The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1912-03-07
MORE TR0OPSREADY
FOR PICKING DASH
Soldiers at Manila at Disposal OF
Minister Calhoun.
5000 ARE KILLED IN RIOTS
Mutineers Listen to Yuan's Sons
Plea for Peace Marines
and Cruiser to Guard
Tientsin.

! Washington, March 5.-The state
and war departments have arranged
for two battalions more of the United
States troops to be available for pro
tecting American and other foreign
interests in Picking and Tientsin.
| United States Minister Calhoun
now in Picking, has ben notified thai
he may have seven hundred additional
troops by telegraphing to Manila
where the commandant has been or
dered to hold the men at the disposal
of the diplomat.
Yuar's Son Pleads With Troops.
Peking, March 5.--The son Of Pres
ident Yuan Shi Kai made an impas
stoned plea to his fathers soldiers
begging them not to cause the ruin OF
the republic.
The men wept and said they feared
that Yuans going south would cause
their DISARMAMENT and starvation.
They declared that the disorder was
meant as a protest against their
chiefs going away and that they
would remain faithful hereafter.
Yuan Shi Kai's official statement
places the number killed during the
mutny here at 5000. The property
loss will amount to more than $4,000
600.
Much Looting in Interior.
Reports received from foreigners in
the interior say that bands of soldiers
are looting in all directions.
Che Ping-chun, minister of the in
terror, has restored order in Peking
through the police. who have been
faithful throughout.
The parade of the international
troops through the main streets of the
city causes a difference of opinion
among leading foreigners here. Some
think it may lead to anti-foreign dem
onstrations in the interior owing to
the possible spread of false rumors
that Picking has been taken by for
eigners. Others think that a show Of
force was necessary and that 1t will
check any attempt on the legations.
Police Execute Rioters.
There were many executions by the
police Numerous bodies of men who
had been decapitated or shot dere
seen in the streets. The Lanchow
troops. who were ordered 20 Peking,
stopped at Tientsin and engaged in
the looting and burning in that city.
Powers Rush Reinforcements.
Tientsin, China. March 5.-The pow
ers are hurrying achievements to
this city and Picking, the centers of
mob violence.
Two hundred American marines
have been ordered to sail from Shang-
hal on the collier Abarenda for this
city. The protected cruiser Cincin-
natl will start for Tientsin at the
same time.
One thousand Japanese troops are
being sent from Kwantung province
to Picking to strengthen the legation
guard there.
French Soldiers on the Move.
The French government has Or
dered 200 soldiers from Tientsin to
Picking. The French authorities Of
Torkin also have received orders to
send troops to Tientsin to take the
place of the men leaving there for the
Chinese capital and to hold a regi-
ment in reserve to be ready for emer-
gency.
Although the foreign troops sta
toned here were not able to patrol
the city, there was no looting or in
cendiarism.
A feeling Of restlessness, however,
prevails, and all trade is at a stand
still
Much of the native city has been
burned, but foreign property as rule
is safe. American missionaries are
unframed
Ruin Is to be seen in every impor-
tant thoroughfare and some partly
burned bodies lie about the streets.
Proclamations are being posted up
all over the city ordering the inhab-
itants to remain indoors after eight
o'clock at night. and notifying that
martial law Is in force