Show I SORROW IN FRANCE I I All Official Fetes Abandoned Until After Obsequies Paris July WThc account of then the-n of King Humbert has created profound sorrow in official circles I cr cles here All official have Al ofcial fetes vebeen abandoned until after the obsequies The Hags of all public buildings aro draped The Italian embassy and the Italian building at the exposition are In heavy mourinpr Only ono morning paper LEclair had the news and this very briefly Its sale was tremendous and everyone on the boulevards this morning was eagerly ea-gerly scanning the insufficient news When notified of the death of King Humbert President Loubut sent a military officer of his household to ex preas his condolence to the Italian Em bassador l Count Tornellle Brusati dl Vergano Later In the afternoon the Embassador visited the palace ot the Elysee and officially announced the death of his sovereign President Lou bet sent to the new King of Italy the I following I place before your Majesty the expression ex-pression of unanimous indignation dr my country against the odious attempt which has taken from Italy its gen erqus chief I beg your Majesty to ac1 I cept this expression of my deepest sympathy and I place at the feet of her Majesty Queen Margherlta my respectful re-spectful homage and my sincere condolences con-dolences I One must go back to the time of the Lyons Tagcdy when President Carnot was assassinated under similar condi l Lions and at almost the same hour at the conclusion of a speech to obtain a correct notion of the effect of the news of the crlmo at MOna upon Parisians I was with incredulity that the people peo-ple road the brief telegram announcing the assassination In the Euclaire the morning paper making the announcement announce-ment but It was long before the reality of the tragedy dawned upon the and tho ilrst feeling gave place to one of deep Indignation Upon the boulevards and In the cafes groups quickly formed discussing with animation the position and how It is likely to result King Humbert knew Paris well asa as-a very popular figure here and the diplomatic di-plomatic understanding that rslanclrJ was reached last year blotted out all recol lections of former divisions The general feeling Is that Italy will not buffer more serious consequences from this unexpected event the army being too devoted to the monarchy to permit trouble The new King is recognized rec-ognized as a worthy successor of his I I father |