Santa Fe new Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1898-1951, 1912-03-05
SITUATION IN
CHINA IS GRAVE
Carnival of Murder, PilIage
and Arson In Newest Re.
public Grows Daily
FOREIGNERS ARE UHMOLESTED
DR.. Sun Vat Sen and Advisers
Decide to Re..Establis
Capital at Pekiu.


! tBy Special Leased Wire to New Mexican)
Nanking, China. March 5.-In an
effort to restore order and inaugurata
n stable government as soon as posi-
Bile, it is understood that Dr. Sun Vat
Sen and his advisers have decided to
go to Peking and make that city, for
the present at least, the capital of the
new republic. This step is regarded
as advisable on account of the mutt
nous spirit eyinced by the troops in
the vicinity of the city of Picking and
/ the general unrest The plans pro-
vide for the removal Of the entire
machinery of the government. DR..
Sun Vat Sen, the acting president,
and Ii Yuan Heng. the vice president,
will be accompanied by all the men,
bers of the cabinet and by the assem-
bly,. The officials will be guarded by
1000 veteran troops and a picked
body guard of ninety men. Il is be
lieved here that the removal of the
seat of government to Peking will Of
itself, restore order there.
U. S. Gunboat to Taku.
Tien Tsin, March 5.-Two L. S.
gunboats have been ordered to pro-
ceed to Taku, at the mouth of the
Pei-Eo, thirty miles to the southeast
OF this city. Three battalions OF
Japanese troops are expected 10 ar
rive here tonight 10 reinforce the in
tornatonal garrison. The German
troops which have been acting az q
Protective force along he railroad be-
tween Pei Tang and Tang Shan, on
the line from Tien Tsin to Chin Wan
Tao, have been withdrawn to Ten
Tsin, as it is considered by the for
eign commandants that stronger
forces than are at present available
here are required. As the Pei Ho IS
now open to traffic, the railroad guards
between Tien Tsin and Shan Hal
kWan on the Manchurian border, are
no longer essential for the preserva-
ton of communication between Pc
king and the sea. Reports persist in
Chinese circles that a body OF native
trOCps is advancing on Tien Tsin, but
inc confirmation of the rumor has been
obtained. The city is generally quiet,
but decapitations take place daily.
Many of the shops have put up signs
reading: ALREADY Looted. Now
empty
Republicans Kill 1000.
Wei Hal Wei China, March 5.--Tt is
estimated that 1000 people We're kill
ed in the course of the recent fight
ing between the Republicans and the
villagers outside the British conces-
sion here. The Republican troops are
now in complete control of the situa-
ton.
Murder, Robbery, Arson.
Hong Kong, March 5.-Serious un-
rest continues in the provinces of
kwang Tung and Kwang 81, where
many discharged soldiers have taken
tC numbering and looting. The hills
along the West river have been forti-
fed as a protection against the ma
rauding bands. Responsible Chinese
assert that terrible scenes are being
enacted daily in Canton and its yicin-
,ity. These persons declare that il
the state of affairs was known abroad,
the foreign powers would interfere
and put a stop to the slaughter and
!lcoting. One leading Chinese who re-
fused to comply with the demands of
desperadoes found that in his absence
Ial! his family had been murdered ex-
cept one boy.
Vessels Conveyed BY Warships.
Shameen, where the foreign settle
ment of Canton is located, is protect
ed by a barricade of sandbags which
have been painted TO resemble British
soldiers. In Canton yesterday 5000
soldiers who were formerly pirates,
were disarmed, paid off and mustered
out as not trustworthy. They We're
surrounded by 1000 troops until they
left the city. They probably will form
themselves into robber bands.
The merchant vessels along the
West river are now escorted by gun
boats or torpedo boats. The French
flagship arrived at Hong Kong today
and the British admiral on the Asiatic
station has been requested to send q
British battleship here tomorrow. It
is thought the naval authorities have
decided to take charge of the rivers
in southern China, owing to the fact
that the British river gunboat Sand
piper was fired on recently by pirates.
Christians Eyes Put Out.
Peking March 5.--A letter from a
missionary at Hwang Hsien. near Chi
Flu, received here today states that
the Imperial troops PIT out the eyes
OF forty Christian converts and then
beheaded them, saying they We're nat
urally rebels.
Russian Troops to China.
Harbin, Manchuria, March 5.-Three
companies Of Russian troops We're or.
dered today to proceed from here to
Tien Tsin at the request of the Rus.
sian consul