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Show -t - PRAISE OF THE PRESS. London, Papers Teem With Expressions Expres-sions of Sympathy. : London, -July 21. Long biographical sketches, memoirs and editorials are called forth by the death of the pope and the English papers all teem with expressions of the warmest sympathy and deep regret. A contrast is drawn between the unique position the papacy now holds in intornatiopal consideration, compared with its shuttered, discredited position at the time of the death of Piux IX. The Morning. Post says: "The keys of St. Peter, that death snatched from him. are now 1he symbols of a world-wide monarchy such as even Islam itself with its countless millions of devotees cannot boast." The Daily News says: "Leo XIII will be remembered as one of the greatest of popes and humblest of Christians." The Daily Telegraph says: "The Catholic Cath-olic world mourns the loss of one of the noblest, priests, most accomplished scholars schol-ars and wisest statesmen who has ever filled St. Peter's chair." |