New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1901-09-14
THE NEWS IN LONDON.
REVULSION FROM CONF
DENCE TO DESPONDENCY.
SORROW AND SYMPATHY MANIFESTED
IN THE GREAT BRITISH CAPITAL,
OVER THE NEWS FROM BUFFALO.

fBY CABLE TO THE TRIBUNE.l
London. Sept II. l m.-The news of the
Presidents relapse was known the Stock
Exchange before it got into print or attracted
The attention of the loungers in the hotels and
clubs Dealers were grieved and depressed and
in no mood for speculative finance They acted
mechanically in sending all stocks down since
il was a safe inference that the New-York and
Chicago markets would witness sharp declines
and that ali classes of securities would be ad-
versely affected The opening of the American
market was deferred as long possible and
when prices sank there was no evidence of
panic but merely painful surprise and ordinary
calculation of the temporary effect OF the bad
news from the United States. There was slight
improvement before the market closed on the
strength of hopes held out in some dispatches
that the Presidents condition was less alarm
ing than the earliest reports had represented.
The dealers were frank in admitting that they
did not expect a financial catastrophe in Amer
lea even with the worst possible news. They
had faith In the resources of Mr.. Morgan, Mr..
Vanderbilt, and other American capitalists for
protecting the market and firm confidence I'm
the administration and policy which would
inevitably follow Mr. Roosevelt's succession to
the Presidency.
There were many Americans at the Carlton,
Cecil and other hotels. and the temperature fell
steadily after - O'clock when the afternoon
papers in the street with startling head
lines. considerable group of American mill
ionaires was guard during the evening and
anxiously forecasting the events of Tomorrow
Senator Wolcott had disappeared from the
Carlton but telegraphed during the day from
Florence. Passengers gathering for trains
rying departures by the st. Louis and Etruria
included George b. Mcclellan, Senator Mitchell
and Martin ]. Keogh. but there were fewer
bo,el snr
several weeks Ex-Governor Morton in d.
rect communication with the American En-
bassv through Mr. F,ustis.
The Americans were terribly depressed by the
confused medley of dispatches reeled off by hotel
tickers during the day. When they sought for
authentic information at the American EN-
bassy there was The King sent SYM
pathetic message and urgent request for
news. but there official word until after
8 o'clock. Mr.. Choate still remains at North
berwick but Mr.. White will keep the Embassy
open Sunday and give up engagement
IN Scotland in order to answer the numerous in
quiries and messag es.
The tidings of the Presidents unexpected re-
lapse created a revusion from confidence to
dependency, which was felt on the streets and
in the clubs. The brightest faces clouded
and there was silence everywhere like the hush
which followed the final bulletin from Osborne
last January EVERY .)ulletln BOARD was covered
by anxious watchers hour after hour. and ex
pressions of sorrow and sympathy were con-
SANITY heard wherever Englishmen were to-
geher so true is IL that Ango-Amercan good
feeling is a great force
The medical aspects of the too OBJ
be understood discussed promt-
English surgeon set an excellent example
when interviewed in praising the physicians in
charge OF President McKinley's case for their
promptness and skill in operating the wound
and minimizing the dangers of peritonitis. Gun
shot wounds Of the stomach have received
unusual degree of attention In England. owing
to the extensive hospital practice in South
Africa, and the procedure of the surgeons at
Buffalo has been closely and intelligently fol-
lowed. One medical opinion of high class I
repeat without naming the surgeon. 1t is that
the American surgeons adopted boldly the only
possible course of treatment, and had not made
any mistake, except I'm taking too optimistic a
view of the case, which remained serious in
spite of the Presidents gallant struggle for life.
Whether English surgeons who have been
watching the work of the American physicians
would have allowed their patient to have solid
food so soon is a delicate professional question,
and experts will not answer 1t until there is full
and accurate information.
President McKiney's fight for life forms the
topic Of the principal leading articles in to-
Gays papers. 1T is recognized tnat the contest
is desperate one, but while there is life there
is hope, and if the heartfelt prayers OF the
whole civilized world. which is watching in
spirit by his bedside. could avail, the President
would the eleventh hour be brought back to
the life which seems ebbing away from him.
The sorrow pervading all classes of the people
Of England is reflected by the newspapers. AS
THE Telegraph says:
IL is moments such these that draw peo-
pies together more closely even than common
interests, and far than diplomatic alli-
ances. There is irresistible influence MAX
ing for fellowship between Americans and Eng
lshmen, which cannot exist between nations OF
alien blood
The Morning Post" points out that If the
worst should befall the loss TO the United States
though intellectually great, would be largely per-
sonal as American institutions and policy are
now so well established that nothing in the
nature Of government crisis could be feared.
Mr. Roosevelt is regarded a good all round
man, TO whom the American people would not
hesitate TO intrust their fullest confidence
The cause Of the Presidents sudden collapse is
the subject of much discussion. A London hospi
tal physician Of long experience states that the
bad symptom all through has been the extreme
fapldity of his pulse. The administration of
solid food he considered the primary cause of
lhe collapse. II the physicians had stuck to
beef extract the President would probably have
done better. but without full knowledge he could
not estimate the force Of the considerations
which had led them 10 make so dangerous
experiment l. n F.
ANXIOUS AMERICANS ABROAD.
STEADY STREAM OF CALLERS AT OUR
EMBASSY IN LONDON SEEKING