New-York tribune., 1901-09-08
SYMPATHY ABROAD.
FEELING OF HORROR AND IN.
SECURITY IN LONDON.
RTTTFRNESS AGAINST ANARCHISTS -
TRIBUTES TO PRESIDENT rKIN-
LEY By THE PRESS-SORROw-
FUL AMERICANS RUSH
ING HOME.
ING HOME.
sCopyrght; 1901: By The New-York Tribune)
IBY CABLE TO THE IRIBUNEJ

President Mckinley has excited a universal feel
ing Of horror and insecurity. 1t has occurred
when the Journeys and meetings OF soyereians
and rulers are the European events of para
mount importance, and when extraordinary safe
guards are required for protecting them The
democratic manners and republican simplicity
oe the American President have not granted him
Immunity from murderous attack, and the Car.
the German Emperor and the King are not in
greater risk from envy and hatred because of
their inherited titles than the French President
Is from like malice against the holder of the
supreme honors Of equality and fraternity The
President the autocrat and the monarch are
alike exposed to what King Humbert grimly de-
scribeo as zone OF the little disadvantages OF
their trade" This IS one OF the commonest
morals drawn by the leader writers to-day. after
they have expressed abhorrence OF the asssssin's
crime and respect and admiration for the Amer
ican Presidents character
More reserved are the comments on the failur.
OF the apparently excessive police precautions
at Buffalo. where the President was surrounded
by detectives yet easily approached by an as
sassin The protection Of European soveretan.
and rulers is the heaviest burden carried by the
police authorities and all arrangements are sci
entifcally ordered. with the aid of a large mili-
tary force for lining the roadways. The Buffalo
outrage will add 10 the anxieties of police off,
initiative impulses In unbalanced minds Ell
ouette is a safeguard in their favor in pro-
tecting sovereigns for they cannot be ap-
preached as au Iaciously as President Mckinley
was.
The usual suggestions are made by the leader
writers for International action looking TO the
exclusion OF anarchists and suspected conspira-
tors from any place Of refuge. and for the
closest possible alliance between the police OF
all nations for disarning the enemies OF all
government. One journal goes further. and as
serts that rulers should be accompanied at all
times by two armed men, under orders 10 shoot
down any criminal raising a hand against the
head Of the State. A soberer Judgment is that
no human forethought always suffice
avert anarchist outrages and madmen's freaks.
and that unending vigilance must be exercised
in defence Of presidents and kings.
The tributes 10 President Mckinley by the
English press are pathetic but eloquent proof
OF the essential unity OF the Anglo American
world The attack upon honored and high
minded President is deplored with all the evil
dences OF sincere affection and admiring hom-
age. Every journal refers 20 his simplicity OF
life. dignity Of character conscientious pub
lo service and exalted station. What was
written when President Garfield was struck
down is repeated with more reverent
homage for his character and high public
aims. and with even closer feeling of race
fellowship. The fact that President Mckinley
has been the most uncompromising champion OF
protection and has deal ,he most crushing
blow which the free trade cadFe ever received is
not forgotten, but there is not trace OF Eng
hsh resentment in print this morning His re-
-narkable utterance regarding reciprocity is ex-
folled final proof of craftsmanship, and the
success of his administration in restoring pres
tige and prosperity 10 America is frankly con-
ceded. Full justice is done a great American
President in England to-day, If the press has
often been critical and sarcastic heretofore.
There many signs of sincere grief and
anxiety in London: the bulletin boards at the
cubs scanned silently and wistfully for
better reports from the surgeons. and many
turn away with moist eyes after reading the de-
tails of the Presidents thoughtfulness when
wounded and his desire that his wife should be
spared pain. that the murderer should be pro-
tected, and that the exposition managers should
not be incOnvenienced. His goodness Of heart
revealed in these touching details. and
Englishmen Joined their brothers across the
sea in the hope that his life would be spared.
The hotels, thronged with American guests,
were Ike houses Of mourning. The steamship
train for the American liner St. Paul was one
of the longest ever sent out of Waterloo Sta
tion but there was a strange silence pervading
the platform. Many of the passengers had not
heard Of the attempted assassination in scurry-
ing from their hotels. but the tidings spread
from compartment TO compartment, and every
face was stern and grim and without smile
Speaker d. b Henderson was not at Waterloo
Station, having arranged to go on board al Cher
bourg Colonel T. p. Ochiltree paced the plat
form in silence without jest for any friend. and
other passengers chatted in low tones with
friends and expressed sorrow over the catas-
trOphe at wondering how could
endure weeks isolation at without fur
ther news Similar scenes were enacted at noon.
when two long trains were made up al EustOn
for taking the Lucania passengers to Liverpool.
The Buffalo crime was discussed in broken
snatches Of talk by swarms OF returning Ameri-
cans
Senator Gray was startled by the news Of the
attempt at assassination when he setting
out for Tibury to go board the Minnehaha
Tor NewYork He barely had time 10 call at
the American Embassy the way TO the sta
uon and seemed overwhelmed with sorrow.
Ex-Vice-P President Morton heard the sad news
az his country house on the edge OF Windsor
Park, His sorrow was keen. as he had served
with Mr.. Mckinley in Congress. and had known
him intimately
Mr. Eustis was the only official at the Ameri-
can Embassy and he had a busy day With a
host Of callers and big budget Of dispatches
OF sympathy. Lord Pauncefote was among the
earliest visitors and exhibited much emotion.
Lord Lansdowne sent message of sympathy.
and the Foreign Office gave the information
That the King had sent by cable message 10
America. The Lord Mayor OF London and the
chairman Of the County Council WED with each
other In expressions Of sympathy, and there
We're messages from the heads or corporations
IN Birmingham. Edinburgh and dozen or
sngin a cit