THE CHINESE REVOLT.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 58, 4 March 1912, Page 5

THE CHINESE REVOLT.

EXTENSIVE PILLAGING IN PEKIN.' • ■ • MUCH DAMAGE BY FIRE. . '• Pekin, March 2. Yuan-Shih-Kai is gratified that foreigners have not been attacked. , The mutinv was due to' unwarranted rumours that the .soldiers’ pay would be reduced. Nevertheless, the outbreak, originating aA'it did amongs Yuan-Shih-Kai’s soldiers, has shaken confidence in the President s ailthoiplunderers d6pdjsjtocl' ions of valuable loot in thd ;Toreign, afficc compound, whence southward by two T : ecl by the mutineers. ~r - •, . ~ Fire caused great dktrdction. The, historic gate facing Rfo btfi Forbidden City has Fanisnbd. The great market in the . was. consumed, while rows K rU The disorder has .spread bevond the city, firing having been heard to the southwards, and general disaffection prevails amongst the-Troops, ~1116 footers acted at their officer's orders. Later advices show that rob-berv and incendiarism have been resumed in the ‘southern and western sections of the city, where lour fires are raging and the people are fleeing AOR Foreign Ministers have decided to .summon all available troops from-.au-iacent ports. A thousand will arrive Jo-day. .Oi,/;UW. .IOUK’t A Japanese battleship has been ordered to Taku to establish ' tireless communication -with a the Italian station at Pekin, wheriCtbiff. foreign legations are preparing for siege. ... The mutineers havb looted, Paotmgfu, and have burned largo areas of the city. REINFORCEMENTS HELD UP. (Received 4, 8.30 a.m.) Pekin, March 3. A trainload of rioters quitted. Pao-ting-fu for Pekin, but the ’authorities blew up a bridge, stopping traffic.