New-York tribune., 1905-04-18

The police cf Berlin can sympathize with Com
missioner NeAdoo in his troubles over the regu-
l0tiOn of traffic They seem to have Justice
Gayn0r n Berlin. although that Is one OF the
last places IN tie world ia which we should eX-
pect TO iud such champion Of liberty ana the
right OF the citizen against the police The
Bprliner is supposed 10 be as timid as any
mouse in dealing with police authorities. The
German Is taught 10 respect the powers that
be. ana when he hears an official word Of com
mand 10 obey IT, He has not the American
trick Of doing what lac pleases, law or no law.
Nevertheless. he sometimes gets notion that
be has some rights and dares maintain them.
The German Sport Society wanted 10 estab-
lsh a fashionable drive IN Berlin where the
exclusive set could display itself 10 itself I'M
abashed by the thTOng Of butcher carts and
bakery wagons Ii chose the Sieges- Alice
Thiergarten. for the purpose. For time the
parade bowled along grandly under the protec-
ton Of the police who sternly turned away all
curious tradesmen and delivery boys who vent
ured 10 intrnde upon the procession. But the
tradesmen and delivery boys said that they had
as much right IN the Thiergarten as anybody
else and they went 10 court about it, The
judges, without exception, decided IN favor Of
the intruders on the domain Of fashion and
against the guardians of exclusiy eness. So after
q tine the police gave ND their attempts TO regu-
late the parade, ana the handsome eqiipages
Of the members OF the sport society have been
mingled IN the ThieTGaTten with grocery wagons
and other plebean vehicles until society has
begun % feel itself ridiculous as part Of such a
show and has given mp its attempt TO make it's
afternoon exercise a social function. The
grocery boys rule the Sieges-AIlee, for those
whom they came 10 see and jOstle have forsaken
L. There IS not even show for them 10 see.
They have killed their goose of the golden egg.
Commissioner McAdOo has not attempted 60
reserve any street for the ends OF fashion or to
serve any class OF the population His aim has
been 10 make the streets OF the greatest use to
the greatest uumber He has sought simply 70
direct tratlc 50 as 10 keep the stream constantly
flowing and avoid The congestion which. in the
end, delays the lawless, who seek to eEade regu-
latiOns, as well as The sensible people who are
content 70 take the path marked out for them.
From time 10 time the proposal is made that
5th-ave. be reserved for light vehicles and be
closed 70 trucks. This Is suggested not with the
idea q making a Vanity Fair, as in Berlin. but
merely Of having a place for everything and
everything in its place. Trucks occupy some
streets 20 the exclusion Of lighter traffic. Other
streets are given up 70 surface or elevated
tracks. A speedway for fast horses Is main
tained UP by the Harlem. Why should not the
great mass Of carriage fFaf1ic be able 10 find a
place convenient for II, where Il can make rea-
sOnable speed, freed from the annoyanee and
danger Of lumbeTing and noisy wagons laden
with cianking steel beams and what not? The
law az present does not seem 10 permit any such
division of traffic, and attempts 10 secure the
r4Sat always excite deRagOgic opposition. In