Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-10

States he said. could not BE- lndlffer-
ent TO any Interference In the domestic
issues OF foreign represz Natives" and
| MIR. Phelps was directed to invite Lord
| Salisbury's attention to the occurrence
| and express the confident reliance of
| ih!s government upon the action of her
| majesty government in the premises
| But Lord Salisbury did not take kind
10 the sugSe stion. He replied that he
! could not act until he had received the
| ministers explanation. He did not re-
| GarI' the letter alone as sufficient to
warrant the ministers recall, thus end
| ing ms uittoratic career, which would
nos necessarily be the case If he We're
disnisssd by the government Of the
oHiiec' states. cor which of course there
| are precedents."
MIR. Phelps having advised that the
tniimat!"n of. Lord Salisbury be actei
upon, lnaSmuch as there was no proha-
b!lity OF his recalling tbs minister i'm
| mediately Mr.. Bayard proceeded to dis
mass Lord Saekviile in the following
! terms:
| The President of the United States
mas instructed me to inform you that
| FOR good ard sufficient causes which
are known to yourself and have been
duly brought TO the Knowledge of your
government, ne has with great regret
become convinced that it would be in
compatible with the best interests and
detrimental to the good relations of
both governments that You should any
longer mold your present official posi-
ton in the United States, and THAT ac-
cordingly the government OF Her Bri-
| fannie Majesty will without delay be
| Informed of this determination in order
| that another channel may be found for
| the transmission OF such communtca-
| tons az may be found deslrab BILE be
tween the two governments in the
| transaction OF their business. iWhen n
| ever ii is your pleasure to depart from
| the United States l am instructed to
furnish you with the usual facilities,
and with that view l now beg to en-
close a passport in the customary
way"
Lord Sackville left Immediately. and
| from October 80. 1883, until late in the
| spring Of 1889 the British government
was represented here only by a charge.
sign OF the displeasure with which
| it viewed the treatment OF its minister.
There We're few Senators who had not
read the letter when the Senate met to-
day, but there were comparatively few
| Of them willing to express an opinion
upon it.
1T is a very serious matter" said
| Senator Gray. OF the committee on for
eign relations. TOO serious indeed to
| discuss careles.:ly."
III it is true said Senator Foraker,
also a member Of the foreign relations
committee, Mr.. De Lone ought TO be
immed;ate ly given his passports"
Senator Spooner-"If irue.it is gross
attack and most astounding"
Senator SteWart-"The sentiment eX-
pressed is in line with SPANS policy
and disposition. We do everything to
concllate the Spanish; they recpro-
| cate by despiSing us"
The letter was almost the sole topic of
conversation among the members Of the
House today. It's contents were con-
Il. xtl~ sen.- ~ RI
lomatlc etiquette that many refused to
credit it. Chairman Hit, Of the for
eign affairs committee, and other lead
Ing Republicans declined Ito express
any opinion a this time. On the as
sumption that the letter was authentic,
however. the opinion was almost unan-
inious that no seFf-respecting govern
ment could tolerate such criticism of
De Lome's w5pdily ffer,a and that Minister
usefulness at the capital. Some Iedr
was expressed that the recall or DE
LONE while affairs We're in the present
| condition might precipitate grave
crisis.
The Democrats were much more free
| n the expression of opinions than the
Republicans. Mr. Berry OemocraD,
| IF Kentucky. member OF the foreign
| affairs committee. said that OF the let
| ter proved TO be genuine the Spanish
] minister should be made to walk the
plank.
MIR. WiTlam Alden Smith Geepubli-
| am. OF Michigan. a member Of THE for
| aign affairs committee. said:
| II regard the letter, IL authentic, as a
serious aTront. calling for as radical
| trea t,nent as was administered to Lord
| Sackville West. in 1855
| Senior de LONE received a number of
| callers during THE day, and to those
| sustaining a close relation to MN ne
| lid not question the authenticity OF the
| published letter, making it clear that he
! would scorn the subterfuge OF a dena!
| for purposes OF eXpediency. The only
| question raised was as tot the accuracy OF
| translation, for the published transla-
| ,ions gave a severity to some of the
expressions on the President. which
| were regarded as designed to magnify
] The actual statements. iAmong the
| minister's friends the act of stealing a
| .ontiGe ntial letter, and making 1t pub
| &c, was considered as more reprehen-
! sible than the writing of the letter it
! self. II was the general expression
| pmong the minister's associates of the
| liplomatic corps that while the publ
| aton disclosed grave improprit ty,
yet it was one that might happen 10
any Of them in the course OF those con-
| idential communications in which the
| greatest freedom is used in order to
| convey a full understanding Of an In
.ernational question.
| CABLBD HIS RESIGNATION.
| PHILADELPHIA. Fe3. Especial
| dispatches from Washington received
| n this city state that Minister de LONE
| .abled his resignation to the spanish
| government once yesterday and twice
| today, but up to late hour this after
noon he had received no reply from
| Madrid.
| JrNGOlST INTRIGUE.
| MADRID. Feb. 9.-Mdnight-The DE
| LONE incident is regarded here as
! jingoist intrigue, intended to disturb
! the relations between the United states
!