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Show I GRIEVES, BUT LIKEWISE SHOWS FEAR Special Cable to The Tribune. BERLIN, May 7. Germany Is showing marked jrrlef at the death of King "Edward. "Ed-ward. There Is genuine sorrow everywhere. every-where. . The emperor has ordered all flags In the army and navy to be floated at half mast and tho bust of the late English Eng-lish sovereign draped In black. Deputations Deputa-tions were appointed by thorclchstag and the various German regiments of which tho king- wns a member, to hurry to London Lon-don with messages of condolence. They left late today. The kaiser, It Is assured, will Icavo for London to be present at the funeral. But under the feellnn of regret there is a finely drawn feeling of fear. King Edward Ed-ward did much to preserve peace. In ISu- rope His maHtor hand In international politics was felt everywhere. Ills diplomacy di-plomacy and cordiality were greatly responsible re-sponsible for the fiuletudo which has existed ex-isted in late years on the continent. With Edward gone the future looks uncertain. In, officialdom there Is a note of anxiety in every utterance. It was reported here tonight that Colo- nel Theodore RooHevolt,vwho Is scheduled to arrive next Monday, will hurry to London. All of the official parts of the programme of entertainment of the American Amer-ican have been dropped. |