Show QUEER CHINESE REPUBLIC Hitherto Unknown Territory Discovered Discovered Discovered ered in the Far East St Petersburg Cor Car N Y Times An account is published in the Bourse Gazette of ot a hitherto unknown Chinese republic in Russian territory in the far east on the Iman river be bo between between tween Bialy and ana an a barren from country not far from Vladivostok The republic which has escaped the atten attention attention attention tion of ot the Russian administration and has made a set of laws of ot its own is la called the republic of or Iman One of the paragraphs of ot its laws called the first law lav of ot the Turkey Red Fustian contains the constitution and rules of ol conduct as follows These are the laws approved ap roved by the tha Celestial Chinese government Tun for tor the valley of ot the River Iman and the surrounding country Brothers we have taken the oath in inthe Inthe inthe the sight to govern sovern the Iman valley alley and its neighborhood the Chi Chinese nese citizen brothers and the helots as well as the guests and tho the newcomers newcom rs among us according to law and justice and all an violations of our statutes will be bo punished without the slightest clemency in accordance with the following rules Gambling card playing keeping bank etc are permitted only one month In the year from Nov 15 to Dec 15 These guilty of ot violating this rule are punished by a fine of net of ot their movable property and a fat pig and twenty blows with a stick this punishment affects only gamblers who have not the right to gamble not being registered in the list of ot Cross Brothers The bank keeper the thO house owner and the gambling clerk are equally subject to punishment If It any an of our subjects steals sable skins from house or relieves tho the set traps of ot others of this valuable animal or takes It from Mothers grounds he is punished by burial alive Whoever steals the precious ginseng root is put to death leath by drowning with without without without out any exercise of ot mercy Whoever steals st als is bu burled buried burled ried alive without clemency clemenc Guests have havo the right to three thre days free freo board and lodging at every house housein in the republic After this term expires ex expires expires pires they must pay 40 kopeks pox per PC day for food and if it they the happen happ n to arrive in the course courso of ot the tIle celebration of the Chinese New Year they must contrib contribute contribute contribute ute 15 rubles for the said celebration Everybody Is obliged to keep a l watchdog at his house If It he has lias none he must borrow one from his neighbor and if such a dog dies the neighbor has no right to claim lalm It back For violation viola vlola violation tion Hon of this law aw one is punishable by I forty blows with the stick If It any workmen or guests are seen to fraternize according to the tho mysterious rious rites of ot the Cross Brotherhood and the landlord does not report such fraternization to the authorities he Is fined OO of or movable while the guilty ones receive twenty blows blos with the stick each Old debts may be collected from the natives but loans in general are hereafter he forbidden In the forests and In the mountains no debts what whatsoever whatsoever whatsoever can be courted collected ed on the Iman river debts can be lie collected but not indoors The punishment ment for dunning Is of movable property twenty blows and a fat pig Citizens of ot the republic who do tot not announce the approach of a Russian are put to death on the spot |