Anarchy in China.
MARTIAL LAW OPERATING. REBELS FLEE BEFORE BRITISH TROOPS. By Cable—Press Association—Copyright. Pekin, March 4. Martial law is' operating successfully in Pekin. The business quarter of Paoting-fu has been sacked. No yamens were destroyed and no foreigners are injured. Pekin, March 4. Fifteen >hundreds Chinese troops stopped the trains between Pekin and Tientsin. ! The second Somersetshire Regiment deployed at Fengtai station, and ordered the Chinese troops to clear out within an hour. The Chinese did not move until seven hundred of the Inniskillen Regiment were detrained, when they fled hurriedly. A CLAIMANT TO THE THRONE. COALITION GOVERNMENT URGED. Received 5, 11.50 p.m. Pekin, March 5. A pretender to the throne has appeared, in the person of Chuchengyu, a descendant of the Emperor Wanli, of the Ming dynasty. He has some supporters in the Anhui and Hupeh provinces Dr. Sun-Yat-Sen does not insist on Yuan-Shih-Kai visiting Nanking. Four Republican delegates are returning to Nanking to urge the Republican Government to go to Pekin and establish v coalition Government.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 212, 6 March 1912, Page 5
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169Anarchy in China. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 212, 6 March 1912, Page 5
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