Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1901-09-30

REGRET IN LONDON
Death of the President the Cause
of Genuine Sorrow.
COURT ORDERED INTO MOURNING
Sermons and Special Services at
Many Churches.
LONDON NEWS AND GOSSIP
LONDON NEWS AND GOSSIP

Special Correspondence Of The Evening Star.
LONDON, September IS, 1901.
The death of Mr. Mckinley. which be-
came generally known early on Saturday
morning. has excited more profound emo
| ton than any event of the kind that re-
member save the death of the queen. 1t
was the subject Of mems thoughts
and speech. and it is proof of the grow
ing solidarity of the world, and especially
| of the English-speaking races. that the
event should have excited such deep and
| universal sympathy. The loss of the most
conspicuous public in this country
would not produce an expression of feeling
| so strong and so widespread. No doubt this
| is largely due to the tragic circumstances
| of Mr.. McKinley's death, but. making al
| lowance for that, it is remarkable proof
| OF the growing kinship of nations.
| There was not, l suppose pulpit in
! London in which, Sunday the death of
| the President was not referred to in SYM
| pathetic tones. There is no doubt that
| on the day of his funeral there will be
what may be called a national manifesto
ton of sorrow. There is to be memorial
| service at st. Paul's Cathedral and also
at Westminster Abbey. The stock ex-
change in London will be closed, and if
| business be not entirely suspended there
| will be sufficient evidence to mark the
king has ordered the court to go into
mourning for a week. The assassination
of Mr.. Lincoln was in some respects more
mournful and terrible than that of Mr..
Mckinley. but those who remember it say
1t did not excite anything like so much
| emotion in this country.
His Death a National Loss.
The death of President Mckinley has
| clearly been recognized by the English peo-
pie as a national loss, and such services
| in his memory at ST. Paurs and Westmin-
| ster Abbey will in every sense be fitting.
| These edif1ces national in their character,
| belong, by tradition at any rate. to all the
| English-speaking races equally with Bril-
TONS and especially so to Americans, who
| have in both places contributed most gen
| erously to the records therein contained.
| These services will be held on Thursday.
| of the corporation will join in the service
| at St. Paufs, and members Of the cabi-
net and the corps diplomatique and officials
| of the United States embassy are expected
| to be present. The ceremony will in every
sense be in keeping with the occasion, and
| historic gathering. sad in its details, 1t Is
| true. but forging another strong link be-
| tween England and America, will be the
| outcome. The service in the abbey Will be
| equally interesting, and invitations are to
| be sent to representative men and to prom1-
nent Americans resident in London, and
| 1t will also be attended by a section of the
| American embassy.
| The flags are flying at half-mast. The
| newspapers appear with black borders On
all sides there are tokens Of national mourn
ing, which is manifestly heartfelt On the
| morning of the Presidents death had &C
| cason to go to Bexhill, a seaside place on
the south coast, and all through Surrey
and Sussex signs of mourning were evil
| dent-dagS were flying at half-mast on
| shops, hotels, and in many instances, pri-
| vate houses. All along the coast at in
ttervals of few hundred yards are what
/ a
towers erected during the Napoleonic scare
| OF a hundred years ago. Every one that
l saw had union jack at half-mast and
| the coaStguard stations likewise. At Bex-
| hill the Earl of de la War has built a Kur-
saal in imitation of foreign watering places
this had British white ensign at half
| stripes raised over 1t. Everywhere was the
| most touching evidence of profound sym
| pathy with Americans in their sorrow. And
| 50 it is all over the country.
Mourning for Garfield.
| When President Garfield died Queen Vic
toria commanded the court to go in mourn
| ing for a week. This was the first time
| that the English court had taken official
recognition of the death of American
| President. The precedent thus established
marked a great stage in bringing the two
| nations closer together. And, in spite OF
| the fact that the English court is still In
mourning, King Edward has followed the
precedent set by his mother. He has all
along shown the keenest anxiety about the
| condition of the President: has been both
officially and unofficially kept informed OF
his condition.
Although the cabinet Is not sitting and
partly, in Mr. Rudyard Kiplings phrase,
| cannot be regarded as a ministry in be-
ing" yet the question of the Duke of York
attending the Washington obsequies has
reached something like cabinet gravity. 1t
has been the subject of private commlnica-
tions between the king and Lord Salisbury
and between the premier and several of his
| colleagues. notably, as we may believe. Mr.
| balfour, Mr.. Chamberlain and Lord Lans-
downe. Cipher exchanges between widely
separated ministers are carried on through
| confidential channel in Downing street,
and manifest fiutter there clearly ind-
Gates the presence and the pressure or mat
tiers of extreme Importance.
The king it is whispered, strongly faYors
the Duke of York's presence at Mr.. Nc
Kinley's funeral as chief mourner from
the parent empire. The average politician,
who does not perhaps regard things of
| taste in the same spirit as Hatfield and
Birmingham regard them, takes his stand
on less unselfish pedestal and speaks of
the presence Of his royal htShness as good
| business" 1t Is, indeed. whispered in Off
cial court circles that the Duke of York,
with the tact to be expected from the son
of his father, has cabled home for inStruc-
| lions. Apparently he himself had been
struck by a sense of courtly duty at least
to the great stricken nation. hardly think
| it likely. however. that matters can be ar
| ranged for the duke to go, much as he and
| the king approve the step.
Paper on Anarchism.
| The archdeacon Of Westminster contrib
| utes thoughtful paper to the absorbing
| question of "Anarchism; Its Causes and
| Cure" Anarchy, he says, is not to be ex-
| terminated by wreaking vengeance on in
| diyiduals though murderous ruffian like
| Czolgosz is better out of the world. But IL
YOU execute every known anarchist in the
| world you have not really touched the evil.
| Anarchism is the fruitage Of atheism and
| the archdeacon quotes from the speech of
| a noted anarchist the phrase, THE first lie
| is God, the second lie Is the idea of right"
The archdeacon himself considers the cause
| of anarchism to be two-fold. First, the in
adequacy Of the conventional conception
of the Ruler of the Universe and, secondly,
| the instability of the equilibrium of the
| whole commercial system of civilized ma
tions. In the "christianizing of COM