Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-04
RIOTERS ARE AWEO
Looting and Incendiarism
Cease in Tientsin.
POWERS FORWARD TROOPS
American Marines Sent to Scene
From Shanghai.
MANCHUS KEEP PEKING QUIET
Reconnaissance by Foreign Forces at
Tachi Fails to Disclose Re-
ported Body of Chinese
Soldiers.
POWERS FORWARD TROOPS
MANCHUS KEEP PEKING QUIET

TEINTSIN. March 4.-Althoush the
foreign troops stationed here We're not
able to patrol the city, there was today
no looting or incendiarism. A feeling of
restlessness. however, prevails, and all
trade is at standstill. Such stores as
were not looted last night are keeping up
their shutters.
The pawnshops have been hitherto the
principal sufferers from the outbreak,
scarcely any of them escaping the atten-
tion of the looters.
The railway from here to Peking is
open and the trains today have not been
molested.
The measures taken by the foreign con-
suls and commanders of the troops OF
various nations stationed here have evil
IDENTITY intimidated the riotous element of
the population and the mutinous soldiers.
The buildings connected with the rail-
road and the warehouses belonging to
foreign firms are guarded by strong de-
tachments of foreign troops. Generally
speaking foreign property has not suffer-
ed but in the native city there has been
a great deal Of destruction.
Ruin on Every Hand.
Ruin is to be seen in every important
thoroughfare, and some partly burned
corpses lie about the streets. There were
several more executions today. PrOcla-
mations are being posted up all over the
city ordering the Inhabitants to remain
indoors after clock at night, and noti-
flying them that martial law Is in force.
Two companies of the Royal lnnlSkilllng
F'usiliers have been ordered to remain at
Fengtai, on the railroad to Peking, where
the British troops yesterday formed up
with loaded rifles and fixed bayOnetS to
resist large body of Chinese soldiers
who threatened to hold up the trains.
The incident was critical one. and was
ended only by the arrival of 700 men OF
the Inniskilling Fusiliers, which caused
the mutineers to retire. Five companies
of the Inniskillings have returned here
from Fengtai.
!. False Alarm Causes Excitement.
Considerable excitement was caused
this afternoon by telephone reports from
the Russian consul stating that 700 Chi
nese soldiers had entered the village of
Tachi. only a mile distant from the for
eign concessions. violation of = the
protocol conditions forbidding Chinese
troops to approach within a radius of
military commanders decided upon joint
action to turn out the Chinese soldiers.
Detachments of British, French, German,
Russian and japanese troops were mus
tered and carried out reconnaissance,
but found that no Chinese troops had ar
rived at Tachi. Precautions have now
been taken for the immediate detection
Of their arrival.
Foreign Property Considered Safe.
NEW YORK, March f.-The following
dispatch from Tientsin was received to-
day from the Methodist board of foreign
missions:
There have been serious disturbances
in TLentsin. The native city has been
much damaged by fire. The foreign con-
cessions are quiet, and foreign property
is safe. All are well here. The mission
stations in Peking, Changli and Paianfu
are safe, according to last accounts"