The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-09
Cartoon from Chinese paper. f"China now looks at the
world through the right end of the glass.

now contain the news of the court,
and are full Of interesting gossip.
about the prince regent. the Empress
Dowager and the highest officials.
Government Press Regulations.
Within the past few months the i'm
'perial government has been rather
strict as to the character of matter
going into the newspapers. Most of
tho Peking papers must be submitted
to the censors, and a bulletin of press
has been Issued, which
provides how newspapers may be es-
1tablisf1ed and low they must be car
ried on This bulletin lies before me
az / write. It provides that twenty
days before a newspaper is established
its name and policy and the names OF
the publishers, editors and printers
must be sent to the officials. and at the
same time a security amounting to $500
must be filed Herewith. All editors,
publishers and printers must be of sane
mind and over twenty years of age.
They must have never been punished
or imprisoned and must be in good
standing. All daily papers must be
submitted to the local censors before
midnight of the day previous to their
issue, and all corrections of misstate-
ments must be in the following issue.
There are many restrictions as to
the character Of the news to be pub.
tlished. The reports OF the proceedings
of closed trials arc prohibited, and all.
secret DEGREES must bekheld back until
they are officially issued. The articles
provide against the publication of any
thing which Is likely to destroy the
stability of the government or to lower
the standard of the living of tho peo-
pie. The fines for9the various %offenses
are fixed. and for some Imprisonment
not exceeding sis months is h pen,
atty. All papers may be suspended at
tho will of the government, and all
persons signing articles which are
published shall6be liable In the same
way as the editors. Altogether the
regulations are strict, but in a fast
changing country such as this nov ia
they are almost a necessity.
The Pelsing Gazette.
The old Peking Gazette has been
modified. It is now issued in a DIT
ferent form but it comes out regularly
and has {. wide circulation all over the
empire. This Is the oldest Journal IN
the world. 1t was being read by this
Chinese centuries before America was
,Vand it had been in exist
ence over 500 years when the Frank
fort Gazette. the first daily newspaper
OF our ctYlll1utloH' peSdH A'e P 1880
Until recently the PakinE Gazette
of wood, and printed OF double pages
! OF about the size and shapesof the old,
fashione patent drug store alInanacs
II then contained. as It does now, thu
imperiaI DEGREES. n gave = OIL
cial ew Of Picking. It recorded the
times when the Emperor went out &c
sacrifice at~8the#Tenlple of Heaven. anc
when His Imperial Majesty prayed ~
snow or rain, or. started the sprtns
blowing. ii gave the officials report!
from the provinces, and the sentences
Of slicins to death and other punish.
ments which were so CONNIE until the
new reGime6came IN. ~ u
The Peking Gazette Of to-day u
largely devoted to the modern move,
ments now going IN over. China. j
contains memorials relating to the
schools and the establishment Of con,
stitutional government IT Is full o.
edicts regarding h opium vii. an(
Of the importation OF .morphlns; am
foreign loans. IT contains nov ant
then a paragraphmco nse5ha 15a = an =
well as. some OF the dolngs Of the
rrinca Iessntsand hisSeabinet officials
LTD is more interesting than were ltht
%issnas Of the past, althoughttt ls stale
and steady and lacks the GOSSIP 81 tls
IA Womnn's Daily.
publishedsin Asia, IL not IN The World
Il ;ss,,n,i ~ d Woman In lPektlng. ~,
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