Scenes of Violence on Depart lable Cart Seized 1s Foreign Property Tsingtao (by mail) Mar. 1.
The five warships which have already sailed from here, for a.deation said to be Taku, are the Hua Ghia, the Cho Vu, the Yung] Hoiang, the Mai Chi and the Hail Chen. The cruiser Hai Chi leads the squadron. Three transports, the Yang Ising, the Cheng Lee and the Kwang Lee, fully loaded with troops og General Pi Shu-chen's Eighth Shantung Army, more recently! known as the 32nd Division, accompanied the warships. Whether or not Ge ral Pi Chou-chen has companied the squadron i doubtful.
Soldices Commander Everything Including the troops which entrained yesterday for Tsinanfu, whence they will go north along the Tsin-pu Railway to the battle front in Chihli, some 7,000 men. under the command of General Shu-chen have left the city for; the scene of the fighting. There! remain behind some 2,000 to 3,000 troops.
Scenes of violence accompanied the loading of the squadron yesterday. All varieties of carts and wheelbarrows were seized by the soldiery, regardless of ownership, and many' foreign-owned vehicles fall into the! hands of the Fengtien soldiers. In some instances cargo, being trans: ported to waiting steamers, was un-[ceremoniously dumped, and steamers were unnecessarily delayed till ad. equate measures were taken to put the shipments on board.
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