Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-02-10

the letter, all doubt was dissipated, and
| the only question that remained was,
as to the line of action to be pursued
| by our government toward the offending
| minister.
| The writing of this letter is unoues-
tionably an offence against the amenis
ties of diplomatic relations, and such Of
| fences almost invariably have been re-
| garded in the capital of the United
| States, as in other capitals, as sufficient
/ ground for the termination of the Of
fetal status of the letter writer.
/ As soon as the letter appeared in the
press the state department. officials be-
gan an effort to settle its authenticity,
and when 1t had learned all that could
be developed on that point, and had
| been told that the minister himself re-
! fused to deny writing it, the considera-
| ton of the next step began.
| Assistant Secretary Day was in con-
| sultation with the president on the
| subject at least four times during the
official day, and then spent much time
| in framing his message to United States
Minister Woodford at Madrid The of
! fetal statement of the sending of this
message was accompanied by declin-
alton to indicate its contents at this
time, the department merely giving to
the press the following statement:
| Minister de LONE does not deny writ
| ing the letter. The department has COM
| municated with Gen. Woodford on the
subject. Until that communication
reaches the Spanish government it
would be improper, in any manner, to
state the contents of the message to
| Gen. Woodford.
| While the department refused to add
anything to this meagre announcement,
it can be stated, without question, that
Mr., Woodford was directed to lay the
! facts developed before the Spanish gov
| eminent, together with the statement,
that in view of the minister's refusal to
deny the authorship of the letter, the
Spanish government is looked to with
confidence to deal with the case prop
erly, This amounts to an invitation to
recall the minister, presuming that he
himself has not already taken steps to
vacate his position.
No doubt is entertained of a compli-
ance with the implied suggestion, but in
case there should be undue delay in
acting, the state department might feel
| called upon to move directly in the mat
ter, and give the minister his passports
as was done when Sir Julian Paunce-
Totes predecessor wrote the celebrated
Murchison letter
The full text of the letter which was
given out in New York by the Cuban
junta is as follows
Spanish Legation. Washington
To His Excellency, Senof Dom Jose
Canalejas:-
my Distinguished and Dear Friend:
You need not apologize for not having
written to me; l also ought to have
written to you, but have not done so, on
account of having been weighed down
with work, and nous sommes quittes
The situation here continues unchanged
Everything depends on the political and
military success in Cuba. The prologue
lnf HN-a 1.fo mil
end the day that the colonial cabinet
| will be appointed, and it relieves us in
the eyes of this country of part of the
responsibility of what may happen there,
and they may cast the responsibility
upon the Cubans, whom they believe so
immaculate. Until then we will not be
able to see clearly, and 1 consider it to
be loss of time and an advance in the
wrong road, the sending of commissar-
les to the rebel field, the negotiating
with the aut0nomists not yet declared to
be legally constituted and the discovery
of the intentions and purposes of this
government. The exiles will return one
by one and when they return will come
walking into the sheepfold, and the
chiefs will gradually return. Neither of
these had the courage to leave en- masse,
any they will not have the courage to
thus return.
1.-THE message has undeceived the in
Surgents, who expected something else,
and has paralyzed the action of con-
gress, but I consider it bad. Beside the
natural and inevitable coarseness with
which he repeats all that the press and
public opinion of Spain has said Of Wey-
| lev lit shows once more that Mckinley
| is weak and catering to the rabble, and.
besides, a low politician, who desires to
leave door open to me and to stand
well with the jingoes of his party. New
ertheless, as matter of fact, it will only
depend on ourselves whether he will
prove bad and adverse to US agree en-
tirely with you without a military sue
cess nothing will be accomplished there,
and without military and political sue
| cess there is here always danger that
the insurgents will be encouraged. II not