The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1900-12-03


about freely. A good many shops are
open, and there is every sign of conf
dence in the administration. These are
the only two quarters n which beggars
are to be found. The French and Ital-
| ian quarters are not large or varied
enough to admit of generalization
| The French quarter is waste of roof
less and unoccupied houses or rem
nants of walls The italian is a small
| quarter on the western side Of the Tar
| tar City, carved out of the japanese
| quarter, and l must make the confess
sion that, while I have ridden about
| the city by the hour from end to end,
| have never so much as noticed the
italian quarter, and only became aware
| of it's existence by seeing it marked out
| upon an excellent may of Picking which
| is kept by Coloney Shiba, commandant
of the Japanese quarter. The Japanese
regard themselves as having generous
| ly made present of this section to TIA
| ly.
l paid a visit to Colonel Shiba in Or
der to ascertain by what methods the
Japanese had achieved results which
are so striking. To any one who knows
Picking / need only say that in the opin-
ion of its permanent residents, both Eu-
ropean and Chinese, much of the jan
anese quarter Is already restored to the
same condition externally as before the
troubles The Hata-men road, the
main artery running north and south
through the eastern half of the Tartar
City, was formerly about the busiest
thoroughfare in Picking, especially
about the spot where the road crosses
at right angles Gas nearly all roads do
cross in Peking) to the Use or
Tung-chow gate. From Tung-chow, on
the Peiho river, comes the merchan-
disc brought up from the coast by
junks. 1t was from this cause partly,
If not chiefly, that the Pekinese CEN
tered their busiest mart at the cross
ing of the Tung- chow and Hata-men
roads. The broad roadway itself, or
rather, the avenues running on each
side of and below the level of the road,
may best be described as forty Earring
ton streets on Saturday night rolled
into one with the addition of a good
deal more noise and activity This Is
as it used to be, and it Is so again.
But whereas this lively scene was to be
witnessed along almost the whole
length of the Hata-men road, it now
stops short at the very point where for
merly the scene was at its height.
South of the junction of the Hata-men
and Tung-chow roads is under Rus
sian jurisdiction, and to step across
this boundary is to go from hustle and
vivacity to deadly quiet, from Earring
ton road to a deserted street of half
empty houses on the confines of reno
test Dulwich.
what is the cause of this differ
ence?" / asked Colonel Shiba.
II suppose he replied, sit is because
we make it a strict rule to pay the
market price for whatever we want"
1.-THE Chinese is a reasonable being,
and he prefers taking his goods where
he can get q price for them to taking
them where they are likely to be appro-
priated for nothing"
II do not know" said Colonel Shiba,
cautiously, what the Russian practice
may be, but we are most careful to
prohibit any unfairness.
But there must be something more
than that?"
mo doubt our system of legal ad-
encourages them
l asked for details of the administra- |
tive system, and it's completeness and |
of arrangement surprised |
me, Notwithstanding the fact that care |
fulness and completeness are the dis |
features of Japanese policy, |
whether at home or abroad. 1 cannot |
give all the details, but a bare outline |
will indicate the lines upon which the |
administration of the Japanese quarter
is conducted.
The Japanese quarter includes the
whole of the northern part of the Tar
tar Sity and half of the western. AL
together it embraces five of its nine
gates. The quarter is divided into
three sections, and in each section is
building which is at once a town hall,
county court, police court and police
station combined. Colonel Shiba, in
the central station, near the Drum
Tower of Picking, is the responsible
head. In each station is held a daily |
court The magistrate is a trustwor-
thy Chinese of high rank, who has held /
office in a Chinese court and is famil- |
lar with Chinese legal usage. He has
japanese assessors and there are Jap
anses interpreters The hearing of ev-
idence is conducted in Chinese. At
tached to each station also are one 7
hundred Chinese police and a sufficient I
number of Jananese gendarmes. The
Japanese gendarmes have to watch not
only the populace, but also the Chinese
police.
When charge is made against a
Chinese he is brought before the court,
and If the case is difficult one the
Judge, with his assessors, reports to
headquarters, stating at the same time
what would be the Chinese practice and
making a recommendation, after the
style of the memorials of Chinese
governors. If it Is found proved that
the prisoner has distinguished himself
1y activity as a Boxer, the capital SEN
tence Is pronounced upon him. He Is
aiken to crossroad and exposed to the
public gaze for two days, and is then
in public by a Chinese execu-
Toner. Twenty such executions have
taken place during the fortnight or
more in which the system has been at