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V I x 3 W&&4 t-BtU-A 'J$Bm m Chins i nn slsilute immnrchy but I the emperor spends his lllo Insldo the leslel wall of the torhlJden Cnty and not nne Oilnamnn In a hundred thou and ever looks upon the Imierlnl fife Agslu In spite of the absolute chir scter ot the monsrclry there Is oc rordlnit to the Lhlneie Isw a body cslled the Tu eh a yuen or lioird of rubllc censors which Is Independent of the supreme government and theo rellcall) nt lemt higher In authority Theoretically stain the supreme dl reetlun nf thn affairs of the empire Is vested in the Chun thl Ch u other le known as the privy or grand coiinrll The practical admlnlstr tlnn of the laws Is undir thn charge of the Nel Vn or cabinet, body which ooniliti of four members two China ueu anl two Tarlars with the nislst-Bnee nislst-Bnee of two members of the tlreat Col-lite Col-lite nf CiiDfurlus whose duty It Is lo t that coining Is dono by thn cil met whim Is not In strict accordance with I h aacrcl books Under the cabinet again arc seven boards of administrators path of which Is pro tiled oi er by a Chinaman and a Tartar Jointly These boards h(o the work of Roi eminent dhldeil among them as follows I The board of rlll ap polntmenla which has charge ot all the ilvll omrira In the empire : Thn loarl ot retinues which has charge of all financial matters 3 The Ixiird of rites and ren monies wl "i has eharg" ot rnforclnt tbe laws an i customs of the empire i he military board o Thn hoard n public works C Thn board of criminal Jurisdiction 7 Thn admiralty board which makes Us htad quarters at Tien Tain Kqtial In authority au-thority with these Is the hoard of foreign for-eign affairs or Taung 1 ainen which treasurer tho siibenmmlsitoner and tho literary ehanecllor Kach province U divided Into detriments ruled by I refects and eae h department Into ills trlrts with a district ruler mer each Kach town and village has also Its separate guverntncul with a complete set of oniclals su that thn omeehol ling class In China Is Isrge nnd tttreuuly Influential The gradations ot rank among Chinese olllelaU are clearly deltnel nnd lath man Is directly responsible only to his Immediate suntlor Thus the village gnvr.uor tcporls tu the dls trtrt ruler, nnd he In turn to the gov ernor of the department Tho de partmentnl got ernor rcporti to thn governor general of the province who may rcmovo him nt will or eteu cut ot his head The whole admlnlttra Hon therefore hinges on thn eighteen prntlnclsl got ernor generals or vln rots and those positions are In the greatest dimnnd A village offlilnt who wlshea to keep hla place finds It a good plan In make Inrgn gilts to tho district ruler, snd therefore levies largo laies on tho people The district ml er finds It good policy to hand over moat of what he gels In this wsy to tho departmental chief and tbe latter ass es It on lo tho governor general of tho protlnee To bo appointed got ernor guierul of n Chlnetn province Is there torn equivalent to n ijllt of a large fortune the amount depending only on lh nvarlco of tho viceroy In power A wlso Chlmman greatly prefers lo servo his country as n provincial governor generll or tlceroy than as member of the grand or privy round I thn perquisites per-quisites of which positions are small This form of administration makes It clear why the body of Lhlneie officials "" visw er jus en i or vsu hat nt numbers all tho members ot the grand or privy council As for the mysterious emperor, he si ends his llfu In the forbidden City, Into tho central portion ot which no man mny enter Thcro ho lives, sur rounded by tha members of his harem nnd by tho enormous number of from , 1 000 to 10,000 slates Masslvo walls ! and tha oven more formldnhlo barriers ot Oriental etiquette shut him off en tlrely from tho rest of tho world When on rare occasions ho roes out to wor- ship at ono ot tho temples or to visit one of the palaces In tho vicinity tho streets along which ho and his retinue will pass nro cleared and freshly paved whllo tho houses and other buildings along tho lino Tiro barricaded and tbe fronts covered with hugo mats, so that no vulgar eye may look upon the gnat lord ot the sun as bo Is carried along m Till rOtlKJK COKCIUlOTf IM HCXTUM H INTHIUOR OK Till: rOIlllIDUCN CITV. KIOSK ON IMPRHIAL LAKIi, I'UKINQ H In a rosgnlOcent sedan chair. Only once In a number ot years, when the emperor goes out Into tho country, where It Is practically impossible to barricade all the roads, does the average aver-age Chinaman hare an opportunity to get even a gllmpjo ot bis Imporlal master. There Is no law of hereditary sue cession to tho Chinese thrnn It being left to each emperor to appoint his own successor from among tho younger generation of tho Imperial family As tho emperor commonly has u number o' wives nnd children the practice opens opportunity for an endless amount of Intrigue and chlconcry The manner, Ini which the present emperor Tsnlt'len, camo to tho throno la an ex ample In point The whole Chinese empire Is divided Into eighteen provinces, each ruled by a governor-general, who Is responsible directly to the emperor for the entire administration, political, Judicial, military, mili-tary, and financial Each govornor general is assisted by a council and by a number of minor oRlclal. such as the Is the most corrupt anJ unscrupulous In the world |