Show E THE HE OFFICE liE H b fo t W n ot of the funniest of oc O 2 hire I is Chine U it It were not t to 0 bf be fraught with cc 00 riOU arloua pu tl r wu the of 1 C i a 1 lIt sate te iii by tM be dl I Iu IJ u J Ily during durin tb the W centuries ab It a To atad bow ovum w and It Itu u must lit rem that t then tn en nil la II the o visible at between bet the people lM na the rt Being But to 10 aulet him In the details of government and probably to advise and hll Is do de 1 once t s emperor hu has a tabI ot of tour four chief mandarins of the empire KM and an n napt apt are silt D i i II t I 1 j 2 I rl fw Pa Y r rt ri J t r I i I 7 r I I if l r SI 4 1 I 1 I I Fc 10 f 0 la If f 1111 body at PekIng to the II yamen calling upon It to 10 suppress th the Boxers thrice l O turbulent rebels rebell who have com oom so III outrages upon the Christian of ni This the tsung Ii yamen gravely promised to do and thin after assuring AI AA their brother from foreign parts ot of their most con and by the hn piled threats ot of th the recall ot of the lega legation lion tion guards It thy they did not comply turned about It If current account are at i reliable and assisted the rebel rabell to the theu u extent ot of their ability Now th the teung ll yamen or central foreign office cube is Ie one of Ute the latest In InI r I of th the ChineN to 10 t In InvolvIng the hated foreigner r Inez Inex In the ot of red tsp tIM and tough uh less than 40 yon have I yawed since Inre It w was established It rep represents p resents mote more than any other body the n n f p H ee U l lr r J I IN TIrE TIIE CHINESE FOREIGN F AT PEKING Is no bO board nl or of om under this m iRis u an AJ t tIt It ft is made up p or of the heads ot of departments The source or of ot of cou course Is this he emperor n who Is supposed to to reo straight from hv A body from tom these II ia that known knoWlt a a the board ot of censers a Sort of secret detective bureau which has hal nil all over the empire and brings Its Ita Victims to the liar bar ot of JustiN Justlee by methods method In VOile vogue during the times ot of the im again rala the empire le I Into 11 provinces euh h one being rov rd by a viceroy sad 4 staff lan ot of asell 11 ant mandarins sad aad the towns and vil It II have their own wn C AS head la I for tor his hll own actions and nd at t the lile same me time held strictly notly to account It if things do not go 10 In ana with tile the desrea It will willbe III be seen how l loose are the tI tree that bend them together slid yet tt how arbitrary and the Jt It a any trouble w like ilk the recent Inc Ing r In any town or elt city the he ho 10 hoal oal al blame It on tb the govern c vern on they In turn 1 pas It up to the A r 1 e s nA and they Ibey though at the risk of losing their posItions anti and their heads refer reter It to 10 the Il ya yamen men which generally t of oC I It by bythe the process as already mentioned ThIs supreme repository ot of red tape lape represents our depart department ment ot of state but consists of from 8 to 10 fl 11 men taken from the boards board and grand rand council who ho get together and air their L It If a request Is proffered the they at ones set t about to rind out how they cannot grant U It and If II a foreign diplomat seeks an audience to 10 avoid kowtowing to the IIII emperor he Is I usually badgered out of his hili wits willS and made to 10 feel that he le II fortunate to e with his honor In Intact Intact tact In the tsung 11 yamen is II a abolt bolt Iott ot of b butler devised by t the astute to stand between the sacred person ot of the tho emperor and the outside barbarians and to mitigate the el elof of oC contact With the Indignant ye re of oC the powers to 10 the tho wily empress dowdier dowager has availed avalle l ot of It to formulate and put In n effect h hf a ch against aU alt and nd to promote that p policy of at evasion ealon which Jas u alwa always been characteristic of oC Chi nose diplomacy FREDERICI A ODEn It |