WORDS OF SYMPATHY FROM ABROAD

The accompanying cablegrams from our allied houses in Milan and Buenos Aires are typical of the messages that came from all of our allied houses and our friends outside of America. A few of these are reproduced below.

From London:
"The directors, staff and employees of London House send expression of keenest sympathy with Western Electric Company and with bereaved relatives in their terrible loss."
(Signed) W.E. CO., Ltd., London

"London employees hasten to express deepest sympathy with Hawthorne at terrible Eastland disaster."
(Signed) Stein, London

From Paris:
"We are painfully impressed by the terrible catastrophe which has befallen our colleagues and friends of the Western Electric Company. We send you our condolences and deepest sympathy."
(Signed) Le Material Telephonique

From Montreal:
"Please accept deepest sympathy from us all on this terribly sad occasion."
(Signed) Edward F. Sise

From Johannesburg:
"Condict, convey Hawthorne sympathy Johannesburg staff and customers in terrible disaster." (Signed) E.S. Keefe

From Buenos Aires:
"Greatly shocked catastrophe. Deepest sympathy."
(Signed) J.E. Parker, Gen'l Mgr., United River Plate Tel. Co., Ltd.

From the Far East:
San Francisco, July 25.
"Express our deepest grief and sympathy to the catastrophe of the picnic party of Hawthorne works."
(Signed) S. Kiguchi, M. Matsushiro, E. Hata
(Employees of the Nippon Electric Company, en route to Japan.)

"I have read of the Eastland disaster in the newspapers and know that the tragedy concerns families of your company's employees of Chicago. I am very sorry and deeply sympathize with them in this great calamity.
With heartfelt sympathy, believe me,
Yours very sincerely,"
(Signed) T. Matsumoto
Engineer of the Japanese Government

From our Representatives in China:
"In behalf of our firm we hasten to express our profound sorrow and deep sympathy in the loss sustained by your Company as a result of the appalling disaster in Chicago, whereby the lives of so many employees and their families have been sacrificed.
Sincerely yours,"
(Signed) Arnhold, Karberg and Company

From the Representative of Two German Companies:
"My dear Mr. Thayer:
I read with deep regret of the disastrous accident in Chicago through which such a great number of your employees and their families have perished. Will you therefore permit me to express my profound sympathy also in the name of my firm.
Respectfully,"
Dr. Karl Georg Frank
Representing Siemens & Halske and Siemens-Schuckert Werke of Berlin

From Ecuador:
"You have our sympathy on account of the disaster."
(Signed) Compania Nacional de Telefonos

From San Salvador:
Regret misfortune.
(Signed) Ricardo Posada.
Direct Gen'l of Government Telephone and Telegraph Lines.