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CHAPTER XIX
HOW THE WORLD RECEIVED THE NEWS
NATIONS PROSTRATE WITH GRIEF—MESSAGES FROM KINGS
AND CARDINALS—DISASTER STIRS WORLD TO NECESSITY
OF STRICTER REGULATIONS
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MESSAGE FROM SPAIN
King Alfonso and Queen Victoria sent the following cablegram to President Taft:
"We have learned with profound grief of the catastrophe to the Titanic, which has plunged the American nation in mourning. We send you our sincerest condolence, and wish to assure you and your nation of the sentiments of friendship and sympathy we feel toward you."
A similar telegram was sent to the King of England.
The many expressions of grief to reach President Taft included one signed jointly by the three American Cardinals, who were in New York attending the meeting of the trustees of the Catholic University. It said:
"TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES:
"The archbishops of the country, in joint session with the
trustees of the Catholic University of America, beg to offer
to the President of the United States their expression of their
profound grief at the awful loss of human lives attendant
upon the sinking of the steamship Titanic, and at the same
time to assure the relatives of the victims of this horrible disaster
of our deepest sympathy and condolence.
"They wish also to attest hereby to the hope that the law-makers
of the country will see in this sad accident the obvious
necessity of legal provisions for greater security of ocean travel.
"JAMES CARDINAL GIBBONS," Archbishop of Baltimore.
"JOHN CARDINAL FARLEY," Archbishop of New York.
"WILLIAM CARDINAL O'CONNELL," Archbishop of Boston.
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CHAPTER XIX
HOW THE WORLD RECEIVED THE NEWS
NATIONS PROSTRATE WITH GRIEF—MESSAGES FROM KINGS
AND CARDINALS—DISASTER STIRS WORLD TO NECESSITY
OF STRICTER REGULATIONS
Sinking of the Titanic and Great Sea Disasters | |