THE CHINESE REVOLT.
SUMMARY DECAPITATION. 'By Electric Telegraph.—Copyright.) (United Press Association.) (Received 4, 8.30 a.m.) Pekin, March 3. The Nanking delegates telegraphed to Li-Yuan-Hung to bring the Republican army to Pekin, as the Government is nimbi eto cope with the situation. The Northern Chinese army participated in the looting, believing the arrival of the Nanking delegates to be the prelude to their dismissal. The loyal troops killed many panicstricken inhabitants, who were fleeing with their effects, mistaking them,for looters. Prisoners were summarily decapitated, manv being left headless in the streets. Civilians are arming, and barricading their premises and erecting gates in the streets. The British railway guard is protecting women and children. The populace has been notified that anyone found in_ the streets after eight at night will Ire shot. The mob looted Eeng-tai and Yn-Piiig-En, and looted and burned many streets in Tientsin. Hundreds have been arrested.
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 58, 4 March 1912, Page 6
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148THE CHINESE REVOLT. Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 58, 4 March 1912, Page 6
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