, 1875-01-02

will mako no difference whateycr ju tho
natural order Of things Such Is tho Spanish
Succession.
THE NosT IGNORANT PEOPLE IN Eu-
HOPE"
Under this caption, Sl,nrloyow the Sophist
treats, in the Times, with his usual superb
ciality, a subject which, rs usual, be does not
understand. lie uses most Of d column Of
space in m attempt to show that "tho Ger
nans arc tho most ignorant people in Europe"
and that tho proportion of children attending
schools in this country is rs great rs it a in
Germany and probably greater. THO solo
proof lie submits to maintain lis first point is
O quotation from BUCKLE.
BUCKLE wrote a quarter Of century ago
At that time, the present German Empire was
in the hands Of kinglets, Princelings, md
Dulsclings, who cared nothing for the poop1e
and everything for themselves. Germany
was the sick man Of Christian Europe, bud
gered aud baited by her neighbors and raeked
by internal tissousion, The change in her
condition which has made her tho strongest
nation in Europe is duo to the change, during
this quaster.century, in popular education.
No sketch Of her intellectual condition il
1850 is true in 1876, any more than q sketch
Of her political condition then would bo truo
now. If snarleyow's reading only ez-
tends no later tlan 1870. he Ind hottor
cease making himself ridicu,ous bv
trying to teach people in 1875
Moreover, Buckle is a notor;o,,slv unsafe
guido. lie started to write his book viii, n
cast-iron theory. and fitted his facts to H.
FTis f;xto,-, ,nearb1oo ,ovo1 T., -,.,,, o+,,o,
11 o'".A
.i'inss oestaes interest. ao nas had no stand
ing IN Eng!anu sanco 6T1RL1Na, IN the intro
duction to his edition of ScHwEoLEn'a USSto7-v
af phiYhsoD5n. r;ddfnf1 hin, wifi, sot;ro o,d
t.t a s H.. .l, :,
taS''' "@>. 1n'ao A4A4 ie1nen1ocleu only ~ tae
man whom tile amusing brtons call the
foremost thinker of the age +" and atultify
themselves l,v do;np so r. UNA Rrcuep >,ba
.-ouo III, !. 49, ~, ~ 1A .,I VIZ -,
B"Fo MI ta " 1no "onolous tAeoFJ tuat all
tns woes OF Ireland were due to tho
e"1.l'asioA u ne po'ato1 1ue Germany OF
To-Day 10 andoao'eelly the best educated ma
.'on Of Europe IL o'ertnrew Austria IN
1of'y oa5s' ana conquered franco IN few
MOUTHS oouollng nef up ana crushing hor
Will esEf''' ~ S'rsue OF INC 1aes OF superior
eoacaeon anu eenorai lntolhgehce. contenl-
poFafy 'est1monS' somowhat more valuable
tnan tno musty Ife)od1eea OF 1soo, Is not
"antlnt 70 estaoilSh our statement.
Nv 'ne neeun8 OF tne etate Ieaehers
Assoc1atlon In tns city on wednesday, DR..
.. A. ua9ooRs, OF the Illinois industrial
University, feaa papor on the "Public
schools OF fruss'a, which contained the fol-
loving passages:
=, @ ha dha' ah .os .ns proaa
provide oroaoh sy.ern Of pub,io ins,r,ct,on ,ndo.
tho direct care and control os tbs civil Government,
And Prussia one Of she hsst Of tho German state5 10
pagno eenoo nas won sepuaaoa Tor tho
Froneh ste.msn tbsmsalyes asy hat - w. n. n-,,,
sian schools which beat France, .nd they haye been
urging France to the sans proesssts Of public eduea-
un ~ ts o1y sos eaas o. restoring T1at they
na,iou,. ''~' @''' -
So much for the first preposterous state,
ment TINT tha Germana ara tha e n,oat
ignorant peoplo in Enronon, Tia sacona
stntement. Tint the nronort,on ~ cbi,dro,
attending scbeo, hora il "a oreot M u !. in
Gern,anv. and nrohoblv praator il acoroo1v
laaa nntno Tha norvlot;on -, nnxno.,, !,
tho same "a ours. tha n,,,rhor ~ rar,,oo ~
chi,dran nj pchoo, should +haroforo h. ~
~,..o r. :. 1.
b.ea'e.' ~ .s' Ao"oses' A@' Bte"es' LII
1etl, o,luotoou Gefnah boys anu girls were
in the public schools, The number Is now
fraater, mt only heonuao tba r,,nufot;o, h,s
:,;1 IT,. ,' y, 1't<'
.t4es S'A8ea' DA3 ooo7uao tao hcnoo1hJsteM IL
better arranged aud attendance ia more
strictly enforced. Tbs United States Com.