Titanic the people
of the two countries are brought into community of grief through their
common bereavement. The American people share in the sorrow of their
kinsmen beyond the sea. On behalf of my countrymen I thank you for your
sympathetic message.

"WILLIAM H. TAFT."

The message from King Albert of Belgium was as follows:

"I beg Your Excellency to accept my deepest condolences on the occasion
of the frightful catastrophe to the Titanic, which has caused such
mourning in the American nation."

The President's acknowledgment follows:

"I deeply appreciate your sympathy with my fellow-countrymen who have
been stricken with affliction through the disaster to the Titanic."

MESSAGE PROM 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.

HOUSE ADJOURNED

Formal tribute to the Titanic's dead was paid by the House of
Representatives when it adjourned for twenty-four hours.

The prayer of the Rev. Henry N. Couden in opening the House session was,
in part:

"We thank Thee that thoug