New-York tribune., 1900-07-31
BRrTA1N's HEARTFELT SYMPATHY,
EXPRESSIONS OF REGRET HEARD ON ALI.
slDEs-vATIcAN BLAMED.

| EXPRESSIONS OF REGRET HEARD ON ALL
slDEs-vATIcAN BLAMED.
London. July 3o.-The italian Embassy here
| has received the following official announce
ment of the death Of King Humbert:
We have sad news to announce TO you that
His Majesty King Humbert died last evening
(sunday) at Monza. being the victim of an in
famous assassination. Kindly inform the Eng
Iish Government of this sad news
His Majesty King Victor Emmanuel III, who
is off the coast of Greece, is on his way PACK 10
the kingdom. FlsCoNI1 'SNo@AF'
Perhaps in no country was the news of King
Humbert's assassination received with deeper
sympathy and greater horror than in Great
Britain For the last few years, and more
especially for the last few months, during the
South African War, the italian Ministers, re-
hecting the attitude of the Throne. have shown
an undertaking friendship for Great Britain
even when the rest of Europe was inveighing
against England and her policy.
GREAT SHOCK TO VICTORIA.
Queen Victoria. naturally, was Mortified at
the receipt Of the news. She Immediately tele-
graphed her condolences to Queen Margaret.
It is stated in official circles that the recent
release of Sipido, the assailant of the Prince Of
Wales as he was passing through Belgium, has
been followed by an enormous increase in the
circulation OF Anarchist literature advocating
regieide. 1t is thought exceedingly likely that
the assassination OF King Humbert is directly
traceable to misplaced leniency.
Some of the evening papers here attempt TO
trace a connection between the assassination Of
King Humbert and the rancorous propaganda
that the Vatican is alleged TO have conducted
against the supremacy of the Sovereign. These
journals point out that the assassination oc-
CURED in the vicinity of Milan, where it is al
legged. the recent insurrection was largely To-
mented by the Roman Curia. Globe" edi-
torial says:
AS long as the Vatican persists in its anti
national attitude it will be in vain to hope for
re-esta hlishing the temporal power Of the Pope
and long will fools and fanatics be provided
with fearfully potent reason for sedition and
worse.
MEASURES IN HOUSE OF COMMONS.
The Premier and Minister Of Foreign Affairs.
Lord Salisbury, in the House OF Lords, and A
j. Balfour. the First Lord Of the Treasury and
Government leader in the House Of Commons
gave notice to-day that to- morrow they intended
to move an address to the Queen. conveying an
expression of the Indignation and deep concern
with which Parliament had learned Of the as
sassination of Her Majestys ally, the King Of
Italy, and praying that Her Majesty convey an
expression to the present King, on behalf OF the
Lords and Commons. of their deep abhorrence
Of the crime and of sympathy with the royal
family and people Of Italy.
Diplomatists and officials generally visited the
italian Embassy in great numbers to-day.
Among the early callers was the Prince OF
Wales, who expressed keen regret at the loss
of personal friend
AS Victor Emmanuel III. who married in 1896
is childess, the heir to the throne is the Kings
cousin, the Duke of Aosta. The Duchess Of
Aosta was Princess Helen of Orleans, daugh-
ter of the late Count Of Paris. and She and the
Duke are generally considered the handsomest
royal couple in Europe