Nov. 20.
Accorp1nG to the latest information the prospect of any decisive action in the country about Nanking would seem more remote than was at first deemed probable. In the face of the undoubtedly superior force that is gathering against him, it is clearly to General Chang's advantage to concentrate his strength in Nanking, the walls of which—banked up as they are within, so as to be wide enough in many places for a fair carriage road on the top—would provide a strong defence even against modern
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