OUTLOOK IN CHINA.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XLVII, Issue XLVII, 4 March 1912, Page 5

OUTLOOK IN CHINA.

MUTINY. FURTHER CRIMES. (Press Association. —Copyright:.) PEKIX. Saturday. Yuan-shih-kai is gratified that J'o'.-eifil-ers were not attacked. He • ay s tinmutiny was due to unwarranted i union is that the soldiers' pay would be reduced. Nevertheless, the outbreak origin;.. 1114 amongst Yuan-shih-kai's soldiers h.ts shaken confidence in the President's authority. Plunderers deposited tons of valuaole loot in the Foreign Office compound, whence it was conveyed south by two trains commandeered by the mutineers. The fire caused great destruction. The historic gate facing the entry to the I*o>--bidden City has vanished, and the great market in the vicinity was consumed, while rows of shops are in ruins. The disorder spread beyond the city, and firing has been heard southwards. General disaffection prevails amongst the troops. The looters acted at their oihcers' orders. Later advices state that robbery and incendiarism have been resumed in the southern and western sections of the cit\. Four fires are raging, and the people are fleeing. PREPARING FOR A SIEGE. PEKIX, Sunday. The Foreign Ministers have decided to summon the available troops from adjacent ports. A thousand will arrive todav. A Japanese battleship has been ordered to Taku to establish wireless communication with the Italian station. The Peking legations are pit paring for a siege. The mutineers looted Paotingfu and burned large areas of tb-=> ?'ty. RIOTERS FOILED. (Rec. March 4, 8.30 a.m.) PEKIN. Yesteraay. A trainload of rioters quitted Paotingfu for Pekin, but the authorities blew up a bridge stopping the traffic. GRAVE SITUATION. MANY DEATHS. (Rec. March 4, 8.30 a.m.) PEKIN, Yesterday. Nankin delegates telegraphed to Li Yuan Hung to bring the Republic-m army to Pekin. as the Government was unable to cope with the situation. The Northern Chinese army participated in the looting, believeing that the arrival of the Nankin delegates was the prelude to their dismissal. Loyal troops killed many panic-strick-en inhabitants who were fleeing with ♦ heir effects, mistaking them for looters. The prisoners wer e summarilv decapitated, many being left headless in the streets. Civilians are arming and barricading their premises and erecting gates in the The British railway guard is proteotin"- women and children. The poulace has been notified t'iat anyone found in the streets after eight at night will be shot. The m<ih looted and Yu-ping-fu, and looted and burned manv streets in Tien-tsin. Hundreds were arrested.