New-York tribune., 1912-03-06
NUT|NEERS DECAP|TATED
N STREETS OF PEK|NG
Heads Hang WarningIy on Tri-
nods-LegatiOn Troops Gre
ate Good Moral Effect.
NATIVE CONVERTS BEHEADED
American Mission Hospital at
Pao Ting-fu Busy Tending
Wounded-Peking Wins
Against Nanking.

p.king. March 5.--Parties or mutineers
ned here to-day, intending TO resume
,so,,nr They were arrested and decapi-
lated. ..,,.
80 and there in the streets of Peking, al
,horeb some Of the bodies have been re-
moved and buried.
The daily marches OF detachments OF
.-oons from the various legations through
tho streets Of the capital are having GER
cain moral effect but the stores sun con-
7uc, their business cautiously through
Iii windows. The farmers from surround
,ns districts are not bringing In much
rroduce and prices are consequently rising
The soldiers of the various divisions OF
the Chinese army continue 10 squabole' ana
{. IS thought there is danger OF one DIVISION
attacking another. Some OF the oIlcerS
are baranguing and endeavoring to pacfy
the men. but II is reported that many OF
the officers were among the looters.
The storekeepers generally have posted
inscriptions on their doors saying that their
shops have been looted already, the owners
boning bv this means TO save their prop
ertv from fire, but so numerous are the
sgns that il is suspected many unlooted
stores are thus marked.
The Nanking delegates say that Presi-
aort-elect yuan Shlh-kai will go 10 Nan
hing in September. They add that the re-
,,,hl,c will be inaugurated at Marking, but
that the cabinet Will be formed here.
Cbsng Ting-fu, an important city on the
abroad about one hundred and sixty miles
% tho southwest Of Peking, was added
yesterday TO the list of those places which
have been looted and burned. No details
tavA reached here, but II Is thought that
,hs-a need be no fear for the foreigners
,bere because the mutineers everywhere
are observing the same rule OF not touch
ing strangers.
A letter from a missionary at Hwang-
usien. near Chi-Fu, received. here. states
that the imperial troops put out the eyes
a, fortv Christian converts and then be-
headed them, saying that they were natur-
ally rebels.
A nrivate telegram says that two thou
sand troops mutinied at Kiu-Kiang. in the
yang.Tse valley. and looted the town.
French and Japanese troops have been dis
matched by special train from Pao Ting-fu
10 bring back their compatriots,
Pao-Ting-fu March Shooting. which
has been going on throughout the day.
ceased when night fell. but it continues In
the neighboring villages.
Many wounded have been brought into
the American mission hospital during the
last few days.
The business section and one-tenth OF the
residential quarter OF the city has been
burned. Foreigners here are all safe. Many
Chinese who had cut of their queues were
killed on Friday, but no further murders
have taken place since that day.
II is believed that complete order VIII
soon be restored IL the mutinous soldiers,
who departed for various destinations, do
not return TO this city.
Washington. March 6-The result Of the
consent of DR.. Sun Yat-sen. provisional
President Of China. to the retention OF the
capital OF China at Peklng. will be the es-
tablishment OF the coalition Cabinet, as
well as making that city the headquarters
OF the Republican army and the Assem-
bly,, which has been in session at Nanking.
Such was the substance Of the dispatches
received at the State Department to-day
from ". J. Calhoun. American Minister in
Peking.
Paris March 5.-The French Navy De-
partment to-day ordered the gunboat
Decide. now at Shanghai, to proceed to
Chin Wang-tao, while the French armored
cruiser Kleber was ordered TO Hong Hong.
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