Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1912-03-04
PEACE RESTORED IN
RIOT RIDDEN
PEK|M IL
WHOLESALE EXECUTIONS
SUPPRESS ANARCHISTS
Foreigners Protected by Strong
Force Of International Troops
and It Is Believed That Inter-
vention Is Unnecessary,
my Morning Jonrnni special Leased wire,i

|
my Morning Jonrnn, special Leased wire,1
! Peku, March S.-Eight hundred
| foreign troops patrolied the outskirts
of the legation quarters today, but
| there were no disturbances
There are now 3,000 foreign troops
! in pckin. and the natives feel safe.
| Five thousand Japanese troops have
boen ordered from Pert Arthur to
! rien 1sin, where there are only l,o0o
foreign soldiers,
! Most of Yuan Shi kui's troops left
| Pel<in today Tor Pao Ting Flu to sup
| press the mutiny The eannonadng
heard on saturday was caused by an
attack by the mutneers on Tung
| Chow, which was occupied and
sacked The homes OF many mobiles
and princes In pckin have been looted.
! More than 100 executions have taken
place. For the most part the vic-
| Tins were civilians and included six
women. Apparently the authorities
| are afraid to execute tho soldiers.
| 4 large detachment of Enniskillen
| Fusilecrs Went To Feng Tai this morn
| ing TO relieve the Somersets, who re-
turned to Pekln The cutting OF
| communication with rien Tsin was
| the work OF a French railway em-
ploye, who disconnected a portion of
| the bridge saturday. This was forced
out OF position with levers but today
the single line OF railways was re-
stored, thus enabling 1000 Manchu
troops to proceed To Pao Ting Flu.
The Nanking delegates have APP
pointed four Of their number to re-
turn to Nanking to explain the Views
OF the foreign powers and 10 Impress
upon the Ranking republicans the
necessity OF supporting Yuan Shi kai
and the desirability of the Nanking
government coming 10 peisin to es-
tablish a strong coalition.
Neither the pekin government nor
the delegates think 1t viii be nereA-
sary for the powers to intervene. al
though both are well pleased with
todny's demonstration by the foreign
troops as a mark Of disapproyal OF
lawlessness.
The legations consider it judcious
to support yuan Shi Kni ns the
quickest and surest means of over
coming the general spirit OF anarchy,
General IA Huen Heng, the newly
elected ,iec president ~ .hr .repshiic
IL anxious 20 assist Ia restoring Yuan
ShI Enis antharitst In his opinion
the mutiny should not he permitted
10 upset the general scheme ofNye-
construction.
Dr sun yat sen. the acting presi-
dent, IL ready temporarily 10 assume
the whole responsibility OF adminis-
tration The delegates suggests u
combination OF best northern and
southern troops and the establishment
of "A great police force with head
quarters at pekin. For tho present
the south IL orderly The soldiers ara
practically confined To barracks.
Tonight the gcndurmcrie are polic-
Ing the city. An occasional shot IL
hoard hut the fires have been ex-
tinRnished
As the railway between Prkln and
Tien Tsln IN again open. the 200
American troops OF the Fifteenth in
fantry under Major James NJ. Arrow
smith arrived hero Yesterday The
Americans left Tlen Tsin last night
and came through without incident.
although they had placed a maxim
gun on a fiat car in front of the en-
ginc. in case Il might lie needed. The
fact that company of the Somerset
infantry at Feng Tai deployed FOR the
purpose al driving back the mutinous
regiment from the railway. IL ac-
cepted here AS evidence thai the for
elgn movers Will Intervene ~ far as
to keep up communication
along the railway from Pekln tu the
sen.
The mutinous regiments are now
being dispatched Ia the south by
lIhln Tor the duhl purpose nl renewing
pekin and preventing the Pau Ting -
Fu mutineers from approaching the
rapitnl No word has been received
from pao Ting Fu owing to the In
i,rruption of The wires. but conf
lener * felt that most of the mis-
,ions AT thar place have survived the
arson ana pillnee there
Tn. Voutan catholic mission which
s In the heart Of town. might have
caught fire from the chinese builI-
.nes which were burned In that see
,s,' lon. T The kmer,c"" T", 'S ccmpoa"ds @ are
both beyond IN" city walls ana are