The record-union., 1898-07-12
violation of the laws of the land, and /

have therefore to request Senior Car
rama to leave this country. / have
to make the same request of Senor Du
Bose who, from evidence in our hands.
is an accomplice in the establishment
of the spy service which was organized
by Senior CarranZa.'
Mr.. ST. Pierre communicated the Pre-
mier's letter to Senior Du Bose and re-
ceived, on July ID, a letter stating that
they would sail on the next steamer of
the Dominion line. In this letter he
wrote:
Il must, however, emphatically pro-
test against the second paragraph of
Sir Wilfred's letter, in which he states
that the Secretary of State of the Unit
ed States of America has given a COM
munication to Sir Julian Pauncefote,
her majesty's ambassador at Washing
ton, of the original letter addressed by
Senor CarranZa from Montreal on the
10Th of May last to the Spanish Minis
ter Of Marine and placed in his hands a
Photographic copy of the same, which
Sir Julian has transmitted to the Ca
madam Government. This is completely
false. Mr.. Carranza has given me his
word of honor that the only letter stolen
thus far from him is a private one, ad-
dressed to Gomez Inez relation
of his, employed in the Navy Depart
ment at Madrid This statement of
Mr.. Carranza is corroborated by the
alleged translation of the letter which L
have seen published in the newspapers
Further, in his communication, Sir
Wilfred permits himself to assert that
from evidence in your hands, Senior Du
Bose is an accomplice in the establish
ment of a spy service which was or
ganized by Senor Carranza.' This is a
grave accusation, and one which should
not be legally made by a responsible
statesman. 1t will be incumbent upon
Sir Wilfred to prove the correctness of
his written accusation upon future
occasion.
AS regards the statement contained
in Sir Wilfred Laurier's letter, that
the action of Senior Carranza is a vio-
lation Of the laws Of the land / can
only say that Sir Wilfred Laurier is
equally mistaken in his law and his
facts.
The only spy organization Of which
have cogniZance is that with which
the Government of the United States
has surrounded and dogged me since |
have been in Canada OF this there is
ample proof, of which l shall be de-
lighted to submit to Sir Wilfred when
ever he may SO desire.
Within my own comparatively short
official career, there have been three
separate occasions upon which the
Government of the United States has
utilized private letters as the basis of
diplomatic representations.
In 1883, the publication of private
letter fraudulently obtained from the
present Lord Sackville, then her maje
ty's Minister al Washington, caused the
retirement of that distinguished diplo-
mat.
Another private letter, stolen from
the post and published in the United
States was officially used by the State
Department at Washington to compel
the retirement of the late Spanish Min
lister, De Lone.
Finally, the present alleged and
stolen letter, written by a friend of
mine, is employed as means of caus-
ing my expulsion from Canadian soil
What confidence or credence can be
placed in the representations of Gov
sernment where diplomacy is based upon
the utilization of criminal acts, l leave.
to the consideration of Sir Wilfred Lau-
rier and the Canadian Government"
Some delay occurred in the arrival of
this letter at Ottawa, and the Govern
ment at once became uneasy. Tele-
grams passed to and fro. Sir Wilfred
Laurier inquired anxiously, Have
party left?"
The party had not left. Senior Du
Bose, on July I'd, expressed his inten-
ton to leave by the next steamer of
the Dominion line, leaving on July 9th.
He was unable to do so, because he
could not obtain passage on her, and
Mr. Torrance wrote to the Government
to the effect that there was. not a
berth vacant. AS the Government was
so insistent, however, Senor Du Bose
decided to sail on the Dominion steam
er Ottoman.