New-York tribune., 1901-01-22
TEF OUFEI AND THE WORLD.

The Queen still lives That is the best that
can be said at the moment at which we so TO
press. 1t may have TO be unsaid before these
lines come before the eyes of their readers. But
at present the venerable sovereign still lives and
inertly resists impending dissolution. Recovery,
or even any material rallying, seems to be more
than can be reasonably hoped. There appears 10
be nothing TO do but TO await the inevitable end'
which may come at any moment. and which Is
probably at most not many hours away. The
Queen has already displayed a tenacity Of life
beyond what was expected. but evidence is only
too sadly apparent that her hold upon her NOR
tai existence is steadily being loosened never to
be regained These last few days have been
time of anguish to her children and childrens
children though they have not been devoid or
consolation i'm that they have afforded time Tor
many TO hasten to the bedside of the royal sur
ferer for a farewell interview or at least fare
we'll view of her in life.
These days have also been of service in giving
the whole world opportunity for the expression
OF the solicitude and sympathy which are so
universally felt The eyes of all mankind are
turned toward the sickroom at Osborne and the
thoughts of all mankind are tinged with kndll-
ness and sorrow. Amid the splendors OF the
Jubilee there were heard some dScordant notes
of malice or of envy Amid the soGlbre shadows
OF approaching uedlu uoi one - htdib- iLA'
world is conscious that its most illustrious
tenant is taking her departure. and instead OF
speeding il would fain stay the parting guest.
Since that desire seems 10 be vain, it already
begins to mourn in anticipation its impending
loss And yet in truth no time could have been
more fitting for the ending of that great life
than this. just following the end OF the greatest
century of recorded time. With most OF the
great dOings of the greater half OF that century
the Queen was closely identified Through
nearly two-thirds Of its duration she was the
head Of the greatest empire il has seen. II has
gone. and now she follows. As fitting memo
rial of her the world might well remember the
nineteenth century as the Victorian Century.
We have already spoken of the peculiarly
deep interest in ard sympathy with the Queen
which the people Of this Nation cherish. 1t may
well be believed that such sentiments are more
general and more potent in the United States
than in any other land outside of the British
Empire For this the reasons are obvious, and
they are creditable. 1t is perhaps difficult for
the people OF republic to appreciate exactly
the feelings which the late laureate happily
described as "our loyal passion for our tenn
perate kings" Yet those who remember how
this Nation hung in agonized suspense above
the sickbed of Garfield, and how the multi
tudes waited day and night in the streets 10
hear the latest tidings from Grants last battle
with his only conQueror, can form some esti-
mate of the feelings with which the British
people are moved at knowing that their Queen
is dying. For she has been more to them than
any President or General has been to She
is the only sovereign the vast majority of her
people have ever known. She has for two gen
erations been TO them the head of the State. the
! head of the Church, the head of social life and
! the chief eXemplar of all which makes the name
/ of England great What would be our affection
| for a President as we'll beloved as ever was
Washington Lincoln, and that not by one
party, but by the whole Nation. and who had
served us not for one or two but for fifteen
/ terms? And what would be our bereavement AT
standing about his dying bed? That and much
more than that, is what this present crisis
means TO the British nation. In its suspense
and sorrow that nation has the respect and
sympathy Of all the world 1t has from its kin
on this side the Atlantic a degree of love and
sympathy the greatest that ever was given by
the United States in such a case to any other
land.