The Archive · 1911

Volunteers for Nanking

In connexion with the scheme to lcaptore this stronghold of -the Imperilists, © meeting of the Chinese was held on Tnesdey night in a building from Wochang, impassioned apecches. The object of the meeting been fo secure vlantears for particularly dangerous work at Nanking, sod to a cet extent the appeal was successful. Nine women mere present at the meeting, all adopt ing forego style of coiffa them delivered adi The outcome of the meeting is recently reported from two sources, Que report says that 200 of the ~detormined-to-die" men rolanteered, bat the other that only twenty came forward. The special work whioh has been singled oct for them appears to be the assassination of General Chang Heun-The difficalty of entering the city fally explained, as apparently the I situation well re somalily undertook to get wide the city walla and execute their mission.

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