The copper country evening news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 18??-1907, 1898-02-04
HE NEEDS HIS NERVE.
Minister Dupuy De Lome's Po-
sition Is a Delicate One.
SPANS DIPLOMATIC BLUFPING.

bat the Game IL Going Against Him.
A Good story OF Senators Stewart and
Cullom-
WASHINGTON. Feb. 8. Especial. Prob
ably the most anxious oan in Washington
these days is the Spanish minister. Dupuy
De LONE. Mr.. Dupuy has been here now
three or four years and he has had great
burden TO carry. No other member of the
diplomatic corps has had SO much cause
for worriment or anxiety as he. His gov
eminent has expected so much of him, he
has had so many things to watch, the diff
culties have been so great that it is small
wonder the minister 10 getting both bald
and gray. A friend OF the minister said
TO me the other night:
people do not understand what load
poor Dupuy De LONE has to carry His
government thinks he can keep the peace
between the United States and Spain
that is. IL he Is good diplomatist. At ev.
cry sign of trouble they begin 10 blame
| him. He never knows what moment
something will occur to mar the peace be-
tween the two countries, and he has the
comfortable consciousness that IL trouble
does come he will probably be dismissed in
disgrace. If the United States and Spain
come to war, poor Dupuy will probably
ind his career as diplomat at an end and
certainly through no fault of his
In state department and diplomatic cir
Giles the Spanish minister is known as a
buffer. He has nerve. For two or three
years it has been his duty to impress upon
the secretary of state, other administra-
ton officials and such members of the sem
ate and the house as he comes in contact
with, that Spain is ready to fight at the
drop Of the hat. He has playe his game
very well. He has succeeded In convincing
a great many people that If the United
States attempts to interfere with SPANS
independence of action there will be blood
on the moon.
Whenever things become most threaten
ing IL has been the Spanish minister's cue
to rush around, making people think
Spanish pride was great and wonderful
thing that could not be trifled with unless
one wanted row on his hands. This IL
q most difficult role for one to play for a
long time in the same town, and though
the gentleman from Madrid Is an artist
who would surely make success at the
great American game of draw poker, II no
played IT, suspicion is dawning upon the
minds of good many observers that they
can see through his maneuvers.
Spsin's Pride and Discretion.
In other words there Is a growing be-
lief here that notwithstanding the admir-
able front maintained by Dupuy DE Lone
the United States can do with Spain prac-
tically what it likes. great many people
are now convinced that instead of being
ready to fight the United States Spain will
assent to any proposal which this govern
ment makes. SPANS traditional pride Is
no doubt great and wonderful thing, but
between that and running itself by running
up against a nation ten times as powerful |
there is wide gulf. l happen to know
that President Mckinley, for one. is be- |
coming convinced that SPANS lofty eager
ness to be insulted is not quite as sincere |
as has appeared upon tho surface, and that |
the dons will retreat very considerable |
distance aud swallow good deal of crow |
before they actually begin to load their |
guns. do not understand that President |
Mckinley intends to take any unfair ad- |
vantage of SPANS weakness and woe. but |
that he does intend sooner or later to press |
for settlement of the Cuban problem on |
n basis that will secure a permanent solu- |
ton of it Is the belief of all the members |
OF his administration with whom / have |
talked.
The Spaniards have really worked very
clever game upon the United States. They |
have kept Dupuy De LONE here to do their
diplomatic bluffing for them, and they
have had In Havana for some time past a
very clever man, Congosto, who was for
merly their consul at Philadelphia. Con-
gosto's particular business has been to
send out news Of Spanish victories i'm
Cuba, of the surrender of prominent In.
and such other occurrences as
would tend to counterfeit the belief in this |
country that the Spanish were getting the
worst of It, Congosto lived so long in this
country that he became familiar with the
American people and with the methods OF
the American press. He knew how to at
feet public sentiment and therefore he
was chosen for the task. 1t must be ad-
mitted that he has done we'll Whenever
there have been signs of a new crisis in
congress or in the relations between his
government and Washington he has come
to the front with nice story designed to
bolster up the Spanish cause. Between
them Dupuy De LONE and Congosto have
been lively and effective pair. but game
like this cannot DO worked forever.
The Worm Turned.
Senator Stewart of Nevada Is a very I'm.
pulsive man, and he has craze for inter
rupting other senator's. When they make
statements which he does not like, he
jumps at them savagely. and Is often sat
down upon for his pains. Probably no 9th
er man In the senate has had to pocket as
many snubs as no has. But even the worm ]
will turn, and few days ago Senator
Stewart scored a very neat one upon Shell.
BY Cullom. Mr.. Cullom was reading some
TO show that prosperity has re-
surned to the country and this did not
please Mr.. Stewart at oil. He tried Co In.
Eerrupt the Illinois senator. but the latter
waved him of tmperiously
II decline to bs Interrupted, II" said Mr..
Cullom
II would decline. too" retorted Stew.
lrt. "if ! had made such statement as
that"
There was broad smilo all around the
chamber ut this palpable hit, and Mr..
Stewart was 20 pleased over his sucoess