The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1898-02-15
DE- L0MES SUCCESSOR
Senior Louis Polo Bernabe Selected
T. For the Position. -
THE SON OF A FORMER MINISTER.
Our Government VIII Make No De-
mand on Spain For Apologies or Re-
fractions of the Disaareeable Things
Said by the Late Spanish Minister.

Said by tne Late Spanish Minister.
Washington, Feb. 15.-Official news
from Madrid, received late last night
says: "1ha cabinet met at 6 o'clock
this evening and discussed the present
state of the war in Cuba and the De
LONE matter at great length. 1t was
decided to publish a decree accepting
the resignation Of Senior Dupuy De
LONE as minister at Washington and
appointing Senor Louis Polo Bernabe
as his successor. Senor Gullon, the
minister of foreign affairs, informed the
cabinet that United States Minister
Woodford had just handed him a note
referring to senor De Lome's letter
and to the meaning<of several para
graphs In It,"
Senior Louis Polo Bernabe, whose ap-
pointment as the successor of Senor De
LONE was foreshadowed last Saturday
in these dispatches, is a son of Vice
Admiral Polo, who formerly represented
Spain in this country. Senior Bernabe
Is now engaged in q special department
of the foreign ministry at Madrid
dealing with commercial matters and
consulates.
Actuated by sense Of honor and
strict idea Of justice, the state depart
ment has taken steps to place in the
hands Of Sener Canalejas to whom the
letter was addressed, the epistle writ
ten by Senor Dupuy De LONE which
led to the resignation Of the minister.
The transaction is explained In the
following brief statement given out
last night by the state department:
"Recognizing that the legal owner
ship Of the De LONE letter Is In Mr.
Canalejas. and his agent and attorney,
authority to receive the same, the let
ter was delivered to him today"
As explained in this statement, Mr.
Carlisle was fully authorized to apply
for and receive the letter, having the
cabled authorization from Senor Canale-
Jas. In the view of the state depart
ment the letter was stolen document
and In that, like any other piece Of
property, it should upon application be
delivered to the rightful owner There
was no other course left open, for in
The United States, as in all other coun-
tries having a code of laws, letter
becomes the sole property of the per-
son to whom 1t Is addressed immedi-
ately it starts on Its way from the
sender
This letter has besides already COM
pletely served all' of the uses for which
II might have been applied by our
government, and there are in existence
fac simile copies of the paper that are
% surely authenticated as to leave no
legal doubt of their accuracy.
There now remains only the closing
chapter of the incident to be written,
Tor the end Is already in sight. Not
Withstanding all that has been said in
the press about demands on Spain for
apologies or retractions of the disagree
able things said by Senior De LONE in
his letter, ii can be positively stated
that at no time since the publication
OF the letter has the state department
taken any such course. Instead II has
relied entirely upon the sense Of pro-
prlety Of the Spanish government to
DO all that was proper and needful to
wipe out the unpleasant impression
produced by these statements, and 1t
can now be said that this course has
been fully justified, and that the Span
iSh cabinet, not being aware of the full
text Of the letter, is expected within
a day or two to make such disclaimer
of the letter as is required by the cir
cumstanceS.