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Show i C h a q o n ? Curious Resolutions o! (? ir. $ me force of 30,000 on j Psiiceman. t Duty at pekin. 5 lii rostumo n Chlticsa policeman Is something between n circus clown and it football player His breeches are alwaya baggy, and ory well wadded no clumsy )ou wonder bow ho gets around In them, particularly when, at Is often the case, ho wears n coat, nlso thick nnd clumny, coming wot! below tho knees Dark bluo It tho prevailing color, act off with bands nnd facings ot lighter blue, red, grocn, maroon and brown, but never yollow. That It the sacred or royal hue, permitted per-mitted to nobody below tho rank ot a viceroy tn the treaty porta, that Is to say, those open to foreign Influence and ijJt-J. 11 ' Mlnn poltca" f oreail1 laralr g mada up of Sikhs from northern In- ilia. Tho rc-uon, perhaps, Is that tho Chinese tbcmscltos nro eisentlally tin-warlike; tin-warlike; they have n proverb to tho effect that "no good man Is ovor a soldier." As men In the pay of the Chinese government, whether natlvs or not, they have taken nn active part In tho present trouble In China. Tho police rank officially aa gendarmerie, gendar-merie, In Pckln the head of them Is always n Manchu I'ollcemen muni bo plcntler than blackberries In the Chinese Chi-nese capital. Tho sacred or Imperlnl walled city keeps between IE COO and 20,000 of them This walled city It two miles square, with two great gates In each wall-face, halt a mile from tbo corners, and a mtlo from each other. Ilroad atrccta stretch straight from ono to another, thus cutting tho space Inside Into a big nlno-block 1'ollce stations are ucattcred all along tho nine squares, especially around their outer edges, which faco upon the possway Inilde tho wall Tho head of the police has charge ot all tho olty gates. They nro nine In number slnco tho side next thn palaco proper has an extra gate. In the exact middle ot the two-mllo wall, Po'lco-men Po'lco-men In tlili the Tartar City belong to what It known at the Klcht Ilanner Corpt. They do not carry arms, not even in much aa tho baton of a civilized civil-ized officer, but keep snorda, spent, guns and cutlasses in racka at the stations, sta-tions, and mnko a rush for thorn when they hear tho algnal gun This Is fired by an officer whose special chargo It Is, clthor upon orders or If In his own Judgment It Is necessary Tho penalty for firing It nt tho wrong time Is severe It may bo degradation and banishment or strangulation. Upon parades nnd reviews the policemen po-licemen are always armed, especially If forclcn devils aro to witness the revlow or tha parade The weapons ara curious looking, but wicked In tho extreme the three hooked spears they all carry In particular raako Jagged and ghastly wouuda nealdes the 20,-000 20,-000 within tha wall. 1'okln maintains a forcn of 14 000 with which to regulate regu-late affairs In tho outer city. They are under command ot the same general officer and governed by tbo simo regulations, regu-lations, though there aro variations arising from the difference of situation, situa-tion, Men and officers alike furnish their own uniforms, but aro nrmed by tho state, and receive a monthly rlco allowance tn addition to their pay. Tho chief gets n fair salary, but the ptnen'iin4,"ntiordtnateoniccnP,-'nro mcagorly' paid. Notwithstanding they mako and save money enough to retire re-tire Atcr mnderato terms of service. "Inflijnro" In tho shape of cold cash stands tho prisoner's friend In China oven moro than anywhere else In the world In fact, but for tho "preacnta" tho force Is allowed to nqiiceza out of forelgnera nnd natives alike, thcro might bo difficulty In getting men for the service, oven though humanity hu-manity Is cheaper than dirt-cheap all over tho Celestial cmplro. Now York Bun. |