The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1898-02-15
SENIOR De LONE
NO LONGER MINISTER OF SFs.I
TO THE UNITED STATES.

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woodford's Residence-De LoHe's Pres
ent ments of Foreign Press
Representatives at Washington Notify
their Governments.
Madrid. February 10.-At n meeting
of the Spanish cabinet, held today un-
der the presidency of the qpoeen-rt gent,
the minister for foreign affairs, Senior
GuIIon, read a dispatch from Senior Du-
puy de LONE, the Spanish mini 5ter at
Washington, saying that the rubbish
ed letter to Senior Canaletas W as writ
ten by him ard hat his position, con-
seqaently, had become untenflble and
ne begged the government 10 accept
his resignation.
The cabinet decided to- accept
the resignation of Senior Dupuy de
lone and the ministers, subsequently
met and decided to telegraph to Senior
de LONE accepting his resignation and
entrusting the first secretary with the
conduct of the current affairs of the
legation.
The news IF the de LONE incident
was received too late yesterday even
ing to obtain opinions The govern
HELL y . G6~UuI oily aE|I4 DCA - "u
thorship to a1e Cuban jingOes, the
Washington state department an
mOuncement hat de LONE had admit
tedcnhe ~genuBleness OF the letter not
fbeinS received until early this morn
ing. Senior Can alejas was out of town,
but iris secretary said he mad never re-
ceive1 any such letter from de LONE.
The AMERICAN LEGATION
r Guarded.
For some time past, the authorities
here j aving been taking extra precau-
zion il guarding the residence of the
Unit6C States minister, General Stew
art L. Woodfo,d, (which is on the out
skirts of the Gig. On Sunday the
guard - s reinforced by twenty four
men and The HoralGo said t4ratt even
this was not considered sufficient. All
day long additional precautions were
adopted, evidently Under the impress
sion that public order might N)e dis
turbed and a number of mOunte civil
guards were posted in the Vicinity.
Thereupon, The Heralde asked pTaence
the necessity for these precautions,
since Madrid has offered absolutely not
a single symptom of jusolfying slch
measures.
PRESS COMMENTS.
-. All the newspaper comner is on the
subject bitterly denounce the bust
IlCS5 VI lCd~A dLo " -
waite letter"
After the caEinet council, the pre-
1nier, Senior Sagasta, told the CORES
pendent of the Associated Press that
that Senior Duply de LONE had brave
ly ''admitted the authorship of the let
ter
The candidate of Senior Muragua to
succeed Senior de LONE has been abar-
dOned The maintains its
reserve, desiring to secur the approval
of Washington according to diplomatic
custom, before appointing Senior de
Iome'S successor.
The. papers all discuss the de Lone
incident this morning and the possible
successor of the retiring minister at
washington La Correspondents de Is
pana mentions Senior Mutagua, but,
says it is believed that nothing has
been as yet decided.
Ell HeraIdo de Madrid, deplores the
incident but remari0s: Here We are
Obliged to endure not only CONFIDENTIAL
complaints like Senior de Lome's, but
attacks and accusations of every kind,
in American official documents and in
congress upon our country, generals,
government, and even our hlgheSt
representatives of state"
Ell Correo recognizes that Senior de
Iome's position became u~ntenable
when the letter was published.
FL Epocha says: Senior de Iome's
resignation having been accepted, the
international question disappears.
Nevertheless the Cuban insurgents
have succeeded in chasing from WASH
ingtOn a representative of Spain VINO
has always displayed great zeal to
prevent filibustering expeditions, but
they nave done so by tricks only en-
ployed by the clients of penitentlarleS."
The Correspondence Milltar says:
1.-THE government should not have &C
cepted Senior de Lome's resignation.
The American attitude is offensive and
humiliating to SPAIN
FL Correo. the Carlist organ, says:
1--WE are at the beginning of the end
of our respect for the United States
La Naciollal, the Weylerist organ,
r~eproaches the government for yielding
to the exigencies of Washington and
adds: The Americans have Become
our lords and masters"
; Senior Sagasta, the premier, and
other members of thecabjnet statepub-
licly hat the de LONE incident VIII
mot affect the relations between SPAN
and the United States and that a new
envoy, competent to d the COM
mercial negotiations, will be selected.
London, February 11.-The lIhes
this morning, says ed~ltorlaily
from every point of view d~eplorable
and lamentable that so useful a career
sho,,ld have been terminated by an act
of the basest treachery. Senior oe
LONE has long tbeen the object OF pro
found detestation to the cuban rlhS
because he frustrated their deep laho
pilots. Honest men, whether IN A1llel-
100 or in England. must regard with
contemnt too profound for words a
party which sinks to such methods OF
warfare. That party is doubtless eS-
ulting in it's success; but it cannot
abolish the good work Senior de LONE
has actually accomplished. IT must De
recorded to President Mckinley
credit THAI, although he might eXcus-
ably feel personal resentment, he mas
refused to exaggerate the incident IN
.any way. This has greatly disap-
pointed the Cuba ring"
london, February lO.-The 81. James
10 aftarnnnn alone commands