The San Francisco call., 1898-02-10
RESIGNATION
 IS CALLED
 TO MADRID He Admits Writing the Letter to
 Canalejas. Sorry It Has Been Made Public, but Cannot
 Deny It. Which Naturally Makes Him Persona Non Grata to the
Which Naturally Makes Him Persona Non Grata to the
 Administration
DIPLOMATS FATAL ERROR.
Says the TrauslatiOns Are Too liars h :, but the Ugly Words Still
 Stand.
Special Dispatch to The Call.

} NEW YORK, Feb. s.-The Herald's Washington corre- spondent telegraphs: Diplo- matic relations between the United States and Spain, through Minister de Lome, are at an end. and ali correspond ence will be conducted exclu- ford in Madrid until Spain sends a new Minister to Wash ington or designates a Charge d d'Affaires. Minister de Lome has cabled his resignation to his Government This is the re- , suit of the publication of Min
 iste1 de LonIe's letter to Senor {
 Canalejas. severely criticizing the President, and De Lome's admission of its authenticity. Assistant Secretary of State Day admitted this afternoon that this was true by saying that Minister de Lome did not deny theauthenticity of theletter pub lished this morning. and by 3 stating that a cablegram had
 been sent to Minister Wood ford in Madrid, the contents of which would not be made pub lie until it had reached it's des- tination- While no official statement will be made as to the contents of this cablegram until it's sub : stance has been communicated to the Spanish Minister of For eign Affairs, I am able to state that it informs Minister Wood ford of the publication of the : letter, says that Minister de e Lome does not deny it's authen- ticity, and directs him to sug- ! gest to the Spanish Foreign Off, { flee that Minister de Lome can not be longer regarded as per s soma grata, and to suggest that another Minister be sent to { Washington. understand that Assistant Secretary Day, as the principal $ representative of the President, made an informal Il upon $ Minister de Lome this morning. : and that while the Minister re- : gretted very much the publica- : ton Of his private letter to his friend, and regretted that it . should be construed as being in- . sulting to the President, he frankly confessed that he had 1, written such a letter to senor Canalejas. Minister de Lome takes the position that he ought not to , discuss the incident for publi- cation, and he has nothing whatever to say about 1t. learn, however, that in conver- sation with intimate friends he says that the translation which has appeared in the newspapers
 is unnecessarily harsh, and that
 while the words have been given
 an English equivalent which he did not have in mind when he wrote the letter and which
 make it appear more harsh than
 the original Spanish, he has not
 in any way changed his opinions
 as expressed in the letter.
 WASHINGTON, Feb. 9.-The publl ation in the morning newspapers c n autograph letter from Senor d ome, the Spanish Minister, to hi iend Canalejas. criticizing the Presi ent with the utmost freedom, cause
 sensation In official Washington an
 )on will be followed by Minister d ome's departure from the Unite
 tates. At the outset there was a dis osition to question the authenticity o ie letter. but as, bit by bit, the cir lmstantial evidence accumulated, un 1t was finally announced officiall. lat the Minister declined to deny tn
 lthenticity of the letter. all doub diccinotaI ,-d +l,o h,