The Portland daily press., 1898-02-11

sations of every kind in American official
documents and in Congress- upon ouI
country, generals. government and even
our highest representatives of state.
FL Correo recognizes that Senior de
Lome's position .became untenable when
the letter was published.
Ell Epocha says: HSenor de Lome's
resignation having been accepted, the in
ternational question disappears. Never
theless, the Cuban insurgents have sue
ceeded in chasing from Washington re-
preventative of Spain who has always
displayed great zeal to prevent 1ilibus-
tering expeditions; but they have done SO
by tricks only employed by the clients Of
penitentiaries.
/ Ell Correspondents Militar says: ''The
government should not have accepted
Senior De Lone resignation. The Ameri-
can attitude is humilfatiDg to Spain.
Ell Correo Espapola, the Carlist organ
says: 'sEvents precipitate themselves and
we are at the beginning Of the end of
our respect for the United States. y
La Nacinnal, the Weylerist organ, re-
proaches the government for yielding to
the exigenoies of Washington, and adds:
oSOOAA@N
and masters"
DE LONE READY TO LEAVE.
To Be Published Before 1t Appeared.
Washington, February I0.-The State
Department this morning gave out for
publication the substance of the cable
gram sent yesterday to Gen. Woodford.
orr minister to Madrid, in reference to
the De LONE letter. The statement is as
follows:
"There has appeared in the. public
prints letter addressed by the Spanish
minister to MIR. Canalejas This letter,
the minister admits. was writer, by him.
1t contains expressions concerning the
President of the United States of such
character as to end the minister's useful
ness as q representative of his government
in this country. You are therefore in
structed at once TO say to the minister of
state that the immediate recall of MIR.
Dupuy de LONE is expected by the Presi-
dent
Events in connection with the min
ister's letter have been transpiring rapid
ly within the past few hours, and all the
attending circumstances were developed
today.
On Tuesday night the minister first
received private information that the
letter was in the hands of the Cuban
Junta and was about to he made public.
The information was meagre. and not
knowing exactly what was referred TO,
and believing that the story was an ex-
aggeration from Cuban sources, the
characterized the reports as ridiculous.
At no time, however, did he deny they
IA -<~Ef Hal Lotto tn EoJ1GtQJaG
Later, when fully acquainted with the
facts, he cabled the Spanish government
fully, stating that the letter was about to
be published and that in his Judgment
the effect would be to end his usefulness
as the representative of Spain in Wash
ngton.
This was Tuesday night, before the
publications had appeared. In effect 1t
was q tender of resignation, although
couched in the terms usual to diplomacy.
that the usefulness of the minister was
at on end. 1T,
In view of the news from Madrid of the
acceptance of the resignation of the Span
ish minister, it may be stated that our
gouernmeut is not disposed to split hairs
over the method of the offending minister 5
retirement
In other words. it is not concerned as
to whether he resigns or is recalled, so
long as he leaves the capital. 1t is
thought the exact language sent by the
State Department to Mr.. Woodford In
dicated the Presidents desire that he be
recalled, but the language used was the
most proper for such an occasion ana
must not be taken to mean that the Presl-
dent is disposed to go further than is
necessary in the pursuit of Mr. Dupuy
De LONE, no longer an official of the
Spanish government, representing 1t at
Washington, but simply q Spanish citl-
zen, lingering at tho capital only long
enough to pack up and remove MS eneets;
The Madrid cable to the Associated
Fress was communicated to the Spanish
and was his first knowledge that
action had been taken.
Yhe acceptance of the resignation was
fully expected and occasioned no surprise
or change of plans The effect OF the ac-
ceptanco is to close Senor Dupuy de
LONE services as Spanish minister at
Washington.