The Savannah morning news. (Savannah, Ga.) 1900-current, 1901-01-21
SAVANNAH, Ca MONDAY JANUARY 81 1901.
THE ENGLISH NEWSPAPERS.
healize That There Is No Hope ana
Review Her Majesty's ulustri-
GUS Reign.

London. Jan. 2l.-The bulletin issued at
midnight was too late to become known
in London except to a very few. If when
living, her people must recognize that
there is really no hope.
This mornings newspapers have thrown
off all the pretense of any possibility of
recovery and they sadly admit that the
end may come at any moment.
while there is life there is hope" they
say, and the Queens constitution is mar
velously strong; but it is idle to say that
the danger is extreme.
Therefore the papers proceed 90 review
Her Majesty's long and illustrious reign
as though she were no more, and to d-
late upon the wonderful influence she
welded in European politics for so many
years.
I'VE all know" says the Daily Mail,
that there is danger of losing perhaps
the greatest personal force of our times "
The Daily News recalls the fact that
even Bismarck, who detested feminine
interference in politics, formed an esti-
mate of the Queen. after a personal inter
view with her. which bordered on the
idolatrous: and il adds:
This is one of the most striking trib-
utes ever paid to a great character"
A bright spot in the universal gloom
was the Unexpectedly prompt sympathy
displayed by Emperor William in giving
up important engagements to come to the
deathbed of his grandmother.
This" says the Daily Mail. lis cal
culated to endear his name to every Eng
lishman; and we feel at such an hour
what
The Times says:
There is but one sentiment to-day in
the hearts of English-speaking people
through the world. Their eyes are turn
ed in keen anxiety to the sick bed. where
lies the venerable sovereign who com
mands not merely the loyalty but the per-
sonal affection of countless millions.
1T needs no great medical knowledge
to understand the meaning of the latest
bulletin. We must admit, however. that
all our hopes and fears are alike based
upon very imperfect knowledge. We can
only await the result and bear the pain
ful suspense with such calmness and for
titude as we are able to summon to our
aid. rf IlEr
History affords but few examples of
rulers who have won the deep personal
affection and regard enjoyed by our be-
loved Queen Even among those not of
our blood or speech, even among those
who have little that is kind to say of the
British people. there are unstinted sym
pathy and warm regard for the British
Queen.
Were we more like her, were our Off
cial and individual relations with foreign
ers carried on with more of her catholic
urbanity and graciousness. who knows
but that we, too, should win something of
the kindly regard testified to-day in every
foreign capital?"
Emperor williams Conduct.
Referring to the presence of the Kais'
er, the Times says:
His presence is Germany's homage tc
those very human feelings and sympa-
thies so uniformly displayed by the
Queen. AS such it viii be understood here
and be all the more honored and appre-
ciated because it involves a certain lofty
disregard of mere politics. AS such we
do not doubt it viii be understood in all
the other countries and it will be watch
ed with respectful sympathy"
Similar testimony to Emperor Will
liam's touching action finds place in al
most all the editorials.
The Standard says:
IF the Queen We're aware of the Ger
man Emperor's arrival the circum-
stances could hardly fail to bring some
satisfaction to her mind. 1t is a consola-
ton, in this hour of national distress, to
listen to the universal chorus of re-
spectful esteem which Her Majesty's Ill
ness has evoked abroad. In the United
States the progress of the patient has
been watched as anxiously as in Lon
don, and the bitterest critics of England
have only words of respect for England
Queen"
The Morning Post says:
ssOut of the most reVerent and profound
respect for our sovereign we must stand
silent before the sorrow which holds us.
The love and admiration of her subjects
are, unhappily, of no avail. Nothing in
these dark days, when sorrow is heavy
on us, will have so sweet an effect on
the minds of the Queens subjects through
out the world as the arrival Of Emperor
william"
The Daily Telegraph says:
"A precious and beloved existence how
ers at hast upon the brink of the great
mystery. A life of lives is dropping to-
ward the valley of shadow and the en-
pire waits in it's silence and sorrow.
but beyond the empire are the unex-
ampled sympathy, concern and wonder
full homage of mankind. Emperor Will
lam, above all, has expressed this Won
derful feeling, not in word, but in act,
with truth ana ferVor OF naturaf aIIec-
ton which England will never forget. 1t
is one of the saddest circumstances of the
hour that Empress Frederick is not able
to be present. Therefore Emperor Will
iams presence is doubly dutiful, and at
Osborne House ID will be douby dear"
Proceeding to refer In detail to the SYM
pathy displayed in all parts of the globe,
it says:
For the American people the cbarac-
ter and domestic example of the Queen
have been a conservation of the Anglo
Saxon ideal. They have been regarded as
hardly less the possession of the United
States than Of ourselves and they have
gone far to restore the moral unity of
the race and to heal the worst effects
of its political separation"
A SHOCK TO THE IRIsH.