The herald., 1898-02-15
Will Be Senor Louis Polo
Bernabe
HIS FIRST OFFICIAL DUTY
TO EXPRESS SPAIN's FEELING
OF REGRET
In Spite of Much Excited Talk the
Affair Will Soon Be Satisfac-
torily Arranged
Associated Press Special Wire

Associated Press Special Wire
MADRID Feb. 14.-The cabinet met at
o'clock this AFTERNOON and discussed
the present state of the war in Cuba
and the De LONE matter at great length.
1t was decided to publish decree, ac-
cepting the resignation of Senor de Lomc
as minister at Washington and ap-
pointing Senior Louis Polo Bernabe as
his successor. a decree will also be is
sued convening the chambers before the
end of this month so as to enable the
election of the new cortes to occur on
March goth.
Senior Gullon, minister of foreign af-
fairs, informed the cabinet that United
States Minister Woodford had just
handed him a note referring to Senior
Dupuy de Lome's letter and to the
meaning of several paragraphs in it.
Senior Louis Polo Bernabe, whose ap-
pointment as the successor to Senior Du-
puy de LONE was foreshadowed last
Friday in an exclusive dispatch to the
Associated Press, is son OF Vice Ad-
miral Polo who formerly represented
Spain in this country. Senior Bernabe is
now engaged in special department of
the foreign ministry at Madrid dealing
with commercial matters and consul
ates.
THE LETTER FORWARDED
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-Actuated
by sense of honor and a strict idea of
Justice. the state department has taken
steps to place in the hands of Senior Can
1. lott Il SIrnc sod
the epistle written by Senor Dupuy de
LONE which led to the resignation OF
the minister. The transaction is ex-
planned in the following brief statement
given out tonight by the state depart
ment:
Recognizing that the legal ownership
of the De LONE letter is in Mr. Canale-
Jas, and his agent and attorney, Mr.. Car
Isle, having proper authority to receive
the same, the letter 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 Senior Canal
ejas. In the view OF the state depart
ment the letter was stolen document.
and in that, as in any other piece of
property, it should upon application, be
delivered to it's rightful owner. There
| was no other course left open, for, In the
United States, as in all other countries
having a code OF laws, a letter becomes
the sole property of the person to whom
it is addressed Immediately it starts or
its way from the sender Even the lat
ter cannot obtain possession of it without
the consent of the person addressed, thI
limit of his powers legally being in cer-
tain cases to stop the delivery of the
paper.
This letter has, besides, already COM
petely served all of the uses for which
it might have been applied by our gov
ernment, and there are in existence fac
simile copies of the paper that are Sc
surely authenticated as to leave no lega
doubt of their accuracy.
There now remains only the closing
chapter of the incident to be written. fol
the end is already in sight. Notwith-
standing all that has been said in the
press about demands on Spain for apol
ogies or retractions of the disa greeablt
things said by Senior de LONE in his let
ter, it can be positively staed that at NJ
time since the publication of the lettel
| has the state department taken any sucf
course. Instead, it has relied entirely
upon the sense of propriety of the Span
ish government to do all that was prop
er and needful to wipe out the unpleas
ant impression produced by these state
ments, and it can now be said that thil