The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-02-10
DE LOME's LETTER.
President Mckinley Accused of Being
Low Politician.

a Low Politician.
WASHINGTON, FEB. 9.-The letter writ
ten by Minister De LONE to ''Eximo Senior
Don Jose Canalijas' is dated Legation de
Esperia, Washington, ID. Co. and reads as
translated:
My Distinguished and Dear Friend
You need not have apologized for not hav-
irg written to me; / ought also TO have
written to you but have not done so on ac-
count of being weighted down with work
and nous sommes quittes.
THE situation here continues unchanged.
Everything depends on the political and
military success in Cuba. The prologue of
this second method of warfare will end the
day that the colonial cabinet will be APP
pointed, and it relieves in the eyes of this
country 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 immaculate.
Until then we will not be able to see
clearly, and consider it to be a loss of time
and an advance by the wrong road the
sending of emissaries to the rebel field, the
negotiating with the autonomists not yet
declared to be legally constituted and the
discovery of the intentions and purposes of
this government.
when they return will come walking 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.
1.-The Presidents message has undeceved
the insurgents, who expected something
else, and has paralyzed the action of Con-
gress, but L consider it bad Besides the
NATURAL AND INEVITABLE COARSE
NESS with which he repeats all that the
press and public has said of Spain and
Weyler it shows once more what McKin-
ley is-WEAK AND CATERING TO THE
RABBLE AND BESIDES, A Low POLL
TICIAN WHO DESIRES TO LEAVE A
DOOR OPEN TO ME AND TO STAND
WELL WITH THE LIMOGES OF HIS
PARTY.
Nevertheless as a matter of fact, it will
only depend on ourselves whether he will
prove bad and adverse to us. / agree en-
tirely with you that without a military sue
cess nothing will be accomplished there
and without military and political success
there is here always danger that the insur-
gents will be encouraged, if not by the gov
eminent at least by part of the public opin-
ion.
Il do not believe you pay enough atten-
ton to the role of England. Nearly all that
newspaper canaille which swarms in your
hotel are English, and while they are COR
| respondents of American journals they are
| also correspondents of the best newspa pers
and reviews of London. Thus it has been
since the beginning. TO my mind the only
object of England is that the Americans
should occupy themselves with us and leave
her in peace, and if there is war so much
the bettssr: that would further remove what
is threatening her, although that will never
happen.
1T 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 a
man of Importance in order that l might
use him to make a propaganda among the
Senator'S and others in opposition to the
Junto and to win over exiles''
There goes Ambarad. l believe he be-
comes too deeply taken up with little polit-
/ zeal matters, and there must be something
! great or we shall lose.
"Adea returns your sautation, and we
wish you in the new year to be messen-
ger of peace and take this New Years pres
ent TO poor Spain.
Always your attentive friend and sery--
ant who kisses your hands,
ENRIQUE DUPUY DE LONE,
Senior De LONE received number of call
ers during the day, and to those sustaining
a close relation to him he did not question
| the authenticity of the published letter,
making it clear that he would scorn the
1 spbterfuge of q denial for purposes of ex-
| pediency. The only question raised was as
| to the accuracy of translation, for the pub
/ lished TRANSACTIONS gave a severity to some
! of the expressions on the President which
were regarded as designed to magnify the
actual statements. Among the minister 5