The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1898-02-23
De LONE D|SAvOWED.
Spanish Ministry Sends on Its
Long Expected DeIiverance
About That Letter.
DISCLAIMS THE SENIORS VIEWS.

No sympathy with What He Said About
the President = Repudiates the Imputa-
tion That spain Is Not I'm Earnest ss to
Reciprocity and Autonomy-Cannot SEQ
How Such Thing Could lie Said In
Face oil the Facts.
Washington. Feb. 1S.-Spain has Of
ncially disclaimed In a positive manner
the reflections contained in the De
LONE letter, and as officially announced
by the state department the incident is
satisfactorily closed. The statement
iven out is as follows:
SThe following is an abstract of a
note sent Wednesday by the Spanish gov
eminent to Minister Woodford at Madrid:
The Spanish government on learning
OF the incident in which Minister Du
puy de LONE was concerned, and being
advised of his Objectionable communi-
cation. with entire sincerity laments
the incident which was the cause of
the interview with the minister: states
chat Minister De LONE had presented
n INCARCERATION and it had been ac-
CIVIL before the presentation of the
mattR by Minister Woodford.
spatn Does Not share DE Lome's Views.
Nat the Spanish ministry in ac-
ceptirIg the resignation of functionary
whoseF services they have been utiliz-
ing alNd valuing up to that time leaves
II pertctly well established that they
do not share and rather, on the con-
trary, disauthoriZe the criticisms tend
ing 10 offend or censure the chief of
friendly state, although such criti-
cisms hid been written within the field
Of friendship. and had reached public
ity by artul and criminal means. That
this meaning had taken shape in
resolution Sby the council of ministers
before Central Woodford presented the
matter, andtat time when the Spanish
governmentShad only vague Geographic
reports CONCERNING the sentiments al
luded to. That the Spanish nation, with
equal and gteater reason afirms it's
view and decision after reading the
words containeJ in the letter rejecting
upon the president of the United States,
Claim of kpanish sincerity.
% AS TO the paragraph concerning the
desirability Of negotiation of CONNER
cial relations If even for effect and the
Importance of using a representative
for the purpose stated in Senior Dupuy
de Lome's letter, the government eX-
presses concern that in the light Of its
conduct long after the writing Of the
letter, and in view of the unanswerable
testimony of simultaneous and subse-
quent facts, any doubt should exist that
the Spanish government has given proof
of it's real desire and Of its innermost
convictions with respect TO the CONNER
cial system and the projected treaty Of
commerce.
That the Spanish government does
not now consider ii necessary to lay
stress upon or to demonstrate anew
the truth and sincerity of it's purpose
and the unstained good faith of its in
tentions. That publicly and solenniy
the, government of Spain contracted be-
fore the mother country and its colonies
a responsibility for the political and
tariff changes which il has inaugurated
in both Antilles, the natural ends Of
which, in domestic and international
spheres IL pursues with firmness, which
will ever inspire its conduct