New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1900-04-08

IN al tn scholastic institutions % the enpire
Al he time Rhen logging was abolished in the
army and IN the navy, owing 70 the abominable
cruelty with which It was attended, the au-
th0rities IL Germany. as well in England,
snd for that matter II all the civilized coun-
;-sss u Europe. were compelled by popular sen
ttrnent TO forbid the corporal punishment Of
pupils II ne various colleges and schools This
vas ca--ying q much needed reform TO i'm
polite extreme. and Tie German Government,
which il educational matters stands IN the
front rank Of he great Powers has ultimately
become convinced Of the necessity Of re-es1ab-
fishing bi-1hing and Gaming in al scholastic in
sti-7Itions subject TO it's control A decree 10
tins eject has Just been issued Al Berlin by the
new Mniste- Of Public Instruction. and n the
words Of he masters and school teachers by
whom this new move has been hailed with de-
Ight the halplest results may be anticipated
therefr0u-
E0W IT Is DONE II GERMAN PRISONS
White Jogging has been until now abolished
Il German schools. i mas. however. been quietly
retained Is q means Of German prison dis
l.pline fact which is demonstrated IN The
Manual FIR Directors II Prisons" issued by Herr
Krohn- warden q one of the principal peniten-
Lar-es OF The empire The maximum number
Of strokes permitted 10 be inflicted at any one
flg2-HE varies according % he State. Thus in
te Grand Duehles OF HeeEeuherg- Schwerin
a-1 llaeunurg the maximum is lxed AZ TWEEN
ty-dTe- ia -he KINGDOM Ut Prussia al sixty and
81 the kingdom NJ -aEony AZ thirty. The author
does 1or explain whether the readers are to
Infer from This Disparity Of figures that the hide
Of a Pruss-a- is 100 per cent thicker than that
Of d Saxon The regulation cat is composed
Of q hand -l-r-y-seven inches long and ten
Hather thongs. each forty inches in length.
Herr krghn adds The skin must De broken
a The firth l.1W- and the succeeding blows
should widen Tie break n such a manner as
10 leave -ha entire back raw by the time the
asr blow has been applied. The victim takes
rs punishru-l- IN g recumbent position being
strapped down by the hands and feet to a
wooden bench" The official records quoted by
Director k-anu give the average number OF
Aoggings year in German prisons at about
one hundred and thirty.
Officially Speaking The 'Bnout' has been aboI-
isheo II Russia. and the days when judges con
csmneo men 90 BE- logged almost 10 death are
things OF the past But for all that il Is ex-
sggeratiou 10 assert that the "knout" has dis
appeared from Russian life. It is still in ex
-sience. and strange 10 relate. by the wish of
lhe peop.- themselves. The Russian peasant
besides being subject 70 the laws Of the Gov
eminent has likewise TO fulfil his obligations
70 iAe M" ar Village commune. 10 which he
belongs, each commune being d little republic
o. rs oWr whereof the elders WELD a species
q e1ecut-Ee power A decree Of the elders con
1Fned by vote Of the commune at once re
celFes ulass-e-iai sanction. and Is sufficient TO
eonsign al offender to prison or even TO de
iaEi41iun 90 siberia The guilty one is fire.
saeltly permitted by the communal authorities
10 ehoose an alternative penalty sound
1osslng Wl-l the "knoUJ-' administered not by
he police. but by TWO Of his brawny fellow
-oljks TINS mode Of punishment always ap-
pears more satisfactory To all concerned. even
10 he ofeacer -aan Imprisonment or depor-
-@-oH and is tolerated by the Imperial Gov
eminent CD -a@ ground Of economy.