MUTINY IN CHINA

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10575, 5 March 1912, Page 5

MUTINY IN CHINA

CABLE_NI4WB| (United Prm A ssociation—By Bfe* trie Telegraph—Copyright.)

ORDER RESTORED EXTREME MEASURES TAKEN. NUMEROUS EXECUTIONS. (Received Last Night, 9.45 o'clock.) PEKIN, March 4. Tihe o2d style troops, under the aged | General Chiang Weitu, have restored order. The guilty soldiers mostly belonged to the third division, and have escaped scot free, with the exception of two who wero not wearing uniform, and w!ho Lave been executed. The authorities feared the effect on their comrades if they were punished. A hundred alleged looters have been executed, ■including many povertystricken, men and some women who had gathered scraps amongst the ruins. Eight hundred foreign troops patrolled the outskirts of the Legation quarters, and 3000 troops aro now in Peking The fires caused twenty deaths. A datachment of the mutineers' artillery, headed by a band, marched on Saturday to the Palace of the .Dowa-ger-Empress's father and blew up the gate and burned a portion of the building. It is a significent fact that no Manchn houses or shops were looted. Prince Ching is seriously ill in the French Hospital. The Legations consider the judicious support of General Yuan Shili Kai as tihe surest means of overcoming anarchy- . L . la Yuan Hing desires to in restoring General Yuan Shili Kai's authority. Dr. Sun Yat Sen declares that the Nanking Government is ready to temporarily assume responsibility in the north, where effective measures have been taken to assist General Yuan Shih Kai. ' The Nanking delegates suggest .the combination of the Northern and i Southern troops, and Uhe establishment of a hugo police force, with headquarters at Peking, at at present the. sonthern districts are quiet. I

MUTINEERS CHECKMATED, v BRIDGE BLOWN UP. •' (Received March 4, S3O a.m.) ; ' PEKIN, Maxdh 3. A train load of rioters quitted Paotang Fu for Peking, but the authorities blew up a bridge, stopping traffic. JAPANESE TROOPS. ORDERED TO TIENTSIN. A REIGN OF TERROR. '(Received Las Night, 9.45 o'clock.) PEKIN, March 4.

Five thousand Japanese troops at Port Arthur have been ordered to proceed to Tientsin, where there are only 1500 foreign troops. A rabble joined tho mutineers on Saturday niglit, looting shops and banks at Tientsin, and burning, property. _ . The soldiers are firing continuoiisly, and tihe nattle of musketry terrified the citizens. The few police remaining were loyal, but were outnumbered and powerless. Fourteen simultaneous fires were burning, and tlve pillagers entered the Peiyaaid. mint; and destroyed valuable machinery, and emptied tihe silver i x stores. Dr. Schreyer, a German, while asI sistinig friends to escape from Tientsin, j was killed by a policeman, who himself was shot.

It transpires that tihe French engincors merely disconnected a portion of the bridge, previously reported to have been blown up. Communication lias now been restored, enabling 2000 of General Yuan Skill Kai's troops to proceed to Poating Fu to suppress tihe mutiny. Tho rebellious troops have occupied and sacked Tung Ghau.

SERIOUS SITUATION. ARMY TELEGRAPHED FOR. MASSACRE OF INHABITANTS. (Received March 4, 8.45 a.m.) PEKIN, March 3. The Nankin delegates have telegraphed to Li Yuan Bung to bring the Republican army to Pekin, as the Government is unable to cope with the situation. Tho Northern Chinese army participated in the looting, believing tho arrival of the Nankin 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, many being left headless in the streets. Civilians ar;> arming and barricading their premises and erecting gates in the streets. The BritWh railway guard is protecting women and children. The populace has been notified that anyone found in the streets after eight at night will be shot. A mob looted Fengtai and YupingFu, and looted and burned many streets in Tientsin. Hundreds have been arrested.