. Review of reviews and world's work . an-fu, meanswest; Tau, as in Tsingtau, means island;Hai, as in Shanghai, means sea; Shan, as inShantung, means mountain; Tung, as inKuangtung, means east; and Hu, as in Hupeh,means lake. m Progress ^y ^^^ Capture of Wuchang theof the rebels not onlv secured full ijos- Revohition • r ii. • • i i session of the provincial treasurycontaining more than a million dollars, butobtained the support of a number of Go\ern-ment troops. From that time on the de-sertions from the Government to the rebelcause were constant and increasing in num-bers. Wuchang is the pro
. Review of reviews and world's work . an-fu, meanswest; Tau, as in Tsingtau, means island;Hai, as in Shanghai, means sea; Shan, as inShantung, means mountain; Tung, as inKuangtung, means east; and Hu, as in Hupeh,means lake. m Progress ^y ^^^ Capture of Wuchang theof the rebels not onlv secured full ijos- Revohition • r ii. • • i i session of the provincial treasurycontaining more than a million dollars, butobtained the support of a number of Go\ern-ment troops. From that time on the de-sertions from the Government to the rebelcause were constant and increasing in num-bers. Wuchang is the provincial capital andan important commercial center. In a shorttime the rebels had secured the arsenal atthe important city of Hankow, and on Oc-tober 14 General Li Yuan Heng, com-mander-in-chief of the revolutionists, set upmilitary authority in the cities of Wuchang,Hankow, and Hanyang. The Governmentthen took steps to suppress the rebellion, butwithout success. On October 17, after anengagement of some importance, the revolu- I. THE MOST UNKINDEST CUT OF ALT,From the Herald (New York) J THE PROGRESS OF THE WORLD 675 tionary forces took the city of established their control of five prov-inces. A rebel defeat at Hankow on Octoberi8 was announced, but this was really a Gov-ernment reverse, for the rebels retained con-trol of the railway. Within a week the entirevalley of the Yangtse-kiang was seething withrevolt. On October 24, the weakness of theManchu dynasty having been demonstrated,the National Assembly demanded that thethrone yield certain reforms in order to savethe empire. It demanded a Parhament withfull ])ower and amnesty for all rebels. Onthat same day several large cities were occu-
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