The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-07-15
Du Bose and Carranza
Forced to Leave.
DU BOSE THREATENS
Canadian Government for
He Calls this Unlawful Aetfon-His
Letter Of Protest-His DenunefatioE
of United state. Government-The
Canadian Authorities RestIve Under
Their Delayed Departure and Become


Montreal, Que. July 11.-Senor Du-
Bose, late secretary of the Spanish le-
CATION at Washington, and Lieutenant
Carranza, military attachee, will leave
Montreal tomorrow night by the Do
minion steamship Ottoman, at the ur-
gent and repeated request OF the Do
minion government. The request was
O.. g, who was counsel for Messrs.
du Bose and CarranZa in the litigation
following upon the arrest Of Detec-
tive Kellert, on a charge Of stealing
a letter from Lieutenant C~arranza's
rooms.
Senior du Bose intimated his position
to Mr.. st. Pierre in a letter in which
he stated: Upon my part, | am nat
uraliy most anxious to avoid any
thing which might cause friction or
i'll feeling between the government of
my country and that of Canada, at
whatsoever personal Inconvenience
and financial loss which so sudden de-
parture must necessarily cause me, as
is within your personal cognlzance. L
will unheSitatingly comply with the
wish of the Canadian government.
This will not imply that l recognize
the right of the Canadian or British
governme to so proceed, either on
the ground of international or civil
law. AT the present moment l Will
take no legal steps in v~indicatiOn Of
these rights, which such action on the
part of the Canadian government
would undoubtedly violate for the rea-
-,l;1t IoE-a cTntnI ohny-a
the same time. l expressly reserve 70
myself the right to tax such steps
when I may be able to do SO without
creating a certain amount of interna-
tional friction which would probably
be the case if I should do so at the
present time.
Without entering into the merits
of the case, l may mention that no at
tempt even beyond vague newspaper
rumors has been made to connect me
with the letter stolen from Mr.. Car
raza, and whose alledged contents
form apparently the basis upon which
my expulsion from Canada is founded.
1.-The notorious injustice of this per-
secution will be only too clear to your
brilliant and legal intelligence"
The government wished the Span
iardS to leave at once, out the capiaS
secured by Detective Kellert was not
dooo1lSN olllI1 o1IS L oAi0 OHl bbLi
date Sir Wilfred Laurier telegraphee,
urging hat the departure should take
place on Saturday,, July End. The same
day he wrote Mr.. st. Pierre to the
same effect, officially insisting upon
the departure of his client. After stat
ing that he had been furnished by Sir
Julian Pauncefote with a photograph
ic copy Of the stolen letter, he con-
tinued: The letter of Lieutenant Car
n une~quivOcally states that Re has
been left in Canada to send and re-
ceive kilograms and to look after the
spy system he was then establishing.
The action of Senior Carranza is q
violation of the laws of the LAND and
I have, therefore, requested Senior Car
rama to leave the country. I have to
make the same request of Senior du
is an accomplice in the establishment
of h spy service, which was organ
lied by Senior CarranZa."
Mr.. ST. Pierre communicated the
premier's letters to Senior du Bose
and received a reply on July End,
stating that they would sal on the
next steamer of the Dominion Line.
In this letter he wrote:
Il must, however, emphatically pro-
test against the second paragraph of
Sir Wilfred's letter in which he tates
that the secretary of state of the
United States has given c~oInmunica-
ton to Sir Julian Pauncefote, her ma
jesty's ambassador at Washington, Of
the original letter addressed by Senior
Carranza from Montreal on the 26th
of May last to the Spanish minister
Of marine, and placed in his hands a
Photographic copy of the same, which
Sir Julian has transmitted to the Ca
madam government. This is complete
ly false. Mr.. Carranza has given me
his word of honor that the only letter
stolen thus far from him is a private
one addressed to Mr.. Gomez Inc, a
relation of his, employed in the navy
department at Madrid. This state
ment of Mr.. CarranZa is cOrroborated
by the alleged translation of the let
ter which I have seen published in the
newspapers.
Further on in his communication
Sir Wilfred Laurier permits himself
to assert that: From evidence in u
hands, Senior Du Bose is an accomplice
in the establishment Of a spy service,
which was organized by Senior Car
ranza.' This is a grave accusation and
one which should not be legally made
by a responsible statesman. 1t will be
incumbent upon Sir Wilfred to prove
the correctness Of his written accusa-
ton upon a future occasion.
LAS regards the statement contained
in Sir Wilfred Laurier's letter that
the action Of Senior C~arranZa is a vio-
lation of the laws of the land 1 can
only say that Sir Wilfred Laurier is
equally mistaken in his law and his
facts.
The only spy organization of which
I ave c~ognizance is that with which
the government Of the United States
has surrounded and logged me since
l have been in Canada. Of this, there
is ample proof, of which l shall be de-
lighted to submit to Sir Wilfred when
ever he may SO desire.
Within my own comparatively short
official career, there have been three
separate occasions upon which the
government OF the United States has
utilized private letters as the basis of
diplomatic representations. That con-
confidence or credence can be placed
in the representations Of a government
where diplomacy is based upon the
utilization OF criminal acts, I leave to
he consideration of Sir Wilfred au-
rier and the Canadian payarumenr