Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-05
NOW CAPITAL
Dr.. Sun and Advisers Decide
to Go to That City.
IN INTEREST OF ORDER
Two United States Gunboats Will
Proceed to Taku.
MUCH L0OTING AND BLOODsHED
Terrible Scenes Enacted Daily in
Canton-Corpses Float
Down River.
MUCH LooTING AND BLooDsHED

NANkING, China, March 5-In an eff
fort to restore order and inaugurate a
stable government as soon as possible it
is understood that DR. Sun Vat Sen and
his advisers have decided to go to Pc
king and make that city--for the present
at least-the capital of the new republic.
This step is regarded as advisable on &C
count of the mutinous spirit evidenced
by the troops in the vicinity of Picking
and the general unrest there.
The plans which are now being pre-
pared provide for the. early removal of
the entire official machinery Of the re-
public. DR.. Sun Vat Sen, the acting
president and Ii Yuan-Heng, the vice
president, will be accompanied by all the
members of the cabinet and by the as
sembly
The officials will be guarded by 1000
veteran troops and picked bodyguards of
ninety men.
1t is believed here that the removal of
the seat of government to Picking will of
itself restore order there. The formal
establishment of the new government and
the inauguration of Yuan Shi kai as
president will be undertaken Immediately.
T DR.. Sun Vat Sen is confident that af-
fairs in Marking will remain peaceful in
the meantime.
Official announcement of the removal to
Picking will probably be withheld until
the return here of the four southern dele
gates, who have been in consultation with
Yuan. 1t is understood that Yuan is in
favor of the move.
Japanese Troops Expected.
Tientsin, China, March 5.-Two United
States gunboats have been ordered to pro-
frnr noto To1x
mouth of the Peiho thirty miles to the
southeast of this city. Three battalions
of Japanese troops are expected to arrive
here tonight to reinforce the international
garrison.
The German troops which have been
acting as a protective force along the
railroad between Peitang and Tangshan,
on the line from Tientsin to Chin Wang
Tao. have been withdrawn to Tientsin, as
it is considered by the foreign comman-
dants that stronger forces than are at
present available here are required.
AS the Peiho Is now open to traffic the
railroad guards between Tientsin and
Shan Hal kWan on the Manchurian bor-
der are no longer essential for the preser-
walton of communication between Peking
and the sea-
Reports persist in Chinese circles that
body of native troops is advancing on
Tientsin, but no confirmation of the ru-
NOR has been obtained.
The city generally is quiet. but decapi-
tations take place daily. Many of the
shops have put up signs reading: al
ready looted; now empty
Serious Unrest Continues.
HONGkONG, China, March 5-Serious
unrest continues in the provinces of
Kwanktung and kwangsi. where large
numbers of discharged soldiers have taken
to numbering and looting. The hills along
the shores of the West river have been
fortified as a protection against the ma
rauding bands. Assassinations are of fire.
quent occurrence, and corpses are, seen
daily floating down the river
Responsible Chinese assert that terrible
scenes are being enacted daily in Canton
and its vicinity. These persons declare
that If the state of affairs was known
abroad the foreign powers would inter-
fere and put stop to the slaughter and
lOoting.
One prominent Chinese who refused to
comply with the demands of a band of
desparadoes found that during his abb
sence from home all his family had been
murdered with the exception of one boy.
.Shameen, where the foreign settlement
of Canton is situated is protected by a
barricade of sandbags. which have been
painted SO as to resemble British SOL
diers.