Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-14
MINISTER DE LOMES LETTER.
Document Which Caused the Spanish Repre-
sentative's Hasty Retirement.
No Wonder He Resigned, and that this
Government Demands a Disclaimer
of His Views from Spain.
location pe Espana, WASHINGTON.

Legation De Espana, Washington.
Eximo Senior Don Jose Canalejas
My Distinguished and Dear Friend
You need not apologize for not having
written to me; l also ought to have
written to you. but have not done so on
account Of being weighed down with
work and nous sommes quittes.
The situation here continues un-
changed. Everything depends on the
political and military success in Cuba.
The prologue of this second method OF
warfare viii end the day that the
colonial cabinet VIII be appointed, and
it relieves us in the eyes of this coun-
try of a part OF the responsibility of
what may happen there, and they must
cast the responsibility upon the Cubans.
whom they believe to be so immacu-
late.
Until then we will not be able to see
clearly, and consider it to be loss of
time and an advance by the wrong road,
the sending of emissaries to the rebel
field, the negotiating with the auton-
omists. not yet declared to be legally
constituted, and the discovery of the in
tentions and purposes of this govern
ment. The eXiles will return one by one,
and when they return will come walk
ing into the sheepfold, and the chiefs
Will gradually return. Neither of these
had the courage To leave en- masse, and
they will not have the courage to thus
return.
The Presidents message has I'M
deceived the insurgents, who ex-
pected something else. and has
paralyzed the action of Congress. but
l consider 1t bad.
Besides the natural and inevitable
coaIseness with which he repeats all
that the press and public opinion of
Spain has said of Weyler 1t shows
once more what Mckinley is-weak and
catering to the rabble and, besides. a
low politician, who desires to leave a
door open to me and to stand well
with the jingoes of his party.
Nevertheless, as matter of fact.
1t will only depend on ourselves
whether he will prove bad and adverse
TO us. / agree entirely with YOU that
without a military success nothing will
be accomplished there, and without
military and political success there is
here always danger that the insurgents
Will he ENCOURAGED, II not by the gov
eminent, at least by part of the public
opinion.
do not believe yon pay enough at
tention to the role of England. Nearly
all that newspaper canaille which
swarms in your hotel are English, and
while they are correspondents of Amer
lean journals they are also correspon-
dents of the best newspapers and re-
views of London. Thus 1t has been since
the beginning To my mind the only
object of England It that the Americans
should occupy themselves with us and
leave her in peace, and II there Is n
war. so much the better; that would
further remove what is threatening her,
although that will never happen.
II would be most important that
you should agitate the question of
commercial relations. even though It
would be only for effect, and that you
SHOULD send here man of importance
IN order that might use him to make
propaganda among the senator's and
others in opposition to the junta and
to win over exiles.
There goes Amblarad. I believe he
comes too deeply taken up with little
political matters, and there must be
something very great or we shall lose.
Adela returns your salutation, and we
wish you in the new year to be a mes
senger of peace and take this new
years present to poor Spain.
Always your attentive friend and SER
want. who kisses your hands.
(SiEned)
ENRIQUE DIfPJTY DE LONE