Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-02-15
Senior Bernabe Named by the
Spanish Cabinet.
|W00DF0RD'S MESSAGE
Its Contents Closely Guarded by the Sa,e
Department Satisfactory ADJUST
rnent OF Existing Differences ri
Expected Soon.
{By Telagraph.)

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cepting the resignation of Senior Dupuy
De LONE as minister at Washington ana
appointing Senior Louis Polo, Bernabe as;
his successor.
A decree VIII also be issued cunvening
the chambers befo1.a the enti of this
month, so as to enable the election of
the new cortes to OCCUR on March 20
Semen Gullon. the minister of foreign
aitai1s, informed the cabinet that Unttei
States Minister WouufoId had lust
| handed him a note referring to Senior
Dupuy De LCtne's letter and to the
meaning of several paragra phs in it.
WASHINGTON Feb. 1.-THE state
DEPARTMENT today officially denied re-
ports that Gen<ial Lee. consul general
to Subl. had rendered his resignation.
1t can he Stated also that, while ,!4e-
tails are NOT Cbtainafoe, matters ~
garling the De Lone Incident have as
sumed su h shape that an early and en-
tirvHy satisfactory adjustment off the af-
fair between the United States and Spain
is confidently expected by the state d.
partment-
The officials OK the state da.pa rtment
still maintain thsfr retIcence as to TIE
contents Of the cablegrarn from Minis
ter WoOiiforI received late SATURDAY
night. 1t may 6e said that ali state
nerts so for made as to the nature of
this despatch are speculative. The
| message was ni5t decipheied until Wen,
along in the afternoon esterday, and
lilSl II passed INTO tNt Maids or Assist
amt Secretary Day and the President lin
turn, who have been the only persons
in Washington, save the employees who
unrave!ed the cipher, to see the dis
patch up to this time. No answer has
ben made as yet to Mr.. Woo-'ford's
message. and it is by no means certain
that an answer will be required,
Senior du Bose, the Spanish charge
d affaires, was on.= of the e1lay callers
at the state department and this natur-
ally led to conjecture that his viStG~-Nas
in connection with the De Lone lncid-'
snt. 1t is stated positively however
that the incident was not referred to-
but that the cali had to do with other
lfksrdaxls Spanish affairs tElyeryth hing
| relating to the De LONE letter thus far
Minister WoodEord. Owing to the pres
ence in Washington of Duke de ARGOS,
late Spanish minister to Mexico, .onw
on leave, it was felt that he would be
named as minister in order that a
speedy adjustment might be effected.
The Spanish 7Egation has received no
intimation as to the name of the next
minister. CaIderon Carlisle counsellor
for the Spanish legation, was another
caller a the state department today.
1t is understood, however, that ne is at
present ting not so much as legal
representative of Spain as the private
counsel of S!:nor CanaiejaS, to whom
thavDe Lone letter was addressed. ann!
who desires TO secure possession of it!
There was a rumor that MI Carlisle's
visit had relations to prosecutions for
the theft of the d. LONE !etter. but it
was stated later by those fully CONVEX
SAINT with the fact that no nlpve toward
the prosecution of thoes connected with
the taking of the De LCnne letter had
been made rowas at present in contem-
plation. 1t is said that if the loss had
occurred while the letter was IN the
United States mails th':n the usual pros
ecutions Ny the Postal authorities might
occur. but in the present case there is
no trace as to thu point where the letter
waS distracted and such eViGence as is
| at hand goes to show that the ,etter
was takenl after it lest the United
States mails and was in the hands of the
Spanish authorities.
Senior Dupuy De G-ome has about com
pleted his arrangements for leaving the
United Suites. His present plans are To
leave Washington tomorrow night. sail
ing from New York Wednesday ON the
English linsr which goes to Liverpool.
He has not been commanded TO go to
Madrid and unless this order comes he
will pr1ceetl. from Liverpool to the com
rinSnt for a quiet rest, and then GO TO
his home near Valencia.
MADRID, Feb. 14.-El Liberal, COM
menting on the De LONE letter says ii
was a private docunsnt of which the
government misunderstood the text Tt
is semi fficiaMy stated that official
claims cannot be founded on a private
letter, THAI Spain acted rightly in ac-
ceptiag the resignation of SenoG, Duprly
De LONE and that the ministers declare
that any claims whatever are inadmiS-
sihle
w WASHINGTON, Feb. 14.-The reso-
luton of Representative Lewis. of
Washington, demanding MIR. De Lome's
recall, was introduced in the House to-
day.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 14-Actuaf cd by
sense OF honor and strict idea of
justice, the state department has taken
steps to place in the hands OF Senior
Canalejas, to whom the l=tter was ad-
dressed. the @pistle written by Senior
Dupuy De Lcure, which led to the res
ig1na tom of them mister. The tyanSac-
ton is explained in the following brief
statement given out tonight by the state
department:
Recognizing that the legal ownership
of the De Ldme letter is in Mr.. CanaIe-
jas, and his agent and attorney, Mr.. Car
lisles having presented proper authority
to receive the same, the letter was de-
livered to- him today"
AS explained IN this statement. NJ.
carlisle was fully authorized to apply
for and receive the letter, having the
cabied authorize ton from SenCr Cana
ie1as. In the view of the state Oh part
inent the letter was a stolen document,
alld, ike any other piece of property, it
Should, upon application. he delivered
! to its rishtful iowner There was no
otter course left open, for in the United
States. as in al. other countries, having
code Off laws, letter becomes thu. sole
property of the person TO whom it is a.-
dressed immediately 1T starts ON its way
from the sander. Even the latter cam
not obtain Possession OF it without the
consent or the of the person addressed;
the limit of his power legally being i'm