The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-02-28

correspondence Of the Associated Press.
MADRID, Feb. 15.-SeveraI Of the
tdadIld 4I papers blame the weakness Of
the Spanish government. In it's recent
action with the United States.
III impartial says: I'VE cannot un-
derStand the surprise with which MANY
spanish politicians view the conduct
America has pursued toward Spain. for
II IS only the conduct that might be
expected from the line of action Dur-
| sued for some time by the Spanish
government" 1t then proceeds to
quote several passages from it's own
MES for the year 1896, in which it warn
ed the government to assume a firmer
attitude In those days" it adds
the United States were not nearly so
Well prepared for a conflict as now.
while we were more or less as we are
today. In the meanwhile they have
| steadily progressed, while we who
! could have done much, have done bur
| little. What IS strange, inexplicable
/ deserving pardon neither from God nor
! history, is that time has been wasted
and money squandered without endoW-
ing the Spanish nation with sufficient
resources to inspire respect and avoid
humilfatons which may bring to their
train war and disaster"
El CorreO Espanol is even more out
spoken. 1t says: Senior Sagastas
government is the very personi6cation
of prudence only 1t has been a pru-
dence invariably at variance with for
ttude. In the Dupuy de Lone affair
arising from Yankee turpitude the
government has shown such evidence
of cOwardice and filnchng as to an
pear nothing more than a petty coun-
Gil under the protectorate of the United
States.
De LONE Affair.
'In fact, the resignation Of our min
lister was accepted for merely saying,
in his private capacity, something
which affected the individuals and af.
fairs of the great republic, as though
it were not permitted diplomats to use
other language than that Of the chan
cellories or TO dip their pens in the ink
that was intended for official dis
patches"
1t then gives instances, quoting Do
nosO COrtes in Paris, Bismarck in ST
Petersburg, Chateaubriand in London
and Talleyrand in Vienna. More i'm
portant than these, however, it says
was the case of Queen VictOria's repre-
sentative to the United States in 1888,
when he sent to the press a series 4
rude and incorporate articles"
Yet the Cosreo remarks, the heaV-
ems did not fall nor We're there earth
quakes in the diplomatic world there
was not even resignation. But it is
not necessary to go TO the past for pre-
cedents Consul Lee has written what
ever he pleased to the North. American
papers, calumniating Spain, detracting
from the prestige Of her authorities,
even interfering with our administra-
tion Of justice and yet our government
considers his conduct within the bounds
of diplomacy. 1t is quite clear that not
only do we take blows patiently, but
we actually bare our should es in order
that the perfdtous Yankee may more
easily fog them"
FL Globo. on the other hand. takes a
much pleasanter view of the situation.
L severely blames those who will see
nothing but darkness and unpleasant
ness in the De Lone affair" but re-
joices that their alarmist efforts have
deceived no one" adding: The resig
ration of Senior de LONE being accept
ed before the representative of the
United States paid his visit to the min
lister of state, the incident imme-
diately lost all Importance, as was ad-
mittcd by the representative In question
hlmseif. Driven to their last trenches
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