The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1898-02-10
LETTER OF De LONE.
Text of the Document Which Has
Stirred up Diplomats.
THE LANGUAGE IS VERY OFFENSIVE.
Says Mckinley Is Weak and Caters
to the kabbIc.
CALLS HIN a LOW POLITICIAN.
The srnniard Drnomsuatcs Amcri-
can Women ms Advcnturcssen
Who Inspire No Respect.

'Legaeion dc Espana, Weshiuston.--M.
distinguished and Dear Friend: You nee
not apologize for not having written to me
also ought 10 have written 10 Won, bu
have not done SO on account OF being
weighed down with work. The situation
1 here continues unchanged. Everything de-
/ Ponds on political and military success Ia
! Cuba. The prologue OF this second method
! OF warfare will end the day the colontil
cabinet shall he appointed, and 1t relieves
LUIS Ia the eyes oil the world of part OF the
I responsibility OF what may happen. Then
| they must cast the responsibility upon the
Cubans, whom they believe to be so linz
| maculatc. Until then we will not be abba
TO see clearly, and consider II 10 be a loss
of time and an advance by the wrong rrad,
sending of emissaries to the rebel field, ne
gotiating with autonomlsts not yet de-
clared to be legally constituted. ENilcls
will return one by one. and when they re-
turn will come walking into the sheep fold
and tho chiefs will gradually return
Neither of these had courage TO leave en-
masse, and they will not have courage
thus to return.
.The message has undeceiNcd the
insurgents, who expected something
else, and has pnraIyxed the action
of congress-, but j consider II bad.
Beside the natural and inevitable
coarscncss with which he repeats
all the press and public opinion of
| Spuin hns had to shy against Wey-
M, Ia
| ley IL weak and entering TO the
| rabbIe. and besides in IA low poll
| ticiun. who desires to leave the door
| omen to me and to stand well with
| the LIMOGES Of his party. Ncycrthe-
| less, as a. matter Of fact, II will only
! .lcucnd on ourselves whether he
| Will prove bad and adverse to ms.
| 81 agree entirely with you that without
military success nothing will be accom-
plished there, and without military and
political success there Is here always dan
ger that the insurgents viii be encouraged,
| if not by the government. at least by part
of public opinion. II would be most i'm
/ portant that you should ag!tate the ques-
| ton of commercial relations, even though
| 1t would be only for effect, and you should
| send here a man of Importance, III ordtf
| that j might use him TO make propasanaa
among senators and others In opposition TO
| the junta and TO win over exiles. Always
| your attentive friend ana servant, VINO
| kisses your hands,
| Enrique Dupuy de LONE"
| De LONE has ever been tnctless diplo-
| mat He has been explaining statements
| he could not deny almost ever since he
has been in office in washington. 1T Is
nearly twenty years ago that he wrote his
| hook. s'From Madrid to Madrid Around the
| World. ," and In this he said such things as
this. speaking of custom house oificiais:
i '.To strictly comply with the custom house
regulations will be of no avail TO you III
you carry anything for which duty must
be paid offer SIS to the officer in attendance.
| DO the same thing In case you have to pay
nothing so that they may not bother you.
Each passenger related his experience In
American custom houses and all added
these officials are the meanest and most
miserable fellows to be found among poll
tlcians."
OF the women OF America he wrote:
WE all know what "a woman in thu
United states il. She IL an ndven
turess ana bold. She travels alone
viii, fun liberty, protected more y!
fear of the law than by the respec
which she inspires. she II n spend
thrift elegant and wears the mos
risky fnshions, knowing wen Ina
everything become. her,
sIhe is genieel her feel are small he
hair is beautiful she is woman wh
loves home. | do mol know nave see
American women living at the motel !
j California, In Paris, ali over Europe, q
/ WAYS cxtravagant. spending more none
than their husbands, OF whom ihey 90 20
lnou m,,rh. money earned God knows ho'
J or where Before marriage, al ] said DC
: fore, they are more feared than respect
} ed.
AS to how the letter was procured, no
} ratio l.. Rubens consul for the iunta, saiu
! 1--WE know absolutely that this letter
|, ucnuinc. man has rsked his life
obtain il. we do not hesitate 70 ackno"'
/ edae that ii was stolen from canalejo
4 IL written on the paper OF the iesatioI
| the handwriting IL DE Tonnes and the sis
I nature is his. He may deny II until !
| Isl black in the face, but IL is renuin
+ and everybody who has seen ~ KNOWS
\ is his. The man who stole 1t apstracle
If from The envelope and left the latte
| II he had attempted to stcal the enyeioI
! ~ had stolen the envelope he never woul
have got away with the letter
M R,,beus was asked about the trans
lat.on. and IL there was not some dangt
that il might be wrong. He replied: nc
md, translation vas made In the office b
those who thoroughly understand bot
languages, and it is as near correct as
translation can be"
asked