Britain
British Prime Minister opposes freedom for the Irish
Prime Minister Lord Salisbury announced that he found the intended leaders of the Irish people untrustworthy and it would be dangerous to Britain to allow them any dergree of freedom.

United States
President McKinley shot
McKinley was assasinated and died in Buffalo, New York. He was succeeded by Vice President Theodore Roosevelt, who swore to uphold the policy of the late president.

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