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Insurgents Also Have 400 Guns and
Twenty Warships.
SURRENDER OF NANKING TAME
General Heng Takes Possession Of
City After Farley.
%ENACED FROM ALL POINTS
BnSperiaIa Give Up gtFuEgIe when
They see Il is Hopeless-Re-
b port that General Chang
7 n.Onped.

| SHANGHAI, Dec. 2-The fall Of Nam
King into the hands OF the revolutionsries
has again changed the situation. The
Fevolutionaries absolutely control the
waterway from Shanghai to Hankow with
n feet OF twenty warships and armed
5unks and forts.
There is base OF ample supplies avail
Rble while the funds hold out. There Is
a well equipped arsenal at Shanghai and
n big mint at NanlSing, where also are
about forty modern guns.
An additional 5000 troops having Joined
the rebels the total revolutionary armed
FORCES available TO the south Of Yang
TsA- now approximates 5000 men, with
over 100 guns.
The capitulaticn of Nanking was very
tame, coming as 1t did after a weeks
preparation and the expectation OF a
gallant resistance by the garrison and
a determined storming by the rebels OF
the ancient stronghold, which held out
for so long q period during the TAPPING
rebellion.
1t is believed that Lieutenant General
Feng Tawo Chang succeeded In escaping,
although the reports are conflicting.
There is reason to believe he took refuge
along with the Tartar general on board
the foreign warshipp.
Insurgents Need Funds.
The plans OF the revoiutionarIes are
kept secret, but there Is evidence they are
making preparations TO reinforce WI
Chang with guns and men from the
fleet .s,,,
The main difficulties OF the revolution
aries Is lack OF funds. although the lead
ers stoutly assert they possess ample
means to maintain theit army In the
field. s-.'s, W. -s
They will not accept Premier Yuan shi
Kais compromise proposals. The Man
chus, they say, must be eliminated before
they lay down their arms.
The conditions in Shanghai are not reas-
suring. There is increasing evidence OF this
from the determination OF the revolution
AIRY leaders to oppose foreign interference
with the governments sources of income.
They have sent letters to the foreign
consuls requesting them to turn over the
customs receipts which are now deposited
at tho Shanghai and Hongkong bank
There also are evidences of unrest. in
dicating that there are possibilities Of
disturbances unless a more stable gov
ernment is established.
Surrender Of NRnling.
NANKING, China, Dec. 2-The revo-
iutionary forces took possession OF the
city today after parley with the inn
perial government forces, who were IN
occupation At midday the white flag
was displayed on Lion fort, Inside the
walls, to the northwest. indicating that
the gmners had joined the revolution.
General Ii Yuen-Heng. the revolution
airy leader who had captured Tiger fort
a few days ago, occupied Shai-Kwan. a
town on the banks OF the river outside
the city OF Marking. Thereupon the
warships under the command of Admiral
Sab which had hitherto lain two miles
down the river cautiously approached
and took mp a position under the guns
of Lion Hill fort.
General Lin, second in command of
! the revolutionary forces took the Taip-
ing gate and then arranged the tertRs OF
cspttulation OF the city.
white Flags Everywhere.
Later on the revolutionary troops en-
Tered and took possession OF the city.
White nags began to appear everywhere
and no fighting occurred when the rev.
Olutionaries entered the streets.
Lieutenant General Feng-Kwo- Chang is