Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1898-02-13

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Much More fragrant, and the Ms.
closure of His Governments Hol-
low Hypocrisy CQmplete--A Cor
respondent, Supposedly Con-
nected With tile Foreign Ofice
Comments on MtcKinleys Failure
to Treat the Incident With Con-
tempt.
London, February 12.-The De Loma
incident has excited little interest in
England but the opinion expressed
almost unanimously endorse the nosi-
ton of the United States. The dai}v
newspapers, with the exception Of the
Morning Post, have adopted the yiew
that the administration took the right
course. The Sackville- West incident
naturally has been much quoted hut
it must be added that it has always
been in the most friendly terms TO-
ward the United States
What the Times calls "a well in
formed correspondent" which proba-
bly, means some one in the foreign Of
fice writes to that paper to-day that
in response to the cabled request TO
the United States for Lord Sackville-
Vests recall, Great Britain answered
that no action could be taken until
the receipt of the language that it was
charged Lord SackvilleWest had used.
When this answer was received it
appears, Secretary Bayard handed
Lord Sackville-West his passports
The weekly newspapers express the
opinion that President Mckinley would
have done better to ignore Dupuy de
LONE, and the Statist opines that a
man better qualified to conduct the
foreign affairs of the United States
than Mr.. Sherman would refuse to no.
tice De Lone and every one partici-
pating in the affair, adding, "a gov
eminent based on popIA uffrage has
to expect free criticism
Continuing, toe Statist says it does
not see ny President Mckinley.
who is accustomed to the rough as
well as the smooth of politics"
SHOWS SUSCEPTIBILITY
and objects to allow IsgeisE1ers the
f freedom n,t he admits ! Feas'ssf b.
The Spectator thinks the practical
expulsion of De Lone will produce
fresh difficulties between Spain and
America although the incident ought
not to change the situat any
way" '
Continuing, the Spectator says:
IF President Mckinley were wise
he would have promptly declared that
he would not pay any attention what
ever to the purloined private leI r,
however genuine. President Mckin-
ley should have publicly called on De
LONE and informed him that he does
not need his assurance that the letter.
was a forgery, the bad taste and vul-
garity of the language being ample
proof of the fact. If he had had the
nerve or wisdom to do that, he would
have immensely raised his prestige
both abroad and in his own country.
AT the same time one cannot be sur
prised that the United States failed
to treat the letter with the contempt
it merited. We do not for momehV
suggest that the executive failed 10
ignore it because it was ignorant OF
diplomatic usafe, or because II was
not sufficiently good hammered 70 ~
self-restrained under proVocatlon' inc
Americans are as good hammered az
other people and their politicians ana
officials are thoroughly aware OF now
Lord Salisbury or NJ. HonatouX wouid
have disposed of a similar letter, anu
can guess accurately how PresldenI
Lincoln would have treated 1t. u
not lack of manners or TRADITIONS
which made the United States govern
ment take the incident more serious
". but rather the want OF hrmhesa
and savior faire which pas pen
shown by the present adm nis'ra''oH
throughout its term OF office
THE SPECTATOR
is not sorry the moment may be ap
preaching when the United STATES
will intervent to stop the agonies Oh
Cuba" adding ,-...oa
"Their only hope is in the unlteS
States declaring that the opahlsh
troops must leave and that the Cunahs
he allowed to settle their own lats'
That the United States viii pc moral
" justified in saying that the war
must end and that Cuba pc slYeH
peace. there is no doubt for a ni0
ment."