Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1923-08-04

Thousands of messages of sympathy
continued to arrive at the State De-
partment today from all parts of the
world expressing the sorrow Of gov
ernments and hish officials at the
death of President Harding.
In similar manner civic and other
leaders OF the National Capital made
Expressions Of their deepest sympathy.
paying tribute to the life and works
of the late President.
Among the first to cable their SYM
pathy to Secretary Hughes were the
members of the Permanent Court of
Inte-na tional Justice. at The Hague.
The cable read: The Permanent
Court of International Justice. having
heard of the death of President Hard
ing. desires to express its sense Of the
loss sustained by the United States Of
America, and by the world. and beGs
to convey to you an expression of its
sympathy to the family" The mes
sage was signed. 'Loder, president"
DR.. Otto Wiedfeldt, the German am
bassador. sent this telegram TO Mrs.
Harding:
Il beg respectfully to express to
you. dear Mrs. Harding. Mrs WED
feldt's and my heartfelt sympathy for
the sudden death of your husband
The late President OF the United
States showed sincere kindness TO me
upon every occasion. which ] shall al
ways thankfully bear in mind"
Ambassador Recalls Meeting.
Recalling here his first meeting
with President Harding, the ambas-
sador from Germany declared: The
first words he spoke to me when l
had the honor of delivering my ere
dcntials to him were, War Is over.
and / thankfully acknowledge how
he used upon every occasion during
noble minded conviction in social as
in political affairs
Premier Poincare Of France sent
a message depioring the loss of "a
generous and enlightened friend
whom Fronchmen had learned to love
and respect.
Minister Brun of Denmark tele-
/ graphed from Bar Harbor, Me. his
personal feelings of grief and sym
pathy, declaring that he knew that
! these feelings are also the feelings
! of the Danish government and
people"
Other messages were received from
the charge daffaires Of the Italian
! embassy, Augusta Rosso: F. c. Nano,
secretary of the Rumanian legation /:
J .
| G. NJ Larrea. charge d'affaires of the
! legation of Ecuador; Arturo Padro.
| charge dafaires of the Cuban lega-
ton; Minister Panaretoff of Bull
garia. Counselor Chiffon of the Brit
| ish embassy and Ambassador Riano
T, OF Spain.
The counselor of the British en-
bassy transmitted cablegram from
! Admiral Jellicoe. governor general of
New Zealand. stating that the New
| Zealand parliament had adjourned as
| q tribute of respect to the memory
of President Harding.
J Cable From Norway.
| Minister Swenson. in a cable from
Norway, stated that the lord chamber
| lain and five members of the Nor
! wegian ministry, including the pre-
| mier, had called at the legation in a
| body and expressed their deep SYM
! pathy with the American government
and the American people in the great
loss suffered by the death of their
President"
/ an expression on behalf of himself
| and the members of the special mis-
! sion dealing with the Turkish treaty
negotiations.
Counselor Prochnik of the Austrian
legation here spoke of the sorrow
and compassion which have gripped
| the hearts of the people of the Austrian
/ republic"
| other tributes to President Harding
were as follows:
Chairman Cordell Hull of the demo-
cratic national committee:
Il join with the great body of
Americans in deploring the sudden
and untimely death of President
Harding. which has shocked his fell
! low citizens everywhere, and which
Is great loss to his country. The
heart OF the nation will go out to Mrs.
4 10 lix,xr yhn nd ta1 mi En-
| and to the other members of his fam
| lily"
Words of New Bishop.
Rev DR.. James Z. Freeman, bishop
elect of the Episcopal diocese of
| Washington:
Few Presidents in our times have
j so completely won the affection of
the people as did President Harding.
His gracious and genial personality,
quite apart from his splendid gifts as
| a leader, gave him a place in the af-
fectiors of the people. notably those
of Washington. quite comparable.
The development Of his talents as a
statesman has been marked. The fact
that he was genial and gracious in
| his contacts with men was all too
frequently taken as an evidence of
the lack of other qualities, but those
who claim to know him soon realized
that he was a man of strong and
| fixed conviction whose motives were
utterly sincere and whose devotion to
| high ideals was unchallenged and I'M
challengeable. President Harding
combined many noble qualities that
Were winsome and compelling, and 1
have had repeated occasions to know
the depth and strength of his SYM
pathies and the largeness Of his af-
fecttons. Beyond anything else he
was a profoundly religious man, and
his religion entered into the common
concerns Of his everyday life. His
loss will be felt as a personal one by
a. multitude; OF friends in. all parties
who have learned to love and admffA