New-York tribune., 1901-09-19
AN ENGLISH VIEW.
THE LONDON TINES ON THE ASSAs.
SINATION AND PRESIDENT
MKINLEY'S POSITION
] The London Times. OF September :.


From The London Times. of September =
The world will hear with horror snd deeo regre,
tha' ina m oq shs attempt vas 9ds ysssry
the buildings of the Pan-Americsn EauositioS m m
Buffalo The President. during reception in the
an anarchist of Polish origin. came forward
as if to shake hands with him. one bullet lodging
condition OF Mr. Mckinley is admitted to be yerS rS
serious t5 but there IS apparently ss some hope
rage. as is natural excited the strongest feelings
in protecting the assassin from the fury of the
people 1t is evident that though the
there was not the remotest idea Of any dsS-
ger TO his life. He was accessible. according 10
no suspicion appears TO have been aroused by the
the feelings of the people of the United states 10
Know tnat the criminal or the lunatic-fOr his
At any rate they may be assured Of the Complete
and and cordial sympathy of their British knsfolk in
character is respected bOtn in his own Country
edness of the attempt his life will meet with
universal reprobation- We will not contemplate
membered that in any case the Government OF the
United States viii not be disturbed The Vice
ecutive power, on the death of the President with
heir of the throne in any European monarchy Mr.
Roosevelt is man of ability and distinction and
safe in his hands But Mr. Mckinley has gained gained an
he ra9ns S tSs Ii forbs he SsW Tasa
election as President for third time. than he has
i nF
fortune If he off in the plenitude OF his
popularity and when his policy has been apparently
The attempt on the life Of the President will
awaken indignation as well as sympathy in every
civilized country and nowhere more than in these
British Islands, where in spite of occasional mis-
rather than weakens the manifold ties of knship
which unite us to our American cousins. II II is
we earnestly hope ne has failed in carrying out his
purpose, was an avowed anarchist, the people OF
that there are enemies of society who active
ana ana lmpIacaoie under the widest development OF
effete dc spotisms of the Old World The fact that
the elected representative OF the people gives him
no protection against the fanatics of political ter
shown the chiefs of ancient nTonarehies to be
more against the dagger the bullet OF the
the United States Lincoln and Garfield have fallen
by the hand & OF the 4ssssn and rD6 General % P
has met with the same fate in comparatively
to place the murders OF Car Alexander NJ
and OF King Humbert of Italy the only modern
examples of the successful attempts assassinats
reigning sovereigns. though the lives OF many
have been more or less seriously attacked Il is
State like President Mckinley. should be marked
out out for destruction when 1t IS certain that, by
his place will be taken by successor, already des
PROBABLY, with prestige enhanced by the abhor-
renee which the criminal removal of his forerunner
conceived in which the murder of Mr. Mckinley
can have presented itself as an object from the
tage was to be derived. The President OF the
United states IS m has lately been elected It for
ascendant throughout the Union He has never
been credited with a masterful or domineering
spirit His fault indeed. mas rather been that he
gales of public opinion and that he has rarely had
policy of his own. But this is criticism 70
t are exposed MT Mckinney at any rate has. had
the support OF ms Own W t Peos ps a n be word He
mas twice been the representative or tne patsy
Mr. Bryan. He has been the head Of adminls-
tration that has conducted a great war, ny land
the same time, has kept the United states on
OF peace and ai'g m W59 ABLE al toe tn as sI
with truth at the Pan-Ameriean Exposiusp at
feIon blow the Union under his rule has attained
to position Of uneXampied pT0sPerty mus
Yet the head OF the executive power, under whom
these things have come 70 pass aq YT Vote oS
confidence from his feOw-citzens, Is struck az as
unscrupulously and unsDaringly as If he were
II is singular that just before his life was threat
Indications OF an Independence Of thought and
courageous initiative that were not previously ap-
parent in his career. 1t was as the uncompronis-
ing champion OF the 7rotectionist system that ne
rose originally above the level of local politics Ihe
IegsIa tion bearing his dealt the most crush
ing blow free trade that has eyer been struck N
any country. 1t embodied a policy Wnlcn ] earare9 9
to the depths OF despair, and which, after the
most startling vicissitudeS Is neIG o ~ its ends
Just as new school Of economical thinkers IN 'ne
Old World maintain thar free trade Is NOT 20 %
regarded as an end in itself. but IS TO De car,
ried with regard 10 conSlderatons OF PISTLS, $3.50
expediencv, so the author OF the NchlnIey
Bill has declared that the policy OF protec-
ton 20 native industry must ne looked al HvuI
the same practical point of view Isolation. !Ile
President has said. lis no longer posslols OH OF JT
sirable' and this Is profoundly true e9nsetesais
not less than politically of the United Siates & Ss
we'll as of older countries. II follows thdt W W
Americans like ourselves have 10 look WIN IL "
growing Increase in their productive power 70 ~ ~
problem of more markets 1t is a remaGSa,,'e nro @C
mission from so strenuous an advocate OF -
tsctonisn as Mr. Mckinley that the nteH So -,
.syust not renOse in the fanCied security that
can for ever sell everything and buy niue OF ,.
ing The very success of the Presldent t - pr,nsf
baS th1Is led him to the conclusion thaI II mus mus
he modined If not abandoned But o. thS ttikslng iksly
nsr,rv 20 which he bears testimony N tIs 81 nir
" here can be no doubt whatever l. -, - G -i,h
teiigbe that the head Of an 5T5 recepty ap
5rovad bv the sufrages Of his couhISi iiel ~ rrsd-
ba singled out for assassination except OS " '"1
man