The Advocate and news., 1898-02-16
Spanish Minister Insults the President.


Senior de LONE, the Spanish Minister
at Washington, is the admitted author Of
q letter In which he calls President Nc
Kinley a low politician" and states
that he ''is weak and catering to the
rabble." It has resulted in his recall, and
Senior de LONE returns to Spain this
week. His place is for the present filled
by Senior Dubosie, the first secretary of
the legation.
The letter, which was stolen before
reaching the person to whom 1t was
addressed, is as follows:
Legation de Espana Washington.
"Senor Don Jose Canalejas.
MY Distinguished and Dear Friend
You need not apologize for not having
written to me; l also ought to have
written to you, but have not done so
ON account Of being weighed down with
work and nous sommes quittes.
"The situation here continues un-
changed. Everything depends on pO-
htical and military success in Cuba The
prologue of this second method of war
fare will end the day the colonial cabi-
net shall be appointed and 1t relieves us
in the eyes of the country of part Of
the responsibility of what may happen
there, and they must cast the reSponsi-
bility upon the Cubans, whom they be-
heVe to be immaculate.
Until then we will not be able to see
clearly, and / consider it to be loss
Of time and an advance by the wrong
rOad--the sending Of emissaries to the
rebel field, the negotiating with auton-
omists not yet declared to be legally
constituted, and the discovery OF inten-
tiOns and purposes of this government.
"The exiles will return, one by one,
and when they return, will come walk
ing into the sheepfold, and the chiefs
will gradually return. Neither of these
had the courage to leave en- masse, and
they will not have the courage thus to
return.
"The message has undeceiyed the in
surgents, who expected something else,
and has paralyzed the action of Con-
gress, but consider it bad.
Besides the natural and inevitable
cOarseuess (gToseria) with which he re-
peats all that the press and public opin-
lpu VI Opdln has polu dbuAhoI "OJAOA,
shows once more that Mckinley is weak
and catering to the rabble, and besides
is low politician who desires to leave
a door open to me and to stand we'll
with the jingoes of his party.
Nevertheless, as matter Of fact, 1t
will only depend ON ourselves whether
he will prove bad and adverse to us. l
agree entirely with you, without mill
tary success nothing will be accom-
plished there, and without military and
political success there is here always
danger that the insurgents will be en-
couraged, if not by the government, at
least by part of the public opinion.
Il do not believe that you pay enough
attention to the role of England. Nearly
all the newspaper canaille which swarms
in your hotel are English, and at the
same time that they are correspondents
Of the journals here they are also cor
respondents of the best newspapers and
reviews of London. Thus it has been
since the beginning. To my mind the
only object of England is that the Amer
leans should occupy themselves with us
and leave her in peace, and If there is
war, so much the better; that would fur
ther remove what is threatening her
although that will never happen.
Always your attentive friend and
servant, who kisses your hands,
ENRIQUE DUPUY DE LONE"