The times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1897-1901, 1901-01-24
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American Sympnthy With England.

people to join in the grief and mourning
of their British brethren, for the dear and
noble lady who was our earnest friend as
well as the great sovereign OF vast and
splendid Empire. On such an occasion il
is pleasant to know that the sincere tears
of America are appreciated and have
touched the hearts of the nation most en-
titled to sorrow over the death of the
sweet and gentle Queen Empress. This
appreciation was prominent yesterday in
the editorial utterances of the London
press. The Spectator said:
at is especially gratifying to see how genuine
and deep is the admiration for the Queen
pressed throughout the length and breadth of
the United States when ii Is remembered that
Her Majesty only generation removed
from the King whose shortsghted folly goaded
America into the assertion and vindicatlon OF her
independence
1T is touchingly interesting 10 note that one
of the chief leaders of thought in the United
States pays the highest tribute to Queen Vic
toria possible for any American citizen by
comparing her character with that of George
Washington
Indeed, the character of Queen Victoria
was comparable only with the greatest
and best in all human history. In this
country she has been honored and reYered
as something quite own, in the sense
that she has been for nearly two genera
lions the social head of the English
speaking race. and the embodiment OF all
its most sacred ideals of Anglo-Saxon
womanhood 10 intelligent American
who has attained maturity in her time
can fail to experience pain at the thought
of the loss of this brave and determined
princess who never ceased to work for
peace and concord amcng the children of
men. We. like others. have contributed
our word in praise of the dead Queens
character and virtues. II seems that all
that could be has been said by the press
and public men CT the United States in
testimony of their reverence for the de-
parted and sympathy for those her calling
away has bereaved; but The subject is all
but inexhaustible Every hour recalls
some fresh incident OF the long and
glorious reign just closed, TO remind one
of the gracious woman's benign influence
upon the history of the Victorian era.
II is the worlds loss, not hers who
sleeps! The good Queen was full Of years
and SORROW. Her burden had been
decades of widowhocd While her first
great affection was still recent and all
but breaking her loving heart, Alfred
Tennyson wrote these words: .
Break not, o woman's heart but still endure:
Break not for thou art royal but endure.
Remembering all the beauty Of that star
Which shonc close beside Thee that We made
One light together. but has passed and leaves
The 4 lonely splendor
His love unseen but felt oershsdow Thee
The love OF all Thy sons encompass Thee;
aIhe love OF all Thy daughters cherish Thee,
Till Gods love set Thee At his side again
Yes; the patient. stricken Mother of
fer People was royal. and she endured to
the end, bIest in the fulfIlment of the
Laureate's wish That unseen love was to
her an ever present reality. And the
o'ershadowing devotion of sons. daugh-
tiers, and their children, solaced her lone
illness, and made her strong for her part
and duty in life. 1t is strictly true that
We of America grieve as for one of our
selves and vastly dear to Us. The Lon
don Times does no more than justice to
this sentiment. in its words of generous
appreciation which follow. 1t says.
Where all nations join with US in deploring
our irrepsrsble loss it would be invidious 10
choose out for special acknowledgment any single
state. but there is race whose love and
sympathy in soHow as in joy come home TO Us
nearly than those Of all the rest The
great Englistl-speaking Republic beyond the At
lantic has not failed to send officially by The
mouth Of President Mckinley AMI unOficially by
innumersble newspaper articles other tokens OF
popular feeling and proof Of how heartily and
how profoundly it feels with us the grief We suf-
fer today
Need We say for ourselves and for our col.
onies how dear to in such hour IS the
fellowship in woe our American kinsnen 50 gen
erously, warmly tender us!'
Political and commercial differences
and rivalries may have separated the An
glo- Saxon race into more or less antago-
nistic camps; but it has been unanimous
in its common respect and admiration for
Queen Victoria. At her tomb it is
only possible to remember that English
men. Scotchmen, Americans. Australians,
and Canadians are today united in the
bonds of the brotherhood OF common sor-
row.