The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-02-19
DISCLAIMED BY SPAIN.
Madrid Government Repudiates De
LONE Letter.

Madrid, Feb is. "A decree has been
gazetted. accepting the resignation of
eenor Dupuy dc LONE as minister of
| Spain at Washington.
Following is the text of the royal de-
cree, which is dated February 10:
Acceding to the wishes of Senior Dupuy
| De LONE. in the name of my august sou,
| King Alfonso XIII, and as queen regent,
| accept the resignation he has prese nted
| of tha post of envoy extraordinary and
| minister plenipotentiary ut Washington,
| leaving him without employment, with
| the emoluments due him.
MARIA CHRISTINA.
Senor Polo Y Bornabe, minister desig-
nate to the United States, visited United
States Minister Woodford to-day.
Senior Cullen, the foreign minister,
| half of the Government, condolences
upon the disaster of the Maine.
Washington. Feb. 1S.-Spain has Off
| cially disclaimed in positive manner the
| reflections contained in the Dupuy de
LONE letter, and, as officially announced
| by the State Department yesterday, the
| incident is satisfactorily closed. The
| statement given out is an abstract Of n
note sent Wednesday evening by the
| Spanish government 10 Minister Wood
ford, at Madrid, and is rs follows:
1.-The Spanish government, on learning
Of the incident in which Minister Dupuy
de LONE was concerned. and being ad-
vised of his Objectionable commurica-
| ton. with entire sincerity laments the
| incident which was the cause of the in
| terview with the minister, states that
| Minister de Lone had presented his res
| ignatioE and it had been accepted before
| the presentation of the matter by Miuis.
ter Woodford.
= "That the Spanish ministry in accept
| ing the resignation of functionary
whose services may have been utilizing
and valuing up TO that time, leaves it
perfectly well established that they do
not share. and rather, on tie contrary,
disauthorize the criticisms tending to
offend or censure the chief of a friendly
state, although such criticisms have been
written within the field of friendship
and had reached publicity by artful and
criminal means.
THAT tnis meaning had taken shape in
resolution bv the council of ministers
before Gen. Woodford presented the mat
ter, at time when the Spanish govern
ment had only vague telegra phlc reports
concerning the sentiments alluded to.
Tha the Spanish nation, with equal and
greater rehSOD, dlllTHls It's view anu ueClS-
ion after reading the words contained III
the letter rejecting upon the President
of the United States.
Gag to the paragraph concerning the
desirability of negotiations of commercial
relations. il even for effect, and impor-
lance of using a representative for the
purpose stated in SeEor Dupuy de Lome's
letter, the government expresses concern
that in the light of it's conduct long after
the writing of the letter, and in view of
the nnanswerable tef timony of simulta-
neous and subsequent facts, any doubt
should exist that the Spanish govern
neut has given proof of it's real desire
and of it's innermost convict ions with re-
spect to the new commercial system and
the projected treaty of commerce.
" That the Spanish government does
not now consider it necessary 10 Ivy
stress upon or to demonstrate ANEW the
truth and sincerity of its purpose and the
unstained good faitE Of it's intentions
That publicly and solenlnly the govern
ment of Spain contracted before the
mother country ard its colonies the ie-
sponsoility for the political and tariff
changes, which it haS inauguratetl in both
Antilles, the natural ends VI which in
domestic and international spheres it
pursnes with frmness, which will
ever inspire its conduct
The following dis patch announcing the
| appointn ent of "A minister fIo' Spain