New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1905-10-15
JOHN K. GOWDY HERE.
Consul General Tells of Conditions
an French CAPITAL.

John K Cowdy who recently reIinquished his
post Of consul-general at Paris after eight and a
half wears of service at the French capital is stay
ing at the GIIsey House, He arrived on the Baltic.
and is accompanied by Mrs. Gowdy and their daugh-
ter After visiting v ashington 10 pay his respects
10 the President General Gowdy will return to his
ma tive State and TO his old home at RushvtlIe 1Ho
His appointment to Paris by President Mckinley
came at the end OF years Of signal service as
chairman OF the Indiana Republican state Com
1nittee. and at the end Of his foreign service ne
wears the insignia Of an officer OF the Legion OF
Honor q decoration conferred upon none OF MS
predecessors
csoyvev vesterday but my entire service was
roerked by the most cordial relations with the on
c,a1s of the French government and the people Oh
paris with whom I came in contact
TTnon the question of French enforcement OF law
General GOwdy said:
Every accused criminal Is given prompt and fa ar
trial and with but only the rareSt eAcepttO4s nc
sentence. il he be cOnFlcte-' Is - -T1crirr
with which we in this country are familiar; has
Il Is notable that Paris. and now Ne"-1oFE - -
modelled its police regulations Ior Ilte go
traffic in the crowded streets 4pyA re go
mods employed Dy the London bopble5- seven
years ago Paris COMMISSION gLs4leu, e9 So
metropolis study the subject Win ne req -
ide of travel IL the streets The Paris 29lceIslli
haIts starts The line OF veIilGs5 W. 10 s
SUIT VIII S . - Eev-YorFS is certainly most
an lnnoT enct hut France leads US In one par
firIisr In policing her cities. While we may not
cali the militia until the mob has exhausted the
resources of the metropolitan police and violence
is actually being done, in Paris and every other
CITY Of France the prospect Of an unlawful up
rising that would violate the peace and good order
of the community. brings out the genoarIneS the
mounted soldiery OF the government, ana as a
result violence and bloOdshed are avoided.
Recently strike in the carriage factories Whlch
are allied 10 the great autOmCb bile industry, IN
which Paris leads the world. was threatened No
sooner had The Project OF Police been advised OF
me prospect of trouble than q battalion OF gen
dgrues had been quietly disposed IN squads az the
tactical points and blOOdshed was everted. Mean
time the machinery OF government for aroltratng
the differences and adjusting the grievances or the
wOrkneu was set in motion A conflict was avoided
ana the benehceaCe OF the French system was ap-
The automobile interest IN Paris may be measured
by millions invested by visiting americans IN the
rIIrcase OF French machines for continental tour
ing and the great extent to which they are pelng
used generally makes them IN one sense q menace
There IS no limit on speed in the Paris streets ana
have had the machines pass me N the Cnanps
Fvsee and the Avenue del opera at sixty miles an
hour Such is the potential influence or the auto
mobile using uubLc that no check Is put upon the
reckless use Of the tI0rou-f---s- aUt can under
stand the tenn tati0u Of both the owner and the
cI.iIIffeur to use rn- sueediest gear The same
sDirir OF course obtains In the country. but the
time viii certainly come when the rights OF thS
horse Cv,niie ls..zen must be conslOeted ana re-
spected il is notable. however. in France, tnat
with the advent of the automobile has come TIE
greater government expenditures for good roads.