The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1874-10-15
GERMANY AND PORTO RICO.

The Abbc McMaster's Reply to Roar Ad-s
miral Polo de Barnabe-The Wholo
Truth and No Inventions-Who w rotc
the Denial in the Madrid Papers.
To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:-
would be very 10th to think that Admiral Polcf
has read and given his consent to having his nance
signed TO any letter Of which the that appearst
In this mornings HERALD Is q substantial trans-s
lation. Will refuse to believe it till have evil
dence OF better character than the publication in,
the o11cia Madrilenlan press whose character for.
truthlessness-has been so abundantly attested. !,
can fully understand the endorsements OF
Admiral Polo II he proposes to hold his position i'm
the Spanish navy under Serrano can eveni
imagine that he will not disavow the letter pubs
lished under his name, as dated 1t Valencia, Sep
TENDER II. do not believe that ne signed such q
letter with hts own hand.
The exposition OF the dispatches that passed be-.
tween him and the Dictatorship at Madrid, pub
lished IN the HERALD OF August IL, was forthwith
telegraphed to Europe. and excited the liveliesu
attention among many governments and in the
press OF various countries. Admiral Polo has been
late In disavowing its authenticity.
What does not concern mo, but must ancct pub
lie opinion is that cumulative ctrcumstan tial evil
dence has been brought forward from various
quarters, and that in government circles Of the
nations Interested no doubt exists that the over
ture for the temporary cession OF part or oil Of
Porto Rico. to become permanent In time, was on.
the tapis between the German Empire and Ser-
rano.
The letter attributed to Admiral Polo by the
Madrileha press is perfectly oorrec: In asyng that
II the documents published by the Freendn's Jour-
nal were forgeries, they would be too absurd
and contemplate" to have been imagined That
y precisely one note to prove them genuine 70
bility. profoundly absurd to have imagined,
therefore the more clearly authentic"
resignation, and to say that that the e Minister Of
navy e serve enae 70 the m nine
Bay OF Biscayl 1t was unnecessary to nave
sought to rob Admiral Polo OF the honor OF having
denial OF my allegations in the Freensdns Journal.
would have looked more nke the conviction OF
IN the face OF this letter OF September II, attro-
lively rean1rm what published August IS, a. to
the dispatches that passed last spring between
Tnsr asna desperate acs ON the pars Of inc
serranists, put desperate positions require des-
am IN hopes that, between now ana Christmas,
through whom the knowledRe Of these dispatches
expect trustworthy information as to whether
Admiral Polo has been 40 indtscreet as to author
Il, contrary TO my persuasion, he has done SO. J
can attribute II only 70 the perturbation Of mind
the superstition that some more sktlful hand pre-
pared the dispatches to the Serrano dictatorship.
which 40 signed wlthou: fully understanding their
pointedness, ana to the fact, or suppostion, that
ne nad not MS oo1cial letter book with him 81
Valencia when this denial was written.
am aware, Ar. Editor, that the Serrano dicta.
torsnip mas been exceedingly anxious to md out
through whom tte unpatriOttc bargain with Ger.
many was revealed to me. AS stated at the time
Of making tho intrigue public, no pressure OF any
KING can Be brought 30 bear on me suincent to
out harming him and without impeding other cd.
vantages to the cause OF religion and good govern
mont IN Spain, which Is the cause OF 81 Key Carlo&
VII, whom God keep very Respectfully y1nrs'
o.- ;LLsss, a ;c 1000 ~ Ss1 zN