The Caucasian. (Clinton, N.C.) 188?-1913, 1909-10-21

pie along false lines- AZ leader he
held that the masses should be
thankful when the rulers robbed
them. and that the people should
have no redress. The world hez
produced others who followed in the
footsteps ov Confucius- But prob
ably none OF them were ever SO bold
az or SO reckless. Contrast the Life
OF Confucius with that ov our own
Washington. Father / cannot tell
lie. / cut down your cherry tree
with my little hatcnet." sed George
when a boy. Hiz straightforward
honesty hez had great influence
upon the lives oy the American peo-
pie regardless ov the fact that the
country hez produced a great many |
liars. Confucius would hev gotten |
around confesslng that he cut the
cherry tree somehow an he would
hev advised hiz countrymen TO do
| likewise.
For ages, an hit liz SO even yet,
awl that wuz necessary to make a
competent public othsial wuz the
ability to write guide essay on any
Subject. Something that Confuclus
sed wuz generally used az text.
The aspirant fer public honors, II ne
had the rite sort ov pull behind
him, might escape the work and wor-
ry ov even that. or he mite hire hit
done an present the paper az hlz
own production. Lying, deception
and fraud air at premium in
China Neither the method ov secur-
ing the offs nor the wise conduct oV
hit had anything to do with retaining
hit after the aspirant once landed.
The Emperor had unlimited power
and would not remove an ottice-hold-
er az long az he did not become Of
, fensive to him an they wuZ no one
else to remove him, SO otice-holdln'
Wuz generally lifetime business In
: China for those fortunate enuff to
land. l hope this article may induce
few ov our American politicians to
move to China and take a try.
During the past three or four
+ years the Chinese hev revised their
criminal code and the work IL not
1, yet complete. Up to this change they
had but few laws. II any person be-
came Objectionable they would cut
n their heads off, whether the crime
" wuz great or small, an in some cases
+ hit wuz not necessary to establish
p the guilt ov the offender, the fac,
p that he wuz Objectionable bein' am
o pie evidence that he wuZ guilty. But
g the new criminal code which wuz got
= ten up by the Hon. WI Ting Fang
!, former minister to the United States
n assisted by other prominent men
- will be different when hit goes int
" operation, for, while the laws hey
II bin changed, the Chinese air so SLOW
that hit may be five hundred years
h before a case may be tried under thu
n new code. The laws air short an
+ few in number, SO will Civ them il
# a brief way, so that awl may see how
~ the biggest an most populous coun
If try manages to get along with yer.
N little law:
II 1. Ling Chi, slow death by slicinl
i" to pieces hez been abolished.
q L
j. formerly exposed to the public afte
at execution. This has been abolished
If 3. Beheading of the corpse of
h criminal who died before time Sc
j. for execution is no longer permitted
"a 4. According to the old law, pal
"a ents and other relatives, even friend
g. of one convicted of serious crime
| tn 3rI To-
~ fined to the guilty party alone.
at 5. The branding Of criminals ha
az been abolished.
n Z. The torturing Of accused pei
ut sons during trial, except where tn
be accused is charged with murder, ha
ep been abolished. If there is stron
he reason to believe that a person Ia
re committed murder, though the ev
or dence may not be entirely clear, tn
in prisoner may be tortured with tn
es hope that he may confess, but in n
n ether cases.
he IL addition, the commission secul
|r- ed an imperial decree ordering til
n construction of more modern prison
hit aid compelling officials to treat pri
,f- CLers humanely.
its other laws, based upon the be!
nit English and American laws, will b
IS. scopted by the commission from tim
Id t.. time and this includes civil as we
n Ms criminal laws. All of which
ov proof that China IL beginnin' I
m wake up.
nd I hope to visit the Emperor al
n hev talk with him, an awlso hoI
Id to meet Col WI Ting Fang an othe
er prominent citizens before 1 writ
i'll again. They say, that the Emperor
IN nifty cranky about SEEM stranger
he But hev met the King ov Englan,
he tie Emperor of Germany, the Pres
sh der ce ov France, an the Gear of Ru
STA. I will shake hands with th
az Emperor ov China or tear down e.
N. cry "joss house in this heathe
n land. An he will talk to me, toe
Tel Az ever,
TN ZEKE BILKINS.