The age-herald., 1901-09-29
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BY HENRY DEvEREAux.

London, September 2S.-Our aristocracy from the King down, are profuse in their expressions of sorrow over the tragic death of President Mckinley, and of sympathy with the American people, who, by the vile hand of the anarchist assassin. have been deprived of the very best ruler in the world, and who was at the same time one of the greatest of modern statesmen and the best beloved of men. This, in their own opinion, sa- cred section of the British people, are undoubtedly as sincere as it is possible for men with their peculiar ideas of gov ernment and selfish appreciation of their own position to be. At heart. every King and eNNry aristocracy cannot but detest a republic. That is human nature. To them ''Triumphant Democracy" to quote the title of MT. Andrew Carnegie's book, is an ever present spectre menacing the stability of their caste and threatening it's overthrow. Not one of them that would not hail the downfall of the republic in France tomorrow, even if a million hu- man lives were lost in the catastrophe, and the terrible misery and oppression that crimsoned the reign or Louis the Fourteenth and Fifteenth were reim- posed upon a prostrate people And so, notwithstanding all they may say and do on the present sad occasion the King and Lords of England would send up ho- sannahs if the United States decided to revolutionize their institutions and sub stitute imperialism for democracy.
 But whatever may be the degree of sincerity in the effusive demonstrations of the British and European royalties and aristocracies, there can be no ques- tion as to the depth and intensity of the sorrow of the English people themselves, the bone and sinew of the nation, when the news of the awful tragedy at Buffa- To was read by them. During these recent years the ties of common kinship have been knitting themselves closer. but we did not realize how fine and firm the web and wool of 1t all was until the Presi- dents assassination. In an instant every Englishman thought and spoke and acted as if he were an American. Each and all felt that they belonged to the same great family, the revered head of which had been stricken down. This was the sentiment that pervaded the heart of every Briton. bowed his head and blanched his cheek. Splendid expression was given to the popular thought in the newspapers. with their copious accounts of every important incident connected with the tragedy and the tributes paid to the dead. but they all failed to pho- tograph the gloom that darkened every home and threw it's pail over the entire country. Never have the people of Eng land mourned for one not an English man as they have mourned for President Mckinley.
 What of 1t all? Is it to be mere wave of emotion sweeping over the kingdom, heaving up to mountainous height, sub siding, melting away into oblivion? I do not think so. On the contrary I con- vinced that for years to come 1t will have permanent influence on the govern mental administration of Great Britain, whatever party may be in power. What mean Is this: Within a very recent period not a few of our public men and many of our newspapers have endeav- ored to make capital and acquire popu- larity for themselves by inhammatory appeals to the supposed prejudices of their countrymen against America and Americans. They went, on one occasion almost to the verge of war. Even now some of them are doing all that lies in their power to foster animosity between the two countries by attributing to the