The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1901-09-08
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Comment of the Leading Continental
JOurnals-Remarka Utterances
of the NOvoe Vremya.

LONDON, Sept. Skiing Edward has di-
rected the British charge d'affaires at
Washington to express Ibis Majesty's
| deepest sympathy at this dastardly attempt
and TO inquire after President McKinley's
condition This message has also been
communicated to the United States en-
| bassy here"
Lord Lansdowne sent a similar message
| to the United States government, in be-
half of the British government, and King
| Edward has telegraphed a direct personal
message to President Mckinley. The dean
] Of Canterbury will offer special prayers to-
morrow for the recovery of President Nc
Kinley
All the Saturday evening papers comment
on the Anarchists crime. The greatest
sympathy and good will is expressed for
the United States. A most striking tribute
| to President Mckinley is paid by the
| Globe, and it is all the more notable as
| the paper Is not celebrated for its friendh-
| ness to America The Globe says:
| mo sooner had President Mckinley
| taken up the reins of office than we saw
| remarkable change come over the political
| character of his people. The days OF their
| impetuous youth were over. They gained
| dignity and a sense of responsibility be-
fitting their national manhood, and to-day
| the world regards them with respect, which
| q
and anxiety with which it used to watch
/ them. This newly acquired national So
! briefly has implied no loss of vigor. 1t is
not the dizziness Of lethargy; IL is the
| quiet conscious strength transition from
! feverish youth to mature manhood The
world has witnessed the United States, for
| the first time in their history, accepting
| those imperial obligations for which they
| were, in their more hotheaded days, un-
fitted. They have taken the foremost place
| among the great powers OF the world.
! They have simultaneously experienced
commercial prosperity without an equal in
| history. To no small extent is this won
| derful national advance due to the man
| who yesterday was the object of an Anar-
| chist's fury. He has played with signal
| distinction and entire success the difficult
| part so suddenly imposed upon him by the
new imperial destiny OF the United
| States"
The Westminster Gazette's leading edi-
/ torial is entitled, IAN Insensate Crime.
1t refers TO 1.-THE great American round
whose sick bed the whole world waits
The ST. James Gazette says: 'The prob
| lem of dealing with such monsters is
! face to-day. We are almost inclined to re-
! greet the escape of the would-be assassin
| The Evening Standard regards the at
! tempt on the life of an elective official
/ an unparalleled piece of Anarchist stupid
! ity:
and sympathy already expressed by the
daily press. Sunday Special. after COM
menting upon the insane aimlessness with
! which the Anarchists apparently select
| their victims, says:
THE atrocity Of the outrage again brings
! prominently before the public the question
| of how to deal with Anarchists. Scotland
] Yard knows dead more about the Lon
! don Anarchists than the public realizes.
! The police even recognize clubs i'm which
anarchical doctrines are preached and
! plots Matched. The members of such or
! CARNATIONS stamp themselves as outlaws
| and the time has arrived when they should
/ a a n 4
! terrible danger TO the community and
should no longer be tolerated"
| The Observer says: 1t is gratifying, al
| least, to see the universal sympathy the
! crime has evoked for the victim. The
whole world is kin to-day, alike in horror
! at the act and In compassion for the
| American President and the American peo-
! pie. Thus. it may be, out of evil good will
come, and the nations be drawn into closer
| bonds of sympathy"
| In the absence of Lord Salisbury from
| London, SchOmberg Mcdonnell, principal
| private secretary to the premier, said to a
| representative of the Associated Press:
| You cannot use terms too strong in
! pressing our Indignation at the outrage and
! sympathy with the President. 1t is terri
bic If Mr. Mckinley dies. which we sim
cerely hope he will not, the whole world
| will lose a man of greater integrity and
| craftsmanship than 1t at present realizes.
! This attempt may induce an international
| arrangement by which Anarchists may be
dealt with according to their deserts and
| this canker OF civilization be suppressed.
| Certainly England would favor such plan.
| We and America are blamed on the CONT
| nent for harbOring Anarchists. We are all
! deeply relieved to hear the encouraging re-
| ports about the Presidents condition, but
| remembering how President Garfield lin
/ gered, we dread the possibility of cOmpi-
| cations until the second bullet is found"
| The United states embassy has received
| many kilograms and telephone messages
| from distinguished persons inquiring for
| news and expressing anxiety and regret at
| the attempt of the wOuld-be assassin.
| Lord PauncefOte, the British ambassador
| TO the United States, accompanied by his
| daughter, was one of the earliest callers at
| the United States embassy this morning
| He expressed the greatest sympathy and
| anxiety regarding President McKinley's
| condition The other callers at the embassy
| included Judge Gray, of Delaware; Prof
| Saunders, of Harvard, and practically all
| the leading Americans in London The
| kilograms of sympathy and inquiry received
] at the embassy from all parts of Great
| Britain include messages from the mayors
| of Birmingham and Portsmouth
| By night the embassy had received tele-
! grams from almost every city in the United
| Kingdom, besides countless INQUIRIES from
! individuals. including the Duke of Cam
J bridge, the bishop OF Ripon. the foreign
| ambassadors and the entire Ministry.
Following is the text of King Edwards
message TO the Foreign Office:
! ''Kiel, Sept. PLEASE send at once to the
| American embassy to offer my deepest svm-
| pathy at the dastardly attempt on the
! Presidents life. l have telegraphed direct
! Please Keep me informed of his condition
| Mr.. Chamberlain, colonial secretary
| wired from Birmingham: Il have heard
| with sorrow and detestation of the afro
| ciOus, cowardly act Of which the President
| of the United States is a victim Fverv
| Englishman deeply sympathizes with the
| people of America and with the family of
! the President. whose high character is well
appreciated on this side"
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