The weekly intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1891-1901, 1898-02-12
AN INSULT TO THE PRESIDENT.
Immediate and Vigorous Action Will
he Taken.

IAIisblit. NlltiilNii OS w ~ INV
States. has written Il letter, which we
print below, in full. This letter was
captured by Cubans, and given to the
press. There is no date to the letter,
but circumstances fix the date about
December u, 1897.
D'LOMES LETTER.
Legation de Espana, Washington.
"Senor Don Jose C~analejaS.
MY Distinguished and Dear Friend:
You need not apologize for not having
written to me; i also ought To have
written to yOu but ! have not done so.
on acrOunt of being weighed down with
work and nous SommeS quittes.
The situation here continues TN
changed. Everything depends on polit-
zeal and military success in Cuba. The
prologue of this second method of war
fare will end the day that the colonial
cabinet shall he appointed, and 1t re-
lieves us in the eyes of the country of
part of the responsibility of what may
happen there, and they must cast the
responsibility upon the Cubans, whom
they believe TO be immaculate.
Until then we will not be able to see
clearly, and L consider it to be 4 loss OF
time and an advance by the wrong road
the. seuding of emissaries to the rebel
field, the negotiating with autonomists
not yet declared to be legally constituted,
and the discovery of intentions and pur-
poses of this government.
The eXiles will return. one by one.
and when they return, will come walk
ing into the s%heepfOld. and the chiefs
Will gradually return. Neither OF these
had the courage to leave en- masse, and
they will not lave the courage thus to
return.
The message has undeceived the in
suTgents, who expected something else,
and has paralyzed the action of con-
gress, but l considered it bad.
Besides the natural and inevitable
coarseness (groseria) with which he re-
peats all that the press and public opin-
ion of Spain has said against Weyler,
shows once more that Mckinley is weak
and catering to the rabble, n besides
is a low politician who desires to leave
a door open to me and TO stand we'll
with the iingoes of his party.
Nevertheless, as a matter of fact, 1t
he will prove bad and adverse to us. i
agree entirely with you, without mill
tary SUCCESS nothing will be accom-
plished there, and without military and
political success there Is here always
danger that the insurgents will be en-
couraged, IL not by the government, at
least by part of the public opinion.
L 90 not D6il6N6 you pay ouOuBn
attention to the role of England. Nearly
all the newspaper canaille which swarms
in your hotels are English, and at the
same time that they are correspondents
of the journals here they are also cor
respondents of the best newspapers and
reviews of London. Thus it has been
since the beginning. To my mind the
only object of England Is that the
Americans should occupy themselves
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there Is q wal SO much the better: that
would further remove what Is threat
ening her-althOugh that Will never
1T would be most important that you
should agltate b question of CONNER
cial relations, ven though II would be
only for effect, and that you should send
here a man Of importance Ill order that
| might use him TO make q propaganda
among senators and others in opposition
to the junta and win over the eXtleS.
There goes Amblard. l believe he
too deeply taken up with little
political matters, and there must be
very great or we shall lose.
"Adela returns your salutation and
we wish you in the new year to be a
messenger of peace, and take this New
Years present to poor Spain.
always your attentive friend and
servant, who kisseg your hands.
"ENRIQUE DUPUY De LONE"
Assistant Secretary of State Day,
under instructions from the president,
Minister Woodford at Madrid
Wednesday night to demand an ex-
PLANTATION from Sagasta of the De LONE
letter. This action was taken after
Minister Dupuy DE LONE had sent a
note to the state department, in which
he practically admitted, by not denying,
that he had written the insulting letter.
The Spanish minister will receive his
passport and will be sent out OF the
in disgrace within the next few
days. So fragrant is the offense that the
usual slow processes of diplomacy will
not be allowed 10 intervene. II the
government at Madrid does not recall
Senior De LONE the secretary of state,
under instructions from the president,
will notify the offending Spanish minis
ter that he is no longer wanted, and az
will have 70 go. Whether this will lead
to additional ccmplicst::Jns with Spain
will depend upon the action of Sagasta.