Nov, 29. all the course of this amazing' revolution nothing surely more dramatic has been heard of than the capture of Hanyang, followed by the capitulation of Wachang. Elsewhere to-day, the military movements of the past week are traced as far as is permissible in the light of the news that has come to hand. Leaving political sympa-thios out of consideration, we cannot i doubt that stir correspondent's eulogy of the slogged persistence of the one party, the reckless bravery of the other, will be widely endorsed. The greater emphasis must be laid on this aspect of the straggle, because the opening of hostilities, those early immature skirmishes about Ten Kilometre sta tion, seemed to suggest a different spirit in the combatant would we pay the amples tribute to the brave men who have fought and fallen, have pushed a few steps forward and have been hurled back, only to renew the attack with unflagging determination for five days and nights without pause or rest. A fortnight ago the general world was disposed to think no more of the struggle at Hankow. It seemed as if it were but a question of time before the revolutionary cause must triumph completely. " The event has proved that practically everybody outside the immediate sphere of action—Chinese who declared
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