Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-01
Mutiny at Fengtai.


firing apparently was designed to frighten
the people.
Mutiny at Fengtai.
The Chinese troops at Fenetai. viii
lage twenty-five miles out from Peking
on the Peking- -Tientsin railroad. mutinied
shortly after midnight this morning.
There was much heavy firing in the ma
tive quarter The foreign community.
composed entirely of railway employees
and their families, retired to the BRITISH
military post nearby. where LOO soldiers
of the Somerset Infantry are stationed 10
guard the railway line.
The outbreak WAS most compete SUI
prise both to the government ana TO the
foreign legations. and there is some ap-
prehension of a recrudescence OF the us
orders tonight.
By noon today il became evident that
mutinous Chinese soldiers were causing
trouble along the line Of the railroad De
tween the capital and Tientsin. The morn
ing train, which left Peking at $50
o'clock. had not yet reached renSta
at 11.3O o'clock and an English omcer
with a detachment of Somerset infantry
was sent from the British military post In
a light locomotive to ascertain the where-
abouts of the train. and, If necessary, es-
cort it on its way.
The telegraph lines toward this city are
much crippled. Railway men believe that
Fengtai was looted during the night. All
train service from Tientsin toward Pc
king has been suspended.
Looters Shot on the Spot.
Ten looters captured in the act Of car
rying off property were executed on the
SPOT by loyal soldiers. several regiments
of whom are patroIling the streets.
The number of the casualties that have
occurred among the civilians and the
soldiers is not known, but ii is believed
that the loss of life has been heavy.
The incendiary fires which were started
last night have now all been extinguish-
ed or have died out The loss Is esti-
mated approximately at $15.OO0.OO0.
Peking Train Reaches Tientsin.
TIENTSIE, China, March Ia train
from Peking has arrived here two hours
behind schedule time. No European pas
sengers were on board. Another train
which left Picking last night returned TO
that city after proceeding a short dis
tance on account OF fring being heard IN
the vicinity of the line
Situation Reported 0uieter.
LONDON. March 1.-The situation in
per;np this afternoon was much quieter.
according to the Exchange Telegraph
company's dispatches frcm Tientsin.
I,nrning and looting continued more or
less actively throughout the morning
hours. however. In the course of the
nights rioting one japanese subject was
wounded. but there are thus far no re-
norris of other casualties among foreign
srs The property OF people of all ma
t;onalities outside the legation quarter
slffered heavy damage at the hands OF
the rioters. ..,
disnatch this morning from Sir John n.
Iordan. British minister at Peking, in
dicating that the outbreak in Peking
Was of a sporadic character and inti-
mating such a favorable view OF the sit
ma tion that the grave fear engendered
hv the first dispatches received here has
heen greatly allayed. Sir John cables
that Yuan Shi Kai has notified the for
eian legations that only two regiments
STATIONED in Peikng are concerned in
the mutiny and that he lis confident that
he will be able to control the situation.
First Reports Exaggerated.
The British minister adds that the
damage in the Tartar city is not near
so great as was at first repo'ted. He