The age-herald., 1901-01-21
LONDON WRAPPED IN SORROW
 AS DEATH MOVERS OVER THE QUEEN
Bright Spot Universal Gloom WasFthe Unexpectedly Prompt Sympathy Displayed by fmperorsHiIiam in Coming
 to the Deathbed of His Grandmother.

London. January A.-The bulletin is- sued at midnight was too late to become known in London except to very few. If when the metropolis awakes the Queen is still living her people must recognize that there is really no hope.
 This mornings newspapers have thrown eff all pretense of any possibility of recov- cry and they sadly admit that the end may come at any moment.
 "Whle there is life there Is hope" they say, and the Queens constitution is mar veously strong; but it is idle to deny that the danger is extreme. Therefore the papers proceed to review Her Majestys long and iliustrious reign as though she were no more and to dilate upon the wonderful in- fluence she wielded in Europe politics for so many years.
 We all know" says the Daily Mail" ," ''that there is danger of losing perhaps the the greatest personal force of our times" "
 The Daily News recalls the fact that even Bismarck, who detested feminine interfer- ence in politics, formed an estimate of the Queen, after a personal interview with her, which bordered on the idolatrous, and 1t adds: '"This is one of the most striking trib- utes ever paid to great character"
 "A bright spot in the universal gloom was the unexpectedly prompt sympathy dis played by Emperor William in giving up inn portant engagements to come to the death- bed of his grandmother. This" says the Daily Mail, "is calculated to endear his name to every Englishman; and we feel at such an hour what true sympathy means.
 The Times says: There is but one senti- ment today in the hearts of English-speak- ing people throughout the world Their eyes are turned in keen anxiety to the sick bed where lies the venerable sovereign who commands not merely the loyalty, but the personal affection of countless millions. ;
 "It needs no great medical knowledge to understand the meaning of the latest buf-zE letin. We must admit, however, that all our hopes and fears are alike based upon very imperfect knowledge. We can only await the result and bear the painful sus- pense with such calmness and fortitude as we are able to summon to our aid.
 History Affords Few Examples.
 "History affords but few examples of rulers who have won the deep personal af- lection and regard enjoyed by our beloved Queen. Even among lnoSS hot oi oui piooo or speech, even among those who have lit- tie that is kind to say of the British peo- pie, there are unstinted praise and warm regard for the British Queen.
 Were we more like her, were our official and individual relations with foreigners carried on with more of her catholic ur- banity and graciousness, who knows but that we, too, should win something of the kindly regard testified today in every for eign capital?"
 Referring to the presence of the Kaiser. the Times says: His presence Is Gernrany's homage to those very human feelings and sympathies uniformly displayed by the Queen. As such it will be understood here and be all the more honored and appre- ciated because it involves a certain lofty disregard of mere politics. As such, we do not doubt it will be understood in all