New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-02-11
SPANS POLICY HARD HIT.
IMPORTANT RESULTS EXPECTED TO FOL-
Low THE DE LONE INCIDENT.


Low THE DE LONE INCIDENT.
DAMAGING EFFECT OF THE EX-MrNrsTEFs DIE.
CLOSURES REGARDING THE SITUATION In
cr-BA AND RECENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH
THE UNITED sTATEs-THE ADMINS
TRATIoN SATISFIED WITH THE
PROMPT ACCEPTANCE or
HIS RESIGNATION
fBY TELEGRAPH TO THE rRrBvSE.l
Washington, Feb 10.-To all appearances ths
furry caused here yesterday by the puolcation
% Senor de L6me's indisoreet and offensive re-
fections on President Mckinley and the sudden
termination Of his service as Spains Minister 10
the United States has already almost wholly sub
sided The prompt offer OF Minister de Lome'sres-
ignation and its equally prompt acceptance ny
the Spanish Cabinet have operated as an absolute
cancellation Of his mission. and. by retiring him
outright from diplomatic employment, nave
more than fulfilled the request Of this Govern
ment that he be recalled from his post in WASH
irgton Had Sefor de Lone been summoned to
Madrid by the Sagasta Cabinet, in compliance
with the request Of the State Department II
would have remained optional with the Spanish
Government to transfer him 10 another diplo-
matte station Of equal rank, or even TO nave
rewarded his services here, up 10 the time OK
his fatal ndiscretion, with a promotion As u
is Sehor de L6mes diplomatic career Is al an
end He has become simply Spanish subject
for whose errors the Spanish Government dis
avows responsibility. and whose sayings and
actions will no longer have any representative
character whatsoever.
THE PRESIDENTS MAGNANIMOUS COURSE.
1t seems TO be we'll understood by those most
in the confidence OF the Administration that the
sole aim Of the President in dealing with Mn
lister de L0me's offence was 10 end his services
here In the speediest most effective and most
dlgnified manner The method therefore, OF his
recall was comparatively unmportsnt. and ie
was apparently left to the good Judgment OK the
Spanish authorities to determine in what way
the offending diplomat should be disciplined.
That the Spanish Government should have ael
once terminated the Minister'S career. allowingN
him to return to his own country without pay
or allowance even the personal and ofnciaI'
| privileges which diplomatic service guarantees.
has been naturally taken here evidence OF,
the Sagasta Cabinets purpose to make prompt
and complete reparation for the Insults onereo
| the President by the Queen Regents represen.
tative here Indeed, far as the friction raiseo1
| between the two Governments by Sehor de-
Lome's indiscretions is concerned. the Caneetas
|
POLITICAL RESULTS TO FOLLOW.
In another direction however the free ana
unrestrained comments Of Minister de Lomes
letter will continue to produce important pollti-
cal effects Spanish diplomacy and policy are
both hard hit by the damaging confessions OK
spains Minister, not only that the retention Of
Cuba is staked on immediate and unqualified
political and military successes but that the
spirit OF all recent negotiations with the United
! States has been one OF insncerity and empty
pretence Minister de Lome's references 10 the
necessity Of agitating the question OF CONNER
| cial reciprocity. even though IL would be only
for effect" touch his own Government far mora
keenly and injuriousy than they can possibly
| annoy the Administration or the American puo-
| lie Undoubtedly the Spanish Minister read his
fate Alright when ne asked permission to retire
unconditionally to private life for in the eyes
Of his own superiors even his insults to Presi-
dent Mckinley might we'll seem trivial COM
pared with the gravity Of his reflections on the
purposes and policy Of the sagasta Government
DE LONE MAY BE REWARDED.
Notwithstanding the abruptness and COM
pleteness Of Dupuy de Lome's fall. 1t Is believed
that Spain will eventually reward him FOR the
energetic devotion he has displayed In her be-
half and for the results he has achieved In this
!
eventful years. In the opinion OF Washington
officials familiar with his ability and pertnac'
,tv. his return to favor. after the present Incl.
| dent has passed from mind. is not altogether
unlikely.
OF course with the critical relations now ex-
listing between the two countries. any favor
shown the ex-Nnster would reasonably pro-
woke the resentment OF the United States Had
Spain simply recalled Dupuy de LONE ana &C"
| credited him 10 another post or continued MIN
| IN official service it would have constituted an
| international affront which official apologies.
| however plausible, would scarcely have been
able TO explain away. But 1t is to be recognized
that Dupuy de L3me's letter to CanaleJas was
| written under confidential directions from his
oy,r Government and that he did what diplo-
mats are doing the world over. II is well known
that American Ministers abroad continually send
| privileged communications TO the State DEPART
nent as we'll as to Senators and other individ-
uals which would cause almost as much excite
nent as the Canalejas letter IL they found their
wav into print AS a prominent member OF the
Dinlomatic Corps said to-day: such a thing IL
likely to happen TO any man who Is compelled
N take chances We all run risks; for that Is
| our career"
| HARD-WORKED AS MINISTER
Dupuy de Lone will not return TO Madrid di-
rectly He will rest somewhere In Germany or
Switzerland or the North of France. confident
that time will cure all things. Such rest VIII
he most grateful to him. for he has been under
high pressure continually for two years. In
| addition to working ceAselessly In the usual
channels OF diplomacy. which were torta,rs
enough, he has been engaged day and night Ia
pltiless warfare with the Cuban Junta In New
York fovever trying 10 circumvent tfAir plans
| 10 assist the insurgents In Cuba, anticipating
! their organization of fbustering expeditions or
! schemng TO capture or destroy such expeditions
! when organized He has relentlessly prosecuted
| Cuban hlibusters whenever he could get them