The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1898-02-15
JOHN BULLS APPROVAL.
SPAIN Is DOUBLED.

WASHINGTON. d. c.. Feb. ne pol
icy of .uc administration concerning ihe
De Lone incident can be stated briefly
and deiniteIy-and on authority hot
open to questiOn-aS follows:
The President is awaiting the full re-
MORT of United States Minister Wood
ford who. in the brief report already
unade. stated that fuller details Will be
forwarded. So far as the personal al
lusions of the late Minister to the Iresl-
dent are concerned. the incident IL
nndou y closed. No demand has
been. or will be made, according to the
present intentions, for Il dlsavoWal OF
them though should it be made 1t would
he regarded as Il graceful act. But, the
differences in the letter which bring
in n~nestion Spain's good faith on ques-
tions Of reciprocity, and inf~erentla!ly
autonomy for Cuba, if not d4avowed
voluntarily, may become the subject of
further diplomatic correspondence, though
rs to the matter. as had been stated
heretofore. the President will await Min
lister Woodford'S fuller adyiceS before
ANYTHING is decide, upon. This feature
of the eX-Minister's letter is entirely
d~isassoc:ated from the personal aspect
which resulted in his retirement 1t IS
confidently expected by this government
that Spain will take early opportunity
to disaYOW the statements OF Its rate
representative so far az they tend to
commit Spain to Il policy which leaves
her good faith open to a serious doubt.
It is felt to be most desirable that this
government should have no doubt as
to SDain's real purposes and feelings
on those vital questions which have been
subjects of negotiation or are lkeIE 10
become such in the immediate future.
Tn to half past one o'clock this after
moan Minister WOodford had not vet
forwarded the full report Of the 1nter-
view had by him with the Spanish For
c.gn Office. y point that may become
of importance in considering the pro
prietv of the action of the Spanish gov
crmnent in accepting the resignation OF
the Minister without disclaiming reSpon-
sibiljty for any of the utterances con-
tanned in his letter mas been broacAed.
The SPANISH government. it Is said.
NAV not be aware Of the contents of the
letter. There is reason to believe that
Wien it acted upon Mr.. De l-ome's
resignation. if indeed not up to the pres
ent moment the Spanish Foreign office
did not have before it the full text
of the letter and may have acted on the
assumption that the document con-
tanned only personal criticisms upon the
President In this case the statements
OSltt lllIS nv $500
measures, which it appears are regarde
us of greater Importance than the per.
S0nal criticisms 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 ia
the government that he never received
the letter would warrant such an As
sumption. unless the cable has been
usad by the Spanish legation here. for
this government mas not cabled the let
ter.
At the Spanish legation affairs have
assumed a normal condition. Senior Du
Bose is in charge. He did not SO to the
State Department this morning. This
afternoon he made calls on the Foreign
representatives. thus fulfilling a social
duty by which the fact of his assuming
charge of the post is made known tC
q them.
II Senior De Lone is busy winding III
o his affairs and preparing for departure
The time of leaving has not been set
zSN n m De, LONE is directing the mex
u pectedly hasty work of packing, apd re
81 ports of her being Frustrated by the re-
cen occurrence are g~roundleSs. No in
f imation has come to anyone at the lega
sEtiOn as to the new minister. The seve
#ral names mentioned in the newspapers
Z are we'll known, but all ommen i
purely c~Onjectural.
S Representative Lewis, of Washington
y has prepared Il joint resolution which
he Will offer in the House on Monday
Expressing it to be the sense of thu
sss#8Ouse and Senate that the PreSiden
34eclinc to recognize the resignation
~ Senior De LONE. the Spanish Ministel
%& ~ inStngI in farm that hn * MOI.
RDna non grata.
5WOODFORD HEARD FROM.
W ~ashington, d. c., Feb. 12.-Late to
NIGH the State Department received
cablegram from Minister Woodford. |
relate presumably to the incident ere
afed by the publication of Minister d
LOme's letter to Senior Canalejas, al
Though. owing to the late hour of its re
ceipt. its contents will not be known be
fore Tomorrow. The cablegram is il
the department cipher. and is betwee
hundred and three hundred word
1Ox'e. It is supposed by the State De
4artment officials to be in response t
fffefructions to Minister Woodford to &c
the department concerning the aC
taken by the Madrid government
Sa&h reference to the De Lone inciden
to be supplementary to Ministe
XDdford dispatch announcing the az
hnce by the Spanish Ministry of tn
- nation of Minister De LONE
&&til the receipt Of the c~ablegram tc
% nothing had been heard by tn
83z&k Department from Madrid sine
'n47fNSter Noodford announced the az
eepflnce of Minister De Lome's resie
naffpn, ana the hrrvity Of the diSpatc
1SMIaken To be an indication that
epniefins nothing Of particularly seriou
import.