Evening star., 1898-02-10

fapio Soier or Senor Dubosc will be I'm tenn.
porary charge, both having rank as first
secretaries. 1t had been understood that
Pablo Soler would be named, but at tho
legation it was said nothing definite could
be stated until the official notification from
Spain was received.
TODsI's DEvELOPMENTs.
Judge Day Confronted DE LONE With
the Original Letter.
The State Department. through Assistant
Secretary Day. who has charge of al cor
respondence with the Spanish government
relating to Cuba. has made two statements
In regard to its action in the matter of the
insult offered the President of the United
States by Senor Dupuy de LONE. the SPAN
ish minister here, in his letter to Senor
Canalejas. published in yesterdays Star.
The first statement, issued at o'cloch
yesterday afternoon. is as follows:
Minister de Lone does not deny writ.
ing the letter. This department has com.
mrnicated with General Woodford on the
subject. Until that communication reaches
the Spanish government IT would be i'm
proper to in any manner state the contents
of the message to General woodford''
The second statement, issued at 10 o'clock
this morning, which goes a little more into
NN soii, 10 aS AOiioNS.
Today's Official Statement.
General woodford was telegraphed yes
terday afternoon in substance as follows:
There has appeared in the public prints
a letter address ID by the Spanish minister
to Mr.. Canalejas. This letter, the minister
admits, was written by him. 1t contains
expressions concerning the President cf the
United States of such character as to end
tive of his government in this country.
General Woodford was therefore instructed
at once to say to the minister of state that
the Immediate recall Of Mr.. Dupuy de Lone
is expected by the President"
VIII No Longer BE Recognized.
The diplomatic existence of S4nor de
Lone, the Spanish minister at Washington.
is ended, so far as the government of the
United States is concerned, and ne will no
longer be recognized as the representative
of the Spanish government in any official
capacity. AS indicated in yesterdays Star,
the President has insisted upon his imme-
diate recall by the Spanish government,
ard if the demand is not compiled with
within a reasonable time he will be sum-
marly dismissed. Seeing that his dismiss
sal was inevitable, in view of the public
President Mckinley, Senor de LONE en-
deavored to forestall that action by cabling
his resignation to the Spanish premier yes
terday morning as soon as it became GER
tain that the United States government
would take prompt official recognizance Of
his official transgression. Senior de LONE
made no attempt to deny the authenticity
of the letter when approached on the SUBJ
ject yesterday by a representative of the
government, although he persistently re-
fused to commit himself one way or the
other to the throng of newspaper men who
applied TO him for Information. 1t was use-
less for him to resort to any subterfuge in
the matter, for the evidence against him
was complete and convincing. He recog-
nized this fact, and consequently made no
attempt to evade the issue when it arose.
The Original Letter.
In the first place the letter itself, said
to have been stolen from Senor Canalejas.
desk in Havana, wes placed in President
Mckinley's hands yesterday afternoon. 1t
was brought here from New York by Mr..
Horatio l.. Rubens of the Cuban junta.
He called on Assistant Secretary Day at
the State Department in the afternoon and
handed it to him with a brief statement
of its history. The two gentlemen then
went to the White House and had a COM
ference with the President, the result of
which was demand upon the Spanish
government for the immediate recall of the
Offending minister
This action was not taken, however, until
the minister had been given an opportun-
ity to deny the authorship of the letter or
to disavow the language and sentiments
contained in it. Inasmuch as Minister de
Lome did not deem it either expedient or
necessary to volunteer any information N
regard TO the letter, Assistant Secretary
Day called on MIR. de LONE at his resi-
dence and, handing him the original LETT
ter, inquired if it was genuine. Senor de
Lone admitted its authenticity and offered
no apology for it, save to say that it
a private communication to friend, not
intended for other eyes, and that the trans
lation of it which appeared in the news
papers was not strictly accurate or fair.
The First Action.
Judge Day did not prolong his visit, but
returned at once to the White House, where
he reported the result of his mission and
received Instructions to cable Minister
Woodford at Madrid TO inform the Spanish
minister Cf state that Senor de LONE was
persona non grata to The United States,
and that his longer continuance the Off
cial representative CT the Spanish govern
ment at Washington would not be tolerated.
How the Letter Was Obtained.
Mr.. Rubelis. the counsellor of the Cuban
iunta, was asked how they managed 10 se<
cure De Lome's letter.
For obvious reasons 1 will not give the
details" was his reply. This much 1 will
say: We received the information that such
a letter had been sent to Signor Canalejas
by Dupuy de LONE and we took steps to
secure 1t. Our interest in the insult to the
President of the United States was only in.
cidentsl. There were admissions in that
letter of the progress Of the Cuban cause
that made it of tremendous Importance to
us. The letter enables to expose the
character of the commercial treaty with
which Spain thought to curry favor with
this country. In 1t the Spanish minister
said: 1t would be most important that
you should agitate the question of COM
mercial relations, even though it would be