The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-10-24
CHINESE JUDGES HUNT IDEAS
HERE To LOON OVER orr wars
or TIRE Ting CRIMINALS.
china Has Only -Four Modern Prisons
GRADUALLY Limiting the Crim~- Tor
which DecapltAtiOn o. the Penalty
Demand for american Trained Men.

week viii make ala Inspection uf SONS
= Of the city and state renal and reform
/ institutions. The Swo Justices were mem
hers at the Chinese delega tion to tho re-.
? cent international Prison Congress m
Washington. but not being able 20 got ~
this country IN time for the tour ON which
; the other visiting delegates were taken
they have hern looking about for them
selves ever since the congress- closed
Tn" two Justices are Iifuug Ahlo and
kingpn King and they are accom-
panied NV Il u Shar and Wang ~
IoOng Justice Ahlo speaks English
without IN" slightest trace - accent
lie j. a graduate - timhridg" TGl,"r-
sIty and - only 81 years ~ age Justice
King - a graduate uf Kings College
London. and - apparently about the same
agr Mr. Shae IL "A Cornell man Judging
from the names one might think that
tire" of the party az least are not chi
nese. but they are. though they say they
are known To the tnRl-hmen and Amer
cans in China not by their family names.
but by their last names. which - quite y
different thing
I We have been visiting the prisons and
reform institutions in Baltimore and
/ Philadelphia said Justice Ahlo yes'er-
day AZ the Manhattan In the latter
city We went through the Eastern Peui-
Tertiary. the House uf detention tho
House Of Refuge for BOYS and the nun ici-
/ pal courts In Baltimore we took IA the
: Maryland State Pcni;-nIiary ". expect
20 study he EImirn Reforma'orv then
Auburn and Sing sing prisons and tho
/ penal institutions ~ Now York city
/ Then We shall go to Europe after about
a ..
/ then"
We were able 10 Crn'ras, tho prison
-vs'ems ~ Baltimore and Philadslphil
because in baltimore they have tho fixed
sentence. while IN Philaieluhia they have
tho lndetoTnlnafr sentence Personally
! nm m favor ~ tho lndatornina'' ,0u-
tsnc" hut our own prison administration
] i A. vet only m - infancy and such q
svs'orn of punIshn"nf could not ha pu'
into practice IN china Tor -on" year. 'n
com.
We were much struck with 'ha treat
m.n' Of the prisoners whuh - vcrv
human" and tends 90 d""olpu tho boat
that lies in u criminal Ia Ihlaielphia
we W"r" much impress - With the cheerful
avpearanc" ~ IN" rri-or"r- They
seemed 10 be- Quite rsCpn"ilsi 20 thcir
lo' and all had the highest y nrdS Tor 'he
warden
The CONTRACT labor -v-'a'n which 90.
tain= in kalflmDre seems 'o noad a. IDEALLY
hone~' administration ~ max" II really
practicable There - 49, much room GOV
collusion. and on that account any Dua
who ~ ACQUAINTED with conditions m
china would not adVi-.. that such a system
he adopts,l there In the tDuniriril
courts 81 phlladephla No were much M
pressed With tho dignity ~ tho pro'.iur"
In thina "a" hav" today only four
prisons that ar" conducted on modern
lines They are ha-.Al uEOn IN" Jarauo-o
system OIt-id" - these the old PRISON
met hpds ar" in vogue PRISON reform D.
extensive work B.sIdss 80 iuaA. - ..fn".
tive requires uo' only men Who have. @
high standard Of educatIon bat Who ha,e
had training aud "yu"rence In such wOr.
In" latter requisite l. very uIfiCgl' ~
satisfy
-OnN ~ those modem prisons 10 fr
Mukden. another j. ln 1icu'-iu auurh.-
in Hankow and the fourth In canton
That in Ti"nt-ln j. ~. oldest Comet
ms with II - a reforpatDrv which con
faIn- about 7pl inmates while the prison
it-.N holds about CO.
We used 80 have m China 40 many
offences that uude- the laN Rer" punish
ahle Nv d"cIpita'iun that -" found tha-
while the system removed lot - undo
sirahl. pc--pns from Dpm'nuuit. ~
the same time - DID not work a. q deter .
r"rr - Grim" Furth"rmnre w. had
com" 20 recCguIZ. thai Determination
except for murder Nv 10" very far' II
'aNing life meant decreasing the asset.
~ the nation "" have now limited
d"oaplfail"n "a pun -hW"1' 20 'uur-
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aug ,,"hHi'rH,E aE''h'' -" '"N"fnin"ni
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