Omaha daily bee., 1901-01-21
COMMENT or LONDON'S PRESS
Editors Find Satisfaction In the Uni
versal Respect shown the Pass
ing Sovereign.

LONDON. Jan. 2l.-The bulletin issued AZ
midnight was too late to become known In
London except to a very few. IT, when the
metropolis awakes the queen is still living
her people must recognize that there Is
really no hope.
This mornings newspapers have thrown
of all pretense Of any possibility OF recov-
cry 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
mIarvelously strong, but it is idle TO deny
that the danger Is extreme"
her majesty's long and iilustrious reign as
though she were no more and to dilate upon
the wonderful influence she welded in
European politics for so many years.
we all know" says the Daily Mail.
ha that there is danger OF losing perhaps the
The Daily News recalls the fact that even
Bismarck, who detested feminine interfer-
ence I'm politics, formed an estimate of the
queen after "a personal interview with her
which bordered on the idolatrous and II
adds: This is one Of the most striking
a bright spot In the gloom was the un-
expectcdly prompt sympathy displayed by
Emperor William in giving up important
engagements to come to the deathbed Of
his grandmother
This" says the Daily Mail. "is calculated
to endcar his name to every Englishman
and we feel AT such an hour what true
sympathy means"
The Times says: There is but one senti-
mcnt today In the hearts of English-speak-
| ing people throughout the world. Their
| eyes are turned I'm keen anxiety to the
| sickbed where lies the venerable sovereign
who commands not merely the loyalty but
| the personal affection of countless millions
1T needs no great medical knowledge to
understand the meaning OF the latest bulle-
! tin. We must admit, however. that all
| hopes and fears are alike based on very i'm
perfect knowledse We can only await the
| result and bear the painful suspense with
such calmness and fortitude as we are able
| to summon to our aid.
| IL All Were Like Her.
History affords but few examples of rul-
ers who have won the deep personal affec-
| tion and regard enjoyed by our beloved
| 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 is unstinted praise and warm
regard for the British queen. Were we
more like her, were our official and in.
| dividual relations with foreigners carried
| on with more of her catholic urbanity and
graciousness. who knows but that we too
should win something OF the kindly regard
| testified today I'm every foreign capital"
Referring to the presence of the kaiser the
| Times says:
! those very human feelings and sympathes
so uniformly displayed by the queen. As
| such II Will be understood here and be all
| the more honored and appreciated because
| II involves certain lofty disregard OF mere
politics. As such we do not doubt 1t will
be understood in all other countries and It
will be watched with respectful sympathy
Similar testimony to Emperor William 8
touching action finds place In almost all
The standard says: "If the queen were
aware OF the German emperor's arrival the
| circumstance could hardly fail to bring
some satisfaction to her mind. IT is a
| consolation in this hour of national dis
tress to listen TO the universal chorus OF
respectful esteem which her maiestys ILL
ness has evoked abroad. In the United
| States the progress OF the patient has been
watched as In London and the bitterest
| critics of England have only words of re-
spect for England's queen"
| The EmperOr's Promise.
The Morning Post says: "Out of the
most reverent and profound respect for
our sovereign we must stand silent for the
| sorrow which holds us. The love and ad.
mira ton of her subjects are, unhappily
an effect on tho minds of the queens sub.
jects as the arrival OF Emperor William"
| The Daily Telegram says: "A precious
and beloved existence hovers on the brink
dropping toward the valley of the shadow
and the empire awaits In it's silence and II.
sorrow. But beyond the empire are the un'
exampled sympathy, concern and wonderful
above all has expressed this wonderful feel
ing, not in word but In act, in truth anc
fervor of natural affection which England
will never forget. II Is one of the saddes
circumstances of the hour that Empress
Frederick is not able to be present There
fore Emperor Williams presence is doub,
dutiful and at Osborne house 1t will bs
doubly dear
proceeding to refer In detail to the sym
pathy displayed in all parts of the globe II
says For the American people, the char.
acter and domestic qualities of the queer
have been realization OF the Anglo-S -Saxor
less the possession of the United State,
than of ourselves and they have gone fal
to restore the moral university of the rae,
and to head the worst effects of Its politica