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Show uu American and Other Foreign Soldiers Start For Looted City London, March 2. A strong de-Lichruent de-Lichruent of United States troops has been ordered to proceed to Peking from Tientsin immediately, according to a dispatch received here- from that city today. Peking, China, March 2. A serious' recrudescence' of disorder occurred to-dav to-dav when a dctnchiuent of artillerx, headed by a band, marchod to the palace of Duke Kuei Hsian, father of the empress dowager, and shelled down the gate. They looted much property and burned a portion of the palaco. Tho foreign ministers here, after a conference, have decided to bring into Poking all tho available forejn troops stationed in adjacent ports in China. A"fqrcc of l000 ftoor; o virions nationalities na-tionalities wi11-i-wnw6ow. It is evident, that Jll tho soldiers of the northern Chinese army are in agreement in the pillaging movement. They are under the belief that the coming of the republican delegates from Nanking to Yuan Shi Kal means the dismissal of the northern troops from the service The delegates telegraphed today to General LI Yuen Heng, commander of the republican troops nt Nanking, and vice president of the republic, to bring a republican army to Peeking to restore re-store order. The government is unable at present pres-ent to cope with the situation and the foreign mlnistors here are discussing concerted action Yuan Shi Kni promised to pardon all return. ng mutineers, but has not yet received any response. The populacehas beon notified that all persons found in the streets to-j night after S o'clock will be' shot.: The soldiers of the Imperial guardj and those belonging to Chang Hunu; Chi's army are now nominall in coni trol of Peking. It remains to be seen whether thoy arc much better than tho mutineers. The situation at Swalow is becoming more serious every da . The Interior of the province is in complete anarchy. anar-chy. Geeneral Ling, with GOO troops from Wal Chow, has arrived In the city to suppress tho disorders and another 1,000 men are on the way there. Although parties of soldiers belonging belong-ing to the arim commanded b Chang Yuan Chi last night were engaged themsehes In looting, todaj they fought the looters In the outskirts of the city Prisoners thoy took wero summarily decapitated and many headless 'bodies are lying In the streets. In tho distant part ot the west city considerable trouble occurred. Whole streets of bhops were looted and man houses wero set on fire. The civilian population has armeJ and fortified private premises, while barricades were erectod in the streets. The mutineers who left Peking for Pao Ting Fu yesterday and whom Yuan Shi Kai ordered to be arrested or killed, have been joined by many of tile boldiers there. They have hooted hoot-ed a great part of Pao Ting Fu aud burned large ureas Feng Tai, 22 miles fiom Peking, on the railroad to Tientsin, was looted by another gang of mutineers. British troopB guarding the railroad rail-road thoic protected the women and children, but the mutineers biiruod tho railway station and held up .i train, robbing many of the Chinese passengers. Yung Ping F". where the American troops are guarding tho railroad to Chlng V'ang Tao, alao were looted. Mam missionaries have been slaughtered by the mutineers in Pac Ting Fu according to a report received receiv-ed here today it is thought probable, however in well informed circles, that only otio or two have been k.lled. it Is bclScxcd'thcy are Roman Catholics |