Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1898-02-18

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Here Is the De LONE Letter.
Legation de EspOno, Washington.
Erimo Senior Don Jose CdnalejdS-
My Distinguished aud Dear
Friend:-You need not apologize
for not having written to me. l
also ought to have written to YOU
hut have not done so on account
of beng weighed down with work
aud nous sommes quittes.
The situation here continues un.
changed. Everything depends on
tue political aud military success OF
Cuba. The prologue OF this second
method of warfare will end the day
that the Colonial Cabinet will be
appointed, and it relieves us 10
the eyes of this country of a part
of the responsibility OF what may
happen there, aud they must casl
the responsibility upon the Cubans
whom they believe to be so im'
maculate.
Until then we will not be able
to see clearly, and consider 1T TO
be a loss of time and advance by
the wrong road, the sending OF
emissarIes to the rebel field, the
negotiating with the autonomlsts
rot yet declared to be legally con-
stituteG, and the discovery OF the
intentions and purpose OF this
Government. The exies Will re-
turn one by one, and when they
return will come walking into the
sheep fold. and the chiefs Will
gradually return Neither of these
had the courage to leave Ell masse,
aud they will not have the cour-
age to thus return.
The message has undeceived
the insurgents, who expected
something else, and has paralyzed
the action of Congress, but I con
slder it bad. Besides the natural
and inevitable cOarseneSs with
which be repeats all that the press
and public opinion of Spain has
said of Weyler, it shows once more
what Mckinley is, weak and cater
ing to the rabble, and besides a
low politician who desires to leave
door open to me aud to stand
we'll with the ilngoes of his party.
Nevertheless, as matter of tact
it Will only depend on our selves
whether he will prove bad and
adverse 10 us. agree entirely
with YOU, wlthOuta military sac
cess nothing will be accomplished
there, and without military and
political success there is here al.
way danger that the insurgents
will be encouraged, If not by the
Government, at least by part OF
he puGlic opinion.
I do not believe you pay enough
attention to the role of England.
Nearly all the newspaper canaille
which swarms IN your hotel are
English, and at the same time that
they are correspondents OF the
Journal, they are also correspond
ents of the best newspapers an q
reviews of London. Thus it has
been since The beginning. 10 my
MUD the only object OF England is
that the Americans should occupy
themselves with us and leave heI
in peace, and if there is war, sc
much better; that would further
remove what is threatening her
although hat will never happen.
1t would be most important that
you should agitate the question OF
commercial relations, even though
lit would he only for effect, and
that you should send here a man
OF Importance in order that !
might use him to make a prOpag'
anda among the Senator'S and
others in opposition to the iunts
and 10 win over exiles.
There goes Amblarad. be-
lIieve he comes too deeply taken up
with little political matters, and
there must be something very
verv great or we shall lose.
Adcla returns } on salutatlou aud
we wish you 10 the new year TO DO
messenger OF peace and take this
new years present to poor Spain
Always your attentive frlend
ard servant, who Kisses your
hands.
Eupr0r1E DEEPLY DE LONE