Nanking In Hands Of Yuan's Troops.

New York Times 100 years ago today, July 25, 1913:
Rebels' Attacks at Shanghai Again Repulsed — Several Foreigners Wounded.
FIRES AND LOOTING IN CITY
And Residents of Shanghai Are Fleeing, but It Is Now Believed the Revolt Will Soon Be Ended.
    LONDON, Friday, July 25.— Dispatches from Shanghai report that Nanking is in the hands of the Northerners.
    A Shanghai dispatch to The Daily Telegraph says:
    "Looting has begun in the city and the residents are fleeing. Many fires were caused by bursting shells, and several foreigners were wounded by stray shots.
    "Shanghai is so full of refugees from Nanking and Kiu-Kiang that people are sleeping in the streets.
    "A boatload of southern deserters was sunk by the gunboat fire. The Northerners have occupied a rebel fort near the Arsenal."
    The Shanghai correspondent of The Morning Post expresses the opinion that the Southerners are not likely to repeat their attacks on the Arsenal, but that they will abandon Shanghai, and that the revolution will speedily end.

    SHANGHAI, Friday, July 25.— 2 A. M. —During the last twenty-four hours the rebels have made a series of spirited attacks on the Arsenal, but all of them have been successfully repulsed, and the government troops are so encouraged at their continued success that they have assumed the offensive and are forcing the rebels back on Nantao, a southern suburb of the Chinese native city.
    Admiral Tseng has formally warned the Kantao Chamber of Commerce that unless the rebels disperse he will bombard their position and the forts at the mouth of the river, which are also in the hands of the Southerners.

    PEKING, July 24.— The charter granted to Dr. Sun Yat-Sen for the construction of a network of railways in China has been canceled.
    Only one contract has been concluded under this charter, that with an English firm, providing for the construction of a line from Canton to Chung-king-Foo, which, it is believed, the government will recognize.