Arizona republican., 1898-02-14
How the HiniStsr'S Views Be-
 came Public Property
A TALE OF CUBAN INTRIGUE
Stolen by an Employe of the
 Postoffice at Havana
lnfcrmstion of It's Existence was First Given Out by a TTeaCherous Attacho of tho spanish Legation at Washington.

Philadelphia, Feb. 13.-The Press will print tomorrow what it asserts to be a true version of the acquisition and publication of the letter of Min ister De Lone to Senor Canalejas. The authority cited for it's authenticity is "a Cuban of the highest standing in the councils of his party, who received his information from the headquarters of the junta in New York.
 The story proceeds to say: The letter was not stolen from the United States mails, but was secured by an agent of the Cuban junta in the post office at Havana. Don Jose Canalejas, to whom the letter was addressed, never saw the original. He did not know until eight days after the letter reached Havana that such letter from Spain's representative at Wash ington had been written to him. De Lome wrote the letter in his private residence in Washington instead of at the Spanish legation. The paper, however, was marked with the official type and read in the corner Legation de Espagna" The same inscription was upon the left hand upper corner of the envelope.
 Senor De Lome did not mail the letter from his house; in fact, he had not quite completed it upon the morn ing it was written and he carried it to the legation where it was first seen and noticed by person who is in the employ of the embassy, acting in sub official capacity. The letter lay upon the desk of the minister in his inner of1ce, the outer office being his place of reception to visitors. During an absence of half an hour from the inner office, of De Lome, the clerk in ques- tion saw the open letter and read some of it. The next day this same person sent word to his Cuban associates in Washington to the effect that he had seen a letter from De Lome to Cana lejas, in which President Mckinley was villiied and autonomy called a scheme"
 Several of the Cuban patriots got to- gether and asked the employe of the embassy to secure the letter. They did not believe implicitly in his story, although he urged them to come into the public prints and make charges against De Lome. Because they did not have the letter in their possession the leaders refused to say anything about it. The employe of the legation was urged to use all means in his it was considered probable that the letter was already in the mails when the Cubans at the Hotel Raleigh were informed of it's existence.
 The clerk in the employ of Minister De Lome saw no more of the letter. His memory in written abstracts was forwarded to New York and it was quickly agreed that could possession of the letter be obtained and his state ment proven true, the letter would be of incalculable value to the Cuban cause as substantiating what the Gu ban leaders had maintained regarding autonomy and the general Spanish pol icy in official circles toward this coun try and it's officers.
 Immediately words of warning ant urging to be on the alert were sent t, every Cuban who might be in a posi- tion to obtain track of or intercept tn much sought for missive. The lette reached Havana five days after it postmark in Washington. An agen of the Cuban party who is in the em ploy of the Spanish postoffice kne' that the letter was on the way an when it came into his hands it wa was made of it. Word to this effec was sent to the Cuban leader in Jacb sonviile, who at once asked the secre tary of the Cuban junta in Havana secure the original letter, that a cop
 was not what was desired.
 The Havana postoffice clerk was nc
 willing to do this at first, but aftel
 wards consented, as he was obliged {
 account for it to other employees
 the department. The original WE
 then taken. Several blank sheets we
 substituted in place of the paper upc
 which De Lome had written and u
 letter was finally postmarked in u
 Havana office and sent on it's routil
 way. Eight days from it's arrival
 the Havana office a sealed envelo
 properly addressed to Senor Can
 lejas was delivered at the Hotel I
 gleterre.
 Senor Canalejas did not regard t
 matter seriously at the time, althou