiably reported that Lieut Gen. Fang Kvo Chang, commander of the imperial troops at Hankow, has refused. The foreign settlements suffered con jidei ably. A Hankow consular report re-port says It was a foregone conclusion conclu-sion that the imperialists would win if the attacked seriously, because of their superior organization. Dur-ing Dur-ing the "attack eery position was heavily shqlled -The imperial. sts numbered probably 00,000 modern drilled men. The rebels were for the most part volunteers perhaps equal in number to tho imperial torces. Tuo days ago Pieniier Yuan Shi Kai s position seemed hopeless. He wns deserted by former followers upon up-on whose help hi. counted. Both Chinese and foielgn residents in Peking Pe-king bel oved the dynasty was on the verge of abdication. Friends urged tho premier to capitulato, others? fearing his assassination, endeavored to persuado him to take refuge i, the foreign concessions at Tten Tsin Today Yuan Shi Ka: is still a ono-man ono-man got eminent, combining In himself both legislative and executive powers, but it is now expected that the men recently appointed to the cabinet will coiiie to Peking promptly. A certain' awe sui rounds Yuan Slit Ka;, The national assembly feared him and did not dare to insist upon his presence before iL The membership member-ship preferred to leave the capital when the army i allied unexpectedly. The premier remoed Suspected officers, of-ficers, encouraged others and icwurd-ed icwurd-ed the soldles with gifts of monev In spite of the treasury's plight. He even sent .Manchu troo, awa Troin the capital, and he is now sending reinforcements rein-forcements to Pukow, opposjlo Nanking, Nan-king, as well as to Hankow and Shan Ol If the premier wore abln to obtain a foreign loan he would control the situation. sit-uation. The opinion, however. Is held that the revolution is bv no moans ended. The legat.ons beliee the dynasty Is saved, unless the rebels succeed in fulfilling their threat to kill Yuan Shi Kai with dynamite. The premier informed Sir John Jordan, the British minister recently that he did not fear assassination His carriage car-riage passes through the' sheet of Peking guarded bv 25 cavalrymen. bo |