The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1898-02-12
Spanish Minister Dupuy DeLOno
Wrote a Letter Reflect
ing Upon Pres. Mckinley.
GOES BACK TO SPAIN.
Queen Regent Makes q Change
I'm Representatives at,
Washington.

Washington, Feb. 10. Washing
ton is agog over the publication OF
the letter alleged to have been writ
ten by Senor de LONE, the Spanish
minister, in which he criticised the
president. It's the sensation of the
season, the letter, which bears all
the earmarks OF genuineness, con
tains severe and insulting attack
on President Mckinley, among other.
things saying, with regard to the
executive s message:
1T shows once more that McKin
ley IS weak and catering to tho
rabble, and besides being a low
politician, who desires to leave IA
door open to me and to stand well
with the jingoes of his party"
Horatio Reubens,o the juuta, who
made the letter public, says frankly
that it was stolen. "All is fair i'm
war, and the offensc is not ex-
traditable The theft was commit
ted in Havana. Canalejas recently
went to the Cuban capital to report
the condition Of affairs for his paper
the Madrid Herado. He was close
ly watched by Cuban spies, one OF
whom extracted the letter from his
mail.
The publication is likely to be fol-
lowed by serious consequences
whether the authenticity of the let
ter is established or not. The min
ister would give no interview on the
subject, but he has said to friends
that the letter was forgery. The
state department has already called
the attention of the Spanish govern
meut to the letter. The next step
will be for the Spanish foreign office
to demand an explanation from
Senor de LONE. II he dsclaims tho
authorship the secretary of state up.
on the receipt of the disclaimer will
allow the matter to drop. Such
seems to be the opinion of those in
authority at the state department
who are willing to discuss the in
cident. Whatever may be the
private opinion of the president and
the state department officials con
corning the authenticity of the letter
they will not pursue the matter in
the face of an official disclaimer FROM
Senior dc Lone If he fails to deny
the authorship Of the letter his re-
call will follow without doubt.
There is another serious feature to
the affair that has escaped the at
tention Of many. State department.
officials called attention to the fed
eral statute which makes it Grim
inal offense to libel the diplomatic
representative OF a foreign country
accredited to the United States, and
it is asserted that Senor de LONE
has good cause for action against
the authors of the letter should he
establish that it was forgery and
against every newspaper that pub
lished it.
If he invokrs the law the minister
will be compel ID to prove the letter
to be forgery, while a mere dis
claimer will be accepted as sufficient
to relieve him from the humiliation
of recall. No other subject is dis
cussed in Washington. Cabinet Of
ficers, representative in congress
and high government officials were
keenly Interested in the episode. At
the swagger clubs and in diplomatic
circles it was the subject of spccula
tion and grave inquiry.
RESIGNS TO SAVE 4 RECALL.
Madrid, Feb. 1.-THE Queen
Regent has accepted Minister de
Lome's resignation and has placed
the first secretary in charge of the
legislation at Washington.
Washington, Feb. 1.-THE state
department this morning gave out
the substance of the cablegram sent
yesterday TO Minister Woodford.
He says that Senor dc LONE ad
mits he wrote a letter which con
tains expressions concerning Presi-
dent Mckinley of such character as
to end the minister usefulness in
this country. General Woodford,
therefore, is instructed to notify the
minister of state that the immediate
recall of Senior de Lone is expected
! h,f thn ,raCi1nnt