fessor Saunders of Harvard, and practically all the leading Americans in London. The telegrams of sympathy and inquiry read at the embassy from all parts of Great Britain included messages from the mayor of Liverpool, Birmingham and Portsmouth. By night the embassy had received telegrams from almost every city in the United Kingdom, besides countless inquiries from individuals, including the Duke of Cambridge, the Bishop of Ripon, the foreign ambassadors, and the Argentine Minister. The following telegram is a fair sample of the messages referred to: "I wish to convey the expression of my deep sorrow and grief for the abominable outrage to which President McKinley has fallen a victim.” TRIBUTES OF THE FRENCH PRESS. The Figaro said: "President McKinley personified in the eyes of the crowd the aristocracy of riches. Nevertheless he was simple and kind, and we trust the American people will be spared from grief and mourning." The Temps, speaking as if President McKinley were already dead, said: "He will leave to history a considerable name. He has incarnated a double title that is new to America, starting a movement that was not dreamed of by the founders of the republic in two directions-protection and expansion. McKinley was the champion of the classes, a man of capital, monopolies, and trusts. Evil tongues added that he was a puppet of Senator Hanna. "The conquests of the Spanish war begot an insoluble constitutional question, and the germ of military glory. Having turned back upon the principles of his forefathers, Congress gave him carte blanche, and the Supreme court proclaimed that it was possible for the United States to possess dependencies where the constitution was not known. It was a personal triumph. All the advocates of jingoism and conquest and admirers of the army acclaimed McKinley as a hero, yet he was on the point of facing the greatest difficulties. He has already shown signs that he is in favor of abandoning protection for reciprocity, which will possibly raise the standard of revolt among the trusts and syndicates. Each day reveals more contradictory and insoluble embarrass ments for Vice-President Roosevelt, whose role will be nothing enviable." The Liberte devoted an article to pointing out the dangers of anarchy. The Journal Des Debats was much more sympathetic. It praised President McKinley for his honorable career, and said he had revealed himself in the White House, as at his Canton cottage, as a simple and even brave man, who deserved his popularity throughout the Union. He was also a far-seeing man, the paper said, and realized that the moment had come when America's enormous output would necessitate the opening of outside markets to Americans, and for that reason he became a convert to reciprocity. The Debats referred feelingly to President McKinley's tactful dealings with M. Jules Cambon, the French Ambassador, after the Spanish war, when the feeling in France was somewhat hostile to the United States. The Debats expressed the hope that for the interests of America the life of the President would be spared, because a critical period is opening, when a change of rulers might possibly be disastrous. Cables were received from all the crowned heads and those in authority under republican forms in all parts of the world. The nations of the earth were heard from without exception. The King of England, Edward VII, was constant in inquiries, and there was nothing perfunctory in his dispatches. They showed a sincere and very sympathetic interest. TRIBUTE OF PRESIDENT DIAZ. President Diaz, on September 14, when informed of the death of President McKinley, expressed himself as follows: "I have been deeply shocked by the horrible crime, which has not even the excuse that the anarchist is persecuted in the United States, since, as is well known, freedom and tolerance are there extended to him. Nor has it the excuse that President McKinley was a ruler of exclusive or aristocratic tendencies, for he was, by reason of his position as a popular ruler and his own personal feelings, sympathies and habits, a good friend of the people, a genuine democrat in the best sense of the word; so that this crime was as useless and unprovoked as it is abominable in every respect. "With regard to Mexico, President McKinley had ever evidenced such friendly sentiments that his death will be mourned in this country hardly less keenly than in the United States; for myself it is a loss of a warm personal friend. These sentiments I have expressed to the ambassador of the United States, Ambassador Powell Clayton, on two occasions on which I have personally called at the embassy. My deepest sympathy and condolence go out to Mrs. McKinley and the family of the late President. "On the other hand, the high reputation of President Roosevelt is a guarantee that there will be no change in any matter affecting the important interests of the United States or its international relations." GRIEF OF THE CUBANS. Havana, September 14.-As early as four o'clock this morning boys were on the streets selling special editions of the newspapers containing the announcement of the death of President McKinley. Feeling is expressed in all parts of the island, and telegrams and messages of sympathy come from all sections. All work in the public offices was stopped to-day, and most of the business community suspended operations of their own accord. Judges and civil governors of the provinces, the government secretaries and the foreign consuls went to the palace to express sympathy. A commission of the Constitutional Council also called upon General Wood and asked him if the policy of the Government was likely to be changed. The Governor replied that he believed President Roosevelt would pursue exactly the same policy as that of President McKinley. All the public buildings are draped in black, and Mayor Gener to-day issued an order suspending all public meetings and directing the closing of all places of amusement on "account of the sorrow felt at the death of the President of the United States." SERVICES IN ENGLAND. London, September 15.-Heart-moving religious services, marked by extraordinary scenes of popular grief, took place this morning and to-night all over London and throughout the provinces in memory of President McKinley. Everywhere the sermons, prayers and music bore almost exclusively upon America's great loss and the sore bereavement |