Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1897-05-22
1ELEGRAPHIC..
De LONE TO OLNEY.
The Two Statesmen In Perfect Accord
As 10 Cuba.
SPANS GRATITUDE EXPRESSED
An Appeal 10 Stop FiIibus,ering Gx'
petitions and Promise 10 Es'
lab ish Peace.

WASHINGTON, May 2l.-The reply
ofDupuy dc Lome, the Spanish min
is,er. to the offer made by Secretary
Olney of mediation made on behalf OF
this government, contains the follow
ING language, indicative OF the attitude
nj the last administration: "The gov
erpment Of his majesty appreciates to
TIA full value the noble frankneBs with
which that OF the United states has
informed 1t Of the very definite opin.
inn IL has formed in regard TO the legal
impossibiIity OF granting recognition
nj beIiigerency to their Cuban in'
surgents. Indeed. those who are fight.
ING in Cuba against the integrity VI
Inc Spanish fatherlsnd possess no
qualifications emitting them to tho
respect or even to the consideration OF
otber countries. They do not, az your
excellepcy expresses 1t, possess any
civil government, organized win
kpown seat, and administration OF
defined territory, and they have not
succeeded Ia permanently occupying
any town, much less any city, large
or small.
nate to which am now replying, with
great legal acnmen and spontaneout-
". that 1t ia impossible for the Cuban
insurgents to perform the functions OF
n regular government, within Its own
frontiers, and much less to exercise
Inc rights and fulfill tho oblis atlons
that are Incumbent on all the men,
bers of the family OF nations. More
over, the systematic campaign OF
destruction against all the industries OF
the island and the menpB by which
they are worked would OF itself be
sufficient to keep them without the
male of the universally recognized
rules Of international law.
"His msjesty's government has no
less qualification in regard to the
spoptansous offer on the part OF the
government OF the United states, but
sees no advantage Ill regard tU the
Cuban question, Its wish baing that
the law iul sovereignty OF Spain se
maintained and even strengthened
through the submission OF the rebels,
which, as your excellency states In
your note, Ia OF paramount necessity
to the Spanish government Tor the
maintenance Of its honor"
"Whiie expressing the high gratii-
cation with which his tnajesty's gov
eminent took note oil the emphatic
statements which your excellency
was pleased to make in your note of
the All Of April. with regard TO the
sovereignty OF Spain ana the detsrmin-
alton OF the United States not to do
knowledging with pleasure all the
weight they carry, the duke OF Tetuan
says that nothing else was to be ex.
pected Of the lofty sense Of the right
cherished by the government OF the
United States.
SIT 10 unnecessary, as your excel
lency remarks, anu In view OF so
friendly an attitude, TO discuss the
hypothesis of Intervention. as 1t would
be utterly inconsistent with the above
views. The government OF his majes-
W the king OF Spain fully concurs in
the opinion that your exceileDcy was
pleased to express In regard to the
future OF the island in the event, which
cannot and shall not be, OF the insur-
reotion In Its triumph.
"There can be no greater accuracy Of
judgment than that displayed by your
excellency, and as you say with great
reason, sucn o termination OF the con-
fiict would be looked upon with the
most serious misgiviDgs, even by the
most enthusiastic adv, cate OF popular
government; because, as remarked by
your exoeliency, with the heterogens.
Gus combination Of races that exist
there, the disappearance OF Spain would
be the disappearance OF the only bond
OF union which can keep them in bal
amer, and an unavoidable struggle
trary TO the spirit OF Chrigiisn civiliza-
ton, would supervene.
''rhis government Of his msjesty
and the people OF Spain wish anu even
long for speedy qualification in Spain.
They are really to exert their best
efforts and at tue same time to adopt
such reforms as may bs useful or