The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1898-02-12
A G%RATUITOUS INSULT,
Senor De Puy De LONE Makes an
Ass Of Himself.
Letter Written by the Spanish Minister
to Senior CanaIejas Openly Insulting
President Mckinley A
Grave Ofense.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-Here is the let
ter of Minister de LONE to Senior Cana
leJas concerning President Mckinley:
LEGATION DE EsPANA, WAsHINGToH-Eximo
Senor Don Jose CanalejaS: Ny Distinguished
and Dear Friend-You need not apologize for
not having written to me; 1 also ought to have
written to you, but have not done 50 on account
OF being weighed down with work and nous
sOmmeS quittes.
The situation here continues unchanged.
Everything depends on the political and mill
taTy success in Cuba The prologue of this
second method OF warfare will end the day that
the colonial cabinet will be appointed. and it
relieves US in the eyes OF this country OF a part
OF the responsibility OF what may happen there,
and they must cast the responsibility upon the
CubanS, whom they believe to be immaculate.
Until then We Will not be able 10 see clearly
ana L consider it to be 4 loss of time and an ad-
vance by the wrong roaf. the sending OF ennis
Saries TO the rebel field, the negotiating with
the autonOmistS not yet declared to be legally
constituted and the discovery of the intentions
and purpose Of this government. The exiIes
will return one by one, and when they return
VIII come walking into the shcepfOld and the
chiefs will gradually return. Neither of these
had the courage to leave en- masse. and they
will not have the courage to thus return.
The message has undeteivcI the insurgents,
who expected something else. and has para
lyzed the action Of congress-, but consider il
bad. Beside the natural and inevitable coarse
ness with which he repeats all that the press
nd public opinion Of Spain has said of Weyler.
1t shows once more what Mckinley is: weak
and catering to the rabblc. and. besides. a low
politician. who desires to leave 4 door open to
me and to stand well with the LIMOGES Of his
party.
Nevertheless, as a matter OF fact. it will only
depend on ourselves whether ne will prove bad
and adverse to Us. 1 agree entirely with you,
without i military success nothing will b. ac-
complished there, and without military and
political success there is here always danger
that the insurgents will be encouraged. if not
by the government, at least by part of the pub
lie opinion.
do not believe you pay enough attention to
the role of England. Nearly ali the newspaper
c~anaille, which swarms in your hotel are En-
EiiSh, and at the sam time they are corre-
SpondentS OF the Journal. They are also corrc-
spondentS Of the best newspapers and reviews
of London. Thus. it has been since the begin
ming. To my mind the only object of England
IS that the Americans should occupy them
selves with Us and leave her in peace. and il
there is 4 war. so much the better-that would
further remove what is threatening her, al
though that will never happen.
1t would be most important that you should
agitate the question of commercial relations
even though it would be onlyf for effect and that
you should send here a man OF Importance. in
order that l might use him to make a propa-
Ganda among the senators and others, in oppo-
sition to the junta and to win over exfles.
There goes Amblarll. l believe he comes
too deeply taken up with little political matters,
and there must be something very great or we
shall lose.
Auela returns your salutation, and we wish
you in the near future to be 4 messenger of
peace and take this New Years present to poor
Spain.
Always your attentive friend and servant,
who kisses your hands.
LSignedl ENRIQUE DUPUY DE LONE.