The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1901-01-21
The Passing of Victoria.

The Passing OF Victoria.
The latest news from Osborne leaves no
room for doubt in the mind OF anyone
that, if queen Victoria is not dead by the
time this issue CT The Times reaches our
readers. the end in all human probability
cannot be delayed beyond a few hours.
Any hopes built upon merely momentary
improvements in the patients condition
must be futile. They only represent the
Pickering of a pure and beautiful light
before it goes out in darkness forever.
It is d tribute te the Oldest and che of
the greatest OF British monarchs. as the
recognized exempIar of A .gIo-Saxon Wom-
anhood, wifehood. and motherhood, that
not alone her people, but the whole civil
lied world, joins in the tears ana sorrow
OF those nearest and dearest to her
Honcr is her due also as the sovereign
OF the Victorian era. the most prosperous
and notable of any since that of Eliza
beth. in respect of advancing national
power and achievements in arts and in
dustry. But all the worldly greatness
and all the pomp and circumstance that
have surrounded Queen Victoria can never
obscure 10 the people Of her own time
OF TO history The glorious qualities ana
deeds Of the first of English womeE-
first in piety. charity, ana simple kina-
ness and goodness. d lover Of peace as
princess, the personal friend, adviser. and
almost nurse IN sickness OF her tenants,
as a landed gentlewoman. In ali things.
this splendid lady has fulfilled her mis-
sion in life, whether in q public or pri-
Sate capacity, 10 the honor OF her race
and country, and 10 the glory OF her sex.
The Queens death viii fall like pan
over the people OF the British Empire
None of her predecessors ever won their
hearts as she has. and the humblest will
feel a bitter sense Of personal bereaFe-
ment IN Der taking away Wherever the
British flag flies there will be mourning
deep and sincere In the colonies in the
Indian Empire where The tributary
princes have been devoted 10 her-eVery-
where grief will reign. Even the most
Anglophobic OF French factions honor per-
sonalIy the pure and gentle queen who
had 1t not in her warm heart 10 cherish
enmity against any nation. And the
princes Of Europe for years have ven
Grated and turned to her for advice and
sympathy N time of emergency or trou-
bic
The whole face Of The political world has
changed since the little Princess Victoria
OF Kent was born in 1913, while yet her
grandfather, George III, nominauy occu-
pied the throne. The war of Greek inde-
pendenes vas yet to come Napoleon was
q prisoner al s.. Helena. The Bourbons
ike Italy. a mere geographical expression.
Prussia was a weak STATE, not yet recover
ed from the ravages Of war. The mighty
movements Of the nineteenth century sub
sequent to Waterloo which we're to
change the face and The fate Of nations
were yet undreaHaed Of The stage coach on
land and the sailing vessel on water were
JET the only means Of communication be-
tween places and people. steeln. electrici-
u. the power press. the sewing machine,
the telegraph. telephone-aH things which
Her Majesty lived 10 see perfected-were
yet in the womb Of the future. She vas
destined to see a new monarchy. followed
BY new empire, and that by new re-
public in France: 10 witness the defeat OF
that nation by The Prussians as 1t had
TO see Germany united and made an en-
pire- and to behold her eldest daughter its
Empress. and her eldest grandson on its
throne. Italy, III her time, became con
sclIdated State. All her great colonial pos
sessions took form and grew from the con-
dition of penal settlements or weak com
Enunities. into lusty and powerful domin-
ions and autonomous Anglo-Saxon nations.
independent practically but devoted TO
their Queen and 10 the idea Of her soy
ereigaty over hem.
Hers we're years Of grandeur. but fer
the latter half of her life. OF affection
and sorrow. One after another. husband.
h5ldren. and grandchildren were taken
rom her By death. The sudden demise
Il the Prince Consort IN 1861 was A blow
rom which the survivor Of a peculiarly
happy unlon never recovered 1t will al
ways be remembered that while actually
what proved to be his deathbed. one
whom it is altogether meet to call Albert
the Good. busted himself with advising
the Queen upon the Trent AFFAIR. which
seemed inevitably about TO plunge Great
Britain and America into war with each
other This deplorabie consequence was
averted by the united good sense and
friendliuess OF Her Majesty and her hus-
band. whose counsels Influenced the Brit
ish Ministry of the day in the direction
Of peace and accommodation, and thus re-
stored good feeling between the two com
tries.
IN memory of this exhibition OF kindly
feeling Tor our Republic, and of many
other less public acts OF like nature. the
American people are almost one in sor-
row with their kinssolk across the ATTAIN
tic. The gentle tears which Queen Yicto-
ria shed when our martyred President vas
killed; her womanIy sympathy expressed
for the family OF General Garfield when
he, too. fell beneath the bullet OF an as
sassin; her sorrow on learning Of shy of
the calamities that have VISITED the United
States during her reign-ail these things
have deepIs epdeared the noble Queen