The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1898-02-18
The Government Sincerely
LamentS the Incident.
.b.,rocts ,fyom the Communication
Indicate That the spanish Officials
Are in Earnest in Their Disnppro-
1ai of, the sentiments Expressed by
DE Lome-.Oficiai. Announcement
of the Selection of senor Polo de
Bernabe as Successor TO DE LONE.

IVasEinptcr. Eel. 17.-Spain has Of
rrioIly disclaimed in positive manner
m, reflections contained in the de Lone
letter and as officially announced by
the state-department today the incident
il satisfactorily closed. The statement
given out is as follows:
The following is-aB abstract OF note
scrt last evening .bS the Spanish gov
ernmqnt to Minister Woodford at Mad
rid:
."1bp Suanish government has learn
,ad of the incident in which Minister
Duuuv de LONE WIS concerned, ana
beirg advised of his Objectionable COM
n,uuication, with entire sincerity Ia
monts the. incident which was the
cause If the interview with the MIN
lister. States that minister lie LONE
had presented bis resignation and II
had hc"n accented before the presen-
tatinn cr the matter by Minister Wood
ford That spanish ministry, in ac-
corting the resignation of a function
arv whose services they have been util-
i2ing and valuing up to that time,
leaves il perfectly we'll established
that they do not share, and rather. on
the contrary. disauthOrize the criti-
ciems tending To offend or censure the
chief of a friendly state, although such
criticisms had been written within the
field Of friendship and had reached
publicity by artfu and criminal means.
That this meaning had taken shape in
a resolution by the council Of ministers
before General WoOdford had presented
the note from his government and mt
the time when 'he Spanish government
had only ague tclegraphiC reports con-
cernng the sentiment alluded to. That
the Spanish nation, with equal and
r greater reason. affirms its view and de-
cisiOn, after reading the words contain
cd in the letter rejecting upon the
president of the United States.
TREATY OF COMMERCE..
LAS to the paragraph concerning the
desirablity of negotiations of CONNER
uial relations. if even for effect and
Importance of using a representative
for the purpose stated in Senor de
Lome's letter, the government eX-
presses concern that in the light of it's
conduct long after the writing of the
letter and in view of the unanswerable
testimony of simultaneous and subse-
quent facts. any doubt should exist
that the Spanish government has Civ
on proof of its real desire and of its
innermCst convictions with respect to
the new commercial system and the
projected treaty of commerce
The Spanish government does now
, consider il necessary to lay stress upon
or to demonstrate anew the truth and
sincerity of its purpose and the un-
stained good faith of it's intentions.
That publicly and solemnly. the
government of Spain contracted before
the mother country and it's colonies
responsibility for the political and tar
iff changes which it has inaugurated
i'm both Antilles the natural ends of
which in domestic and international
spheres it pursues with iirmnesS which
win ever inspire it's conduct
The following dispat ches announcing
the appointment of "A minister from
Spain were received at the state de-
partment today:
Madrid, Feb. il.
Secretary Sh"rmi n:
Have luSt received official Communica'
tion from Spanish minister OF foreign al
fairs that the queen regent mas today
signed decree appointing Scnnr Polo DC
lIernabe minister from Spain TO the
United States. .
He is son of Admiral Polo, formerly
minister; is chief of the commercial bu'
rnau i'm Spanish state department, speaks
English. and Is familiar with commercial
affairs; wds secretary Ot legation al
Washington when his father VAS min
lister .'tr.r. ', lSigned Woodtord,