Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1898-02-15
GENERAL LEE HAS NOT RESIGNED.
The Report That He Had OmciaIiy
Declared to he Without Founda-
ti"n-No Demands of any Kind
on Spain.

lowing brief statement. given out tonight
by the State Department:
Recognizing that The legal ownership
Of the De Lone letter is in Mr.. Canale-
jas and his agent and attorney Mr.. Car
lisle, having presented proper authority
to receive the same, the letter was de-
liyered to him to-day"
As explained IN this statement. Mr.. car
Isle was fully authorized TO apply for
and receive the letter, having cabled
authorization from Senior Canalejas. In
the view of the State Department the let
ter was a stolen document: and. like any
other piece of stolen property. it should.
upon application. be delivered to its right
ful owner There was no other course lert
open for the United States Here, as IN
all other countries having a code of laws
a letter becomes the sole property OF the
| person 10 whom it is addressed immedl-
/ ately 1t starts on its way from the sender.
Even the latter cannot obtain possession
/ OF ii without the consent of the person
addressed, the limit Of his powers. legally.
/ being IN certain cases to stop the delivery
Of the paper.
This letter has. besides. already served
all the uses TO which 1t might have been
applied by our government, and there are
i'm existence fac-simile copies Of the paper,
that are so surely authenticated as TO
leave no legal doubt of their accuracy.
THE END IN SIGHT
There remains now only the closing
chapter Of the incident 10 be written, Tor
the end is already in sight.
Notwithstanding all that has been said
in the press about demands on Spain Tor
apologies OF retraction Of the disaereeable
things said by Senor Dupuy De Lone In
his letter. il can be positively stated that
at no time since the publication OF the
letter has the State Department taken
any such course.
Instead. il has relied entirely upon the
sense Of propriety Of the Spanish Govern
ment TO do all that was proper and need
ful to wipe out the unpleasant impression
produced by these statements and II can
now be said that this course has been
fully justified. and that the Spanish Cabi-
net. now being aware Of the full text or
the letter is expected within a day or
two to make such disclaimer of the letter
as is required by the circumstances.
Tonight the State Department received
official notice from Madrid Of the selec-
ton Of Senor Louis Polo Bernabe as
United States Minister. 10 succeed senor
Dupuy De LONE.
The State Department to-day officially
denied reports alleging that General Fitz-
hugh Lee. Consul-General to Cuba. had
rendered his resignation.
II can be stated, also. that while details
are not obtanable. matters regarding the
De LONE incident have assumed such
shape. that an early and entirely salts
factory adjustment Of the affair betwe IN
the United States and Spain is confidently
expected by the State Department.
The officials Of the State Department
still maintain their reticence as TO the
contents Of the cablegram from Minister
Woodford. received late Saturday iignt.
II may be said that ali statements so far
made as TO the nature of this dispatch,
are speculative.
The message was not deciphered until
well along in the afternoon yesterday,
and then 1t passed into the hands Of
Assistant Secretary Day and the Presi-
dent. i'm turn. who have been the only
persons i'm Washington. save the en-
nlovee who unravelled the cypher. 10 see
the dispatch up to this time. No answer
has been made as yet To Minister Wood
fords message. and IT is by no means
certain that an answer will be required.
Senior Du Bose the Spanish charge
d'affairs. was one of the early callers at
the state Department and this naturally
led 10 the conjecture that his visit was
In connection with the De LONE incident. |
II is stated positively. however. that the |
incident was not referred TO. but mat
the call had to do with other pen'l.lg |
Spanish affairs. Everything relating 10
the De LONE letter thus far has taken |
pace at Madrid, through Minister Wooi- |
fCld.
DE LOME'S SUCCESSOR.
a., ,,,a..,,a Ia, Naalfupfn.a
of the Duke d'Arcos. late Spanish Ain |
lister to Mexico. now on leave. il was felt |
that he would be named as Minister in |
order that a speedy adjustment migni be |
effected. 1t Is understood that up 10 the |
prcsen. time no official intimatiOn of the |
appointment of Duke dArcos has come /
To washington. lie has had large expert
ence in Spain's diplomatic service and in /
1876 was first secretary of the Spanish /
Legation here. His wife is an American.
The Duke d'Arcos was seen to-day by |
= representative of the Associated Press.
and said that ne had no information
whatever as 20 the consideration Of mis-
name for the Washington post beyond
yhat ne had seen in the newspapers.
Ne had just returned from the post ia
Nn.-,co. and was looking forward to "a
pcilC3 Of rest ia Europe.
The Suanish legation has received no
intimation az 60 the name OF the next
Minister
Calderon Carlisle. counsel for the Span
ish legation. was another caller at the
state DEPARTMENT to-day. IL Is under
stood however. that he is at present act
ing not so much as the legal representa-
five of Spain as the private counsel Of
senior Canalejas TO whom the De LONE
letter was addressed. and who desires 10
secure possession Of II.
There was a rumor that Mr.. Carlsles
visit had relation 10 prosecutions Tor the
theft Of the De LONE letter, but II was
stated later by those fully conversant
with the facts. that no move toward the
Of those connected with the
taking of the De LONE letter had been
made or was at present In cOntempla-
lion II Is said that If the loss had oc-
,urred while the letter was in the United
states mails. then the usual prosecutions
~ the postal authorities might occur,
,nt I'm the present case there Is no trace
~ 10 how the letter was abstracted. and
he information at hand goes 10 show
nat the letter was taken after ii left the
Irntted States mails and was I'm the hands
# the Spanish authorities.
INsURGENT SURRENDERS.
Al the Spanish legation to-day an Off
,,aI memorandum was given out. show
no the number OF insurgent leaders who
nrrendered during the last month. as
olows:
January 7th. Colonel Stolo.
Win a captain two lieutenants, ana
wenty men; January Sth, commandant
lunez. with two officers and five armed
nen: January 18th. Colonel Juan Lopez
iarin and two men; also, lAeutenant-
,oloncl Zanabrla and two men: January