Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1845-12-04
BURLINGTON IOWA. DECEMBER 4, 1916.

AS tttclT tdticE anu SDFGTtlgu. lie may
take either or all from anv Of them by an
arbitrary stroke Of his ermillion pencil.
His power knows no checks, or balances.
or bounds. He is besides to his people.
the representative and vice-roy of the
A mighty The head of the religion-the
son Of heaven, in immediate conmunica
ton with the Supreme, and the only be-
ing authorized 10 hold such commnnica-
ton. All religious 0bservances and rites.
as well as municipal laws. derive ,h.ir
sanctions and obligations from him. In
short, he is invested with every attribute
that unlimited power can extorl from
the fear and ignorance Of subject mill
mos.
His vast empire. for the purpose Of
government. is divided into great provin-
ceS. A, the head Of each Of these is
high officer, responsible Immediately 10
him for It's order and good government.
Each province is again subdivlded into
districts. districts into towns. villages aud
hundreds Each of these subdivisions
has ts proper head, who is responsible TO
its immediate superior. In case of crime.
q, even accident. punishment IS made TO
fall ~, only on the guilty themselves. bu,
on those whose duty i! was to detect or
prevent IL For a serious crime or distur
bance not only the guilty themselves but
the head of the whole town in which it
took place and the district in which the
town lies and of the province in which
The district is included are punished in
various degrees. The blew from the
Emperor is fell throughout, the whole
| chain:
Chinese Policy.
| On some occasion, when there was
unusual excitement among The people at
Canton. large mob surrounded in the
evening the foreign factories An Amer
lean, who had been out on the river. was
obliged TO make his way through the
crowl to reach his home. On getting
into his Hong as they call each mer-
chants residence he found that he had
been robbed of his watch. When, or by
whom ii was taken among ,ha, crowd o.
Chinese : all being dressed alike, all
looking alike and closely packed together
in the dark, no one of whom he had ever
before seen. or would probably see again
of course he could not tell. All that hs
could say was, ii had been taken by some
one among the hundreds jammed togethe
in The square The problIly of recover
ing it was very remote. but he made hi:
complaint 10 the proper Chinese function
ary. and stated the case. The Mandarin
told him that in So many DAYS lie shoult
have his watch. That very day all I'M
police officers in tina, par, of Canton, II
The number of one or TWO hundred. wer,
seized upon and imprisoned. One o
them was brought before the Mandarin
and The robbery stated 10 him, aud he " a
Informed that he must find that watch
and bring il back and thai all his com
rades would remain in jail until he did
Each one Of he poor fellows thus confin
ed had family dependant on him 70
support. and friends and relations Interest
ed in his release All these at once be
came most active in their exerinHs {,
discover the Ralch aud set free the prison
ers. Their friends and their friend.
friends wereelnerested; the army of pa
lice officers, increased geomeirically. =
The whole people became thief takers
and at The of end three days the watch wa
, found, in an obscure hu, in the counlry
! twenty miles from Canton, and restore
to It's owner. In other cases, Of theft,
similar. though harsher course, is some
5 times pursued, but the result is general
: | mo discovery IF The thief and restoration
of the goods. If theft takes place in
house, on complaint to Mandarin, a
the servants are arrested and taken befor
him, and both the guilty and innoceI
! bambooed, ill the really g.il.y at la
! confesses. The Chinese code, both civ
e and criminal is immensely voluminou
!! and detailed There is apparently notl
r ing which can be done or suffered that
/. not provided for.