Rebel Troops Burn And Loot Tung-Chow.

New York Times 100 years ago today, August 26, 1912:
Twelve Persons Slain in a Sudden Outbreak in Which the Town Is Destroyed.
CAUSED BY ANTI-QUEUE EDICT
President Yuan and Dr. Sun Reach Political Agreement After a Long Conference in Pekín.
    PEKING, Aug. 25.— A large part of Tung-chow, twelve miles from Peking, was looted and burned to-day by great numbers of discontented "old style" Chinese troops, who suddenly appeared in the streets, bent on pillage and bloodshed. Twelve persons were slain and the town, in great part, was practically destroyed.
    Several thousand men participated in the work of pillage. As there was only one foreigner in the town — L. C. Porter, head of the Tung-chow College, an American Mission Board institution — the plunderers showed no respect for life and property, and accomplished their work of ruin without fear of molestation. The property of the college and the life of Mr. Porter were at no time in danger.
    It is believed that the recent edict ordering the soldiers to cut off their queues was responsible for the outlawry.
    The Government in Peking is dispatching troops to quell the looters, and a clash with the outlaw soldiers seems inevitable.
    A detachment of Red Cross workers has gone to the scene.
    There are no signs that the affair had any political significance, and the trouble is apparently local in Tung-chow. All is quiet in Peking.
    President Yuan Shi-Kai and Dr. Sun Yat-Sen, the former Provisional President, took dinner together last evening, and later held a conference of several hours, during which the political situation was thoroughly discussed.
    After the conference the two gave out a statement asserting that they were in perfect accord on all important questions. Dr. Sun Yat-Sen said he believed that the execution of Gen. Chang Chen-wu, who was put to death for alleged complicity in a plot at Hankow against the Government, would not lead to trouble, and that the north and the south would work together harmoniously in the future.
    Dr. Sun believes that Yuan Shi-Kai is eminently fitted for the Presidency. On leaving the palace he said:
    "Yuan is a great man and is worthy of support."
    The Chinamen of the north are showing Dr. Sun Yat-Sen many attentions during his stay at the capital.