The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1912-03-01
REIGN Of TERROR
SWEEPING OVER
CHINESE CITIES
Peking Is the Center of the
Disorders in the North
Country
BLOODY CLASHES BETWEEN the
LOYAL TROOPS AND MuTINEERs
Heavy LOSS Of Life Believed IN Have
Marked the Battles-Attack Was n
Surprise to Both the legations and
the Government.

Peking. March 1.-Throughout tho
day the lootinE Of stores and resi-.
dences has been going on in the vari-
Gus parts OF the city and there have
neen several SkirmisheS between tho
loHai troops and the mutinecrs in the
outskirts. Tho majority of the mu-
Ilneers. however. left the central dis
trlcts before morning.
len looters. captured in the act Of
CARRYING off property were executed
on the street by the loyal soldiers.
several regiments of whom are patrol.
ling the streets
The incendiary fires started last
night have all been extinguished or
at $4,000, 900.
!ne CIVILIANS and soldiers is not known.
put 1t is believed the loss of life is
heavy. :"
The outbreak was a most complete
surprise. both to the government and
to the foreign legations. and there ia
some apprehension of Il recrudecence
OF the disorders tonight,
City Looted.
Ilen Tsin, March 1.-The Chinese
troops at Feng Tai, village twenty
miles out from Peking. on the Peking-
lien Isin railroad. mutinied early this
morning. There was much heavy fir
ing In the native quarters. The for.
elgn quarters. composed entirely Of
railway employees and their families,
retired to the British military post
nearby where $50 soldiers of the
Somerset infantry are stationed to
guard the railway lines.
dispatches from Peking declare the
situation there today is still unsettled.
NO reinforcements of foreign troops
lor the legation have Keen required up
TO the present, however
by noon today it became evident
mat the mutnous Chinese soldiers
We're causing trouble along the line Of
railroad but not at the capitol and
city. ~ 'AA
me telegraph lines toward the capi-
tai are badly crippled Railway men
believe Fens Tai was looted during
the night. All train service toward
feklns has been suspended.
Washington, March 1.-England.
Russia, Germany and Japan have re-
sponded favorably to Secretary Knox
invitation to place themselves on rec
ord with the United States for tho
continued integrity of China and Joint
action without seeking individual nd-
vantage in any concerted movement
or the powers which may become nec-
essary in the present disturbances
france. Italy and Austria to whom
copies of the note were sent at the
same time have not responded.
The interchange was called forth
by Secretary InoXS letter on Fehru-
airy t" Count Won Rcrnstorff, the
ambassador from Germany in which
the views and the attitude of the Unit.
cd States toward the situation in
China We're made !: subject of record.
Diplomats generally interpreted the
note as an indication that Germany
and he United States were agreed and
would stand together to continue the
integrity of China. while at the same
time it was construed as an invitation
TO other powers To place themselves on
record.
Great Britain and Germany i'm their
replies say that the attitude of the
United States is quite in accord with
Their own. Japan and Russia indi-
cate their concurrence with the policy
of non-interventon and common ac.
ton.
The Uprising.
Picking. March IA mutiny OF
Yuan Shi kais soldiers began in Pc
king at 5 o'clock last night. MANY
natives have been killed or wounded.
nut SO far as known, all foreigners
are safe. The legation quarter is
crowded. but the missionaries are
holding out in their own compounds.
When the outbreak occurred It was
estimated that 1000 soldiers took part
put since then the mutineers have
been augmented by large numbers Of
legations know no reason for the out.
break. The idea is exnressad that
Yuan shi Kai's soldiers began the the
trouble when they learned that he in.
tended to leave the capital for Nan.
king. The soldiers are everywhere
looting from house to house. They
have not spared even foreign resi-
dences within one block Of the lega-
ton quarter.
Fires were started in various sec
tions, and territory Of more than a
mile in area has been burned. This
stretches from the Forbidden City to
the building Of the Chinese foreign
board, where Yuan Shi Kai resides.
the flames reaching within a half
mile OF the legations. The quarters
occupied by the Nanking delegates
VII" came here to notify Premier
Yuan of his election as president,
have been enveloped in flames.
Among the refugees at the Ameri.
can legation are Willard D. Straight,
ex-America nconsul general at Muk.
den and now the representative Of a
New York financial syndicate, and his
wife. who was Miss Dorothy p. Whit.
ney. daughter Of the late William G,
Whitney. and Daniel A. de Menocal.
representative Of the International
Banking corporation at Peking. ana
his wife. all Of whom had thrilling
experiences as they traversed the
streets. in. which Chinese troops were
engaged In looting. The soldiers did
not attempt to interfere with them.
but there was great danger from n.y.