The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-02-11
DE LONE WILL SOON DEPART.
sP,1N,s CABINET ACCEPTS HIS RES
IGNATION.

Madrid Newspapers Find the Steal
,up of the Letter Far More Repre-
beusIbIe Than the Comments on
4bc President-The New Minister
+o Washington Not Selected Yet.
Tbis Government to Take No Fur
ther Action in the Matter.
Madrid, Feb. 10.-At a meeting OF the
cnanish cabinet held to-day under the
presidency of the Queen Regent, the min
ister for foreign affairs, Senor Gullon, read
dispatch from Senor Dupuy de LONE, the
snanish minister at Washington, saying
that the published letter to Senor Canale-
las was written by him and that his posi-
tion consequently, had become untenable
and he begged the government to accept
his resignation.
The cabinet decided to accept the resig-
nation of Senor Dupuy de LONE, and the
ministers subsequently met and decided to
telegraph to senor de LONE, accepting his
resignation, and entrusting the first sec
retarv with the conduct of the current af-
fairs of the legation.
All the newspaper comments on the sub
tect bitterly denounce the business of
stealing and publishing private letter"
After the cabinet council the Premier,
senor sagasta, told the correspondent of
the Associated Press that Senor Dupuy de
LONE had ''bravely'' admitted the author
ship of the letter.
The canddature Of Senor Muragua to
succeed Senior de LONE has been aban-
doned
The government maintains its reserve,
desiring to secure the approval of Wash
jngton, according to diplomatic custom,
before appointing Senior de Lome's sue
cessor.
La correspondence de Espana says it
believes nothing has yet been decided as
to Senor de Lome's successor.
Ell Heraldo de Madrid deplores the Incl
dent, but remarks: Here we are obliged
not to endure confidential complaints like
Senior de Lome's, but attacks and accusa-
tions of every kind in American official
documents and Congress upon our coun-
try, generals, government, and even our
highest representatives of state"
Ell Correo recognizes that Senior de
Lomes position became untenable when
the letter was published.
The news of the De LONE incident was
received too late yesterday evening TO
obtain opinions.
nation, having been accepted, the inter-
national question disappears. Nevertheless,
the Cuban insurgents have succeeded in
chasing from Washington a representa-
tive of Spain who has alays displayed
great zeal to prevent flibustering expe-
dtions but they have done so by tricks
only employed by the clients of peniten-
tiaries."
The Correspondence Militar says: "The
government should not have accepted Sc
no de Lome's resignation The American
attitude is offensive and humiliating to
Spain"
Ell Correo Espanol the Carlist organ,
says: Events preeipitate themselves and
We are at the beginning of the end of our
respect for the United States"
La Nacional, the Weylerst organ, re-
proaches the government for yielding to
the exigencies of Washington and adds:
''The Americans have become our lords
and masters.
The government ascribed its authorship
to the Cuban jingoes, the Washington
state department, announcement that De
Lone had admitted the genuinness of the
letter not being received until early this
morning.
Senior Canalejas was out of town, but his
secretary said he had never received any
such letter from Senor de LONE.
For some time past the authorities have
been taking extra precautions in guarding
the residence of the United States minis
ter, Gen. Stewart L. Woodford, which is
on the outskirts of the city. On Sunday
the guard was REINFORCED by twenty-fouT
men and the Heraldo says that even this
was not considered sufficient. Additional
precautions were adopted, evidently under
the impression that public order might be
disturbed, and a number of mounted civil
guards were posted in the vicinity. There
upon, the Heraldo asks, Whence/the neces-
sity for these precautions, since Madrid
has offered absolutely not a single symp-
tom of justifying such measures.
Senor Sagasta, the premier, and other
members of the cabinet, state publicly
that the de LONE incident will not affect
the relations between Spain and the United
states and that a new envoy competent
TO conduct the commercial negotiations
will be selected.
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