Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1898-02-16
AWAIT THE REPORT.
Administration will Do Nothing
Until it Hears from Mr.
WOOdfOrd.

Washington, D. c., Feb. 1.-THE
policy Of the administration concerning
the De LONE incident can be stated
briefly and defnitely-and on authority
not open to question-as follows:
The President is awaiting the full re-
port of United States Minister Woodford.
who, in the brief report already made.
stated that fuller details will be for
warded.
SO far as the personal illusions of the
| late minister to the President are con-
| cerned, the incident is undoubtedly
! closed
| No demand has been or will be made ac-
| cording to the present intentions for a
disavowal of item, though should it be
made 1t would be regarded as a graceful
| act.
But the inference in the letter which
bring in question SPANS good faith on
| questions of reciprocity and inferentially
| autonomy Tor Cuba, if not disavOwed vol
| unfairly, may become the subject of
further diplomatic correspondence, though
| as TO TINS matter, as has been stated here
| t0tOre, the President will await Minister
| WoodfOrds fuller advices before anything
| is decided upon.
This feature of the ex-minister's letter
IS entirely disassociated from the per-
| sonal aspect which resulted in his retire
! AIClll' IL 10 expected In1S
| government that Spain will take an CD
| portunity to disavOw the statements eff
ITS late representative so far as they tend
to commit Spain to a policy which leaves
| her good faith open to serious doubt.
| 1t is felt to be most desirable that this
government, should have no doubt as to
| SPANS real purposes and feelings on
those vital questions which have been
! subjects of negotiation or are likely to
| become such in the immediate future.
| Up to half-past l o'clock this afternoon
Minister WoOdford had not yet forward
ed the full report of the interview had
| by him with the Spanish foreign office.
A point that may be of Importance in
| considering the act of the Spanish govern
ment III accepting the resignation of the
minister without diSclaiming responsible
| .ty for any of the utterances contained in
his letter has been preached. The Span
| ISM government, 1t is said, may not be
aware of the contents of the letter. There
is reason to believe that when it acted
upon MIR. De LOme'S resignation, if in
deed not up to the present moment, the
| Spanish foreign Office did not have before
| it the text of the letter and may have
acted on the assumption that the docu-
ment contained only personal criticisms
upon the President
In this case the statements respecting
| the autonomy and reciprocity measures,
which 1t appears are regarded as of great
q IIiIpol lHdu Tic peISOIdI CIlIl-
cisms passed by the minister upon the
President, may not have been known to
the Spanish government. The fact that
Senior Canalejas, the person addressed
by the minister, who is now in Madrid
is said to have declared to the govern
ment that he never received the letter
would warrant such ar assumption. I'M
less the cable has been freely used by
the Spanish legation here, for this gov
eminent has not cabled the letter.
At the Spanish legation affairs have as
sumed a normal condition. Senior Du
Bose is in charge. He did not go to the
state department this morning This
afternoon he made calls on the foreign
representatives, thus fulfilling a social
and an official duty by which the fact of
his assuming charge of the post is made
known to them. Senior De LONE is busy
winding up his affairs and preparing for
departure. The time of leaving has not
been set. Nine. De LONE is directing
the unexpectedly hasty work of packing,
and reports of her being Frustrated by
the recent occurrence are grOundless.
No intimatiOn has come to anyone at the
legation as to the new minister. The
several names mentioned in the news
papers are well-knOwn, but all comment
is regarded as purely cOnjectural
Representative Lewis of Washington
has prepared a joint resolution which he
will offer in the House on Monday ex-
pressing If to be the sense of the House
and Senate that the President decline to
recognize the resignation of Senior de
LONE, the Spanish minister and instead
inform him that he is persona non grata