The evening times., 1898-11-10

and that the officials and the members
OF the Cabinet, even if they do not say
! so. are nevertheless showing they are los
! ing faith in Spain's ability to establish
! peace in Cuba
In the same message De Lone stated
( that he had conversation with a corre-
/ spondent in Washington. and was asked
! what steps Spain would take If the United
/ States sent a warship to Havana owing TO
/ the failure of autonomy and for the pro-
lection Of the American consulate and
American citizens. He said:
Il told him that We would fire upon the
/ ship and never submit like Crete and
! Corea.'
! Senor De LONE at the same time stated
1 that he believed that the President would
/ send ship 10 Havana if he saw no other
way in the difficulty. and expressed fear
/ to his government that this step was to
be taken. and said such action would ere
ate great prejudice against Spain
Shortly after this Senior Gullon cabled
to Senor De Lone:
Il beg that at your first convenient oc-
casion you call the attention of the United
, States Government to the inaccurate in
formation reported by Lee and to his con-
stantly partial conduct. and ask for his
/ recall
on the same day Senior De LONE wired
Senior Gullon that the crisis had been
reached in Congress by the speech of
I Representative Hit in the House He
ended this message by stating that he
thought Mckinley believed Lee in regard
to the failure of autonomy in Cuba
On January q. De LONE wired that AS
sistant Secretary Day had assured him
that the President had so highly regard
ed the relations and negotiations be-
tween the United States and Spain that
he had decided To send battleship to
Havana as a proof of the friendship
Two days later the Spanish secretary of
state notified Mr. WSpdford that the
friendly visit of the Maine would be re-
turned by a Spanish battIeship visiting
port of the United States. Two DAYS
after this Senior De LONE reported that
at the annual dinner given by the Presi-
dent to the diplomatic corps the Presi-
dent had said to him:
The Republicans were disciplined and
he had strong backing in Congress,
and that as the situation had grown bet
ter during the past year Spain had moth
ing to do but be satisfied and have con-
fidence"
The Spanish secretary of state, on Feb
ruary S, 1898, sent note to the powers
stating that officially the situation in
the United States had not changed, but
| that the ostentatious concentration of the
American naval forces in the neighbor-
hood of Cuban waters and the persist
ence with which the Maine and the
Montgomery We're continuing to remain
in such close proximity to Cuba was
causing great excitement and consterna-
ton, and expressed fear that "by some
accident n conflict might be precipitat-
| ed
Upon the same date a cablegram was
sent by Senor De LONE telling of the
letter which caused his recall from the
United States. He admits expressing his
opinion of President Mckinley and says
that he has fearlessly done so, and has
/ been more modest than have been the
Americans in expressing their opinion Of
Spains affairs in Cuba
Remembering the Maine.
One of the first acts of Senior Du Bose,
as charge d'affaires, was to communicate
TO Madrid that great activity was being
shown in the arsenals and that Congress
had adopted reoution making a large
appropriation for fortifications. In the
matter of the blowing up of the Maine,
Du Bose, on February 25, declared in a
message that the most conservative and
influential men had lost their heads, and
that all were anxiously awaiting the re-
suit of the investigating committee. He
said:
IF ii can be proven that the catastro-
phe was the result of an accident, / be-
lieye II can be assured that actual dan
ger can be averted, but If, on the contra
ry, it is shown that the deed was commit
ted at the hands of criminals, then we are
placed in a very grave position
On March 5 Senor Gullon cabled Du
Bose that the proposition to send help to