The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1898-04-21
SPAIN SEVERED
ITS RELATIONS
Departure Of Polo Is Tanta-
mount to Such Act.
AN EVENTFUL DAY
AT THE LEGATION
Salutati0nS at the Depot More
Agreeable Than Otherwise.
the Ultimatum In the Morn
ing and Immediately Demanded
His Passports-Spanish Interests
In Charge of French and Austrian
Embassies-Polo Takes Steamer. at
Halifax-Spoke Feelingly of His
Departure.

Washington, April 20-The Spanish
minister, accompanied by six members
of his staff, left Washington at 1880
o'clock tonight, and the Spanish gov
eminent thus terminated it's diplomatic
representation in the United States.
The minister and his party left by the
Pennsylvania road going northward
to Buffalo and Suspension Bridge, and
thence to Toronto. By 10:40 tomorrow
morning the Spanish officials will be on
British soil. They will stop for a day
or two on the Canadian side of Sus-
pension Bridge, and will then spend
some days at Toronto. From there
they go to Halifax to take an ocean
steamer. While the minister is on this
side of the border he has the protec-
ton of the passports issued late this
afternoon by the state department, at
his request. following the delivery of
a copy of the presidents ultimatum to
Spain.
NO DEMONSTRATION. Z
The departure of the Spanish party
was made without noticeable demon
stration, and, although a considerable
number of secret service officers and
police were on duty at the depot, there
was at no time any occasion for their
doing more than keeping back crowd
of curious onlookers.
At o'clock this evening Senior Polo
made hurried call at the French en-
bassy and the Austrian legation, where
Spanish interests are left in charge,
and then joined his staff at the lega-
ton and started for the train. An zex-
press wagon was piled high with the
trunks of the large party.
NO WORD OF INDIGNITY. r..
Just before the departure from the
legation, he Austrian minister. Baron
Hengelmuller and Baroness Hengel-
muller, dropped in for a last word, and
several other members of the diplo-
matte corps called to make their final
addresses This done, the legation was
vacated, and the party assembled at
the Pennsylvania depot. AS the min
lister entered the station he was recog-
niZed by the crowd, which closed in
about him until cautioned by the ofti-
GERS. No word of indignity was spoken
and the salutations of those in the
crowd were rather agreeable than 9TH
erwise. He smiled acknowledgment of
the attention given him, and several
times touched his hat. He wore a
brown tweed suit and a soft felt traV-
cling hat.
HIS SUITE.
Following him came Senior Pablo So
lar, first secretary of the legation: Sc
nor Accuaroni, second secretary; Sc
nores Pla and Almida, attaches; Cap
tain De la Casa, military attdche, and
Lieutenant de Carantha. naval at
tache. Seniors Dubosc, and GalaFaza
did not accompany the party, as they
will remain until tomorrow, in an I'M
official capacity. At the train plat
tod nv
count de Santo-Thyrso, the Portuguese
minister and Mr.. Calderon Carlisle, an
acquaintance for the last % years, and
counsel for the legation.
The party boarded the Pullman sleep
er Japan, which had been taken entire.
Secret service men remained at the
platform to prevent intrusion, and half
a dozen police officers were grouped
outside. At no time, however, were
their. services required. The minister
stood on the front platform and had
few parting words with his friends.
HE SPOKE FEELINGLY.
He spoke feelingly of his departure,
saving the circumstances were most
painful to him. One of his intimates
ventured the suggestion that he would
be back soon again, under much more
favorable circumstances, but he shook
not be the case He said his request /
for his passport had been made only |
after the enactment of a law which
SPANS sovereignty, impugned
her honor and insulted her.
AN EVENTFUL DAY.
The departure of the Spanish party
brought to a close a most eventful day
at the Spanish legation. At 11:20
o'clock. the minister received from the |
state department a copy of the ulti- !
matum and Immediately demanded his |
passports in the following letter:
Legation de Espano,
Washington, d. c.. April 20, 1898.
Mr.. Secretary: The resolution |
adopted by the congress of America |
and approved today by the president, |
is of such a nature that my perma-
hence in Washington becomes impossi-
bic and oblige me to request of you |
the delivery of my passports
1.-The protection of the Spanish in
terests will be entrusted to the French