The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-06-04
WITH A HAND CLASP
PRESIDENT NrKINLEY ACCEPTS
THE FRIENDLY OVERTURES OF
TIE SPANIARDS
DUO DE ARGOS IS RECEIVED

DUO DE ARGOS IS RECEIVED
Spain's New Ambassador Tenders
His Credentials to the President
With the Customary FormaIlties
-Spaninrd Alluded to the War,
While the President Ignored That
Feature of the Presentation.
WASHINGTON. June Spain Is
again upon a friendly diplomatic footing
with the United States. Diplomatic re-
lations broken off April 81. 1898. were
formally resumed at II o'clock today.
when President Mckinley greeted Duke
de ARGOS. the newly accredited minister
to the United States, in the blue parlor
OF the White house. simultaneously In
Madrid. if the programme arranged was
carried out. Bethany Storer. the United
States minister to Spain, was being pre-
scented to Christina. the queen regent
during the legal minority of his Catholic
majesty. Alfonso XIII 1t was notable
occasion in the worlds history-the re-
sumption of friendly relations between
two nations who had been at war, and
in the brief struggle had changed the
map of the world.
The speeches of today were especially
notable. They were plain spoken and
devoid of the usual hazy diplomatic
phraseology.
The ceremony was exceedingly simple.
Promptly at IL o'clock. the hour set. the
two carriages containing the Duke
de ARGOS Secretary Hay and the secre-
taries Of the new Spanish minister.
Senores Riano and Pastor. reached the
White house. Quite crowd had col
lected to catch a glimpse of the new
minister. The party was Immediately
ushered into the blue parlor. The duke
was attired in his Respondent diplomatic
uniform. Across his coat he wore a
scarlet sash and on his breast sparkled
the insignia of half a dozen orders, the
dazzling cross of the Order of the Cath
Ole being the most conspicuous. He
carried his plumed chapeau in his left
hand, and the copy of his address in
his right. The secretaries were likewise
attired in their gorgeous diplomatic uni
forms.
Reaching the blue parlor they were
presented by Col. Hay to Col. Bingham.
who remained with them while the sec
L.
He Immediately reappeared with Presi-
dent Mckinley. to whom he presented
the Duke de ARGOS and Senores Riano
and Pastor. The president was cordial, but
Gignified in his greeting. The Duke
ARGOS then read his address in Spanish.
He stood little in advance OF his aides,
facing the president while a little to
the rear and right of the president, stood
Secretary Hay. Col. Bingham and AS
sistant Secretary Cortelyou stood upon
the left. The minister said:
DUKES ADDRESS.
''Mr. President, I have the honor to
place in your eXcellencys hands the royal
letter by which her majesty, the queen
regent of Spain, in the name of her
august son, King Don Alfonso XIII, &C
credits me near this government, in the
capacity of envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary
Il have come to renew the relations Of
friendship which have existed from of
old between Spain and the United States.
and which were interrupted by the war
of last year. The treaty of peace which
Spain has signed. put an end to that war,
and now, looking only to the future,
Spain desires that her relations with this
republic may be as friendly as they were
In times past, and from the days in which
this country was struggling to gain it's
independence. 1t is my task to oontr butte
strengthen them. and to draw them
closer; and In the discharge of it, / hope
to be aided by the kindness and CO. opel a.
ton of your eXcellency and of your gov
eminent" r
PRESIDENTS RESPONSE.
The president responded as follows:
Mr.. Minister: l receive with the great
est qualification the letter by which her
the name of her august son, King AL
fonso Kill, has accredited you near this
government as envoy extraordinary and
minister plenipotentiary.
mi Of
welcome in This country, not only from
those whose friendship you acquired dur
e. ing your former residence, but from all
our people who rejoice as / do at the
renewal of the ancient bonds of amity
which, with a brief interruption, have
united our nations for more than one
hundred years. That these friendly rela-
tons may be confirmed and strengthened.
to the advantage of both peoples is my
earnest wish, and l can assure you that
every member of this government will
heartily cooperate to that desirable end
1t was noticeable that Duke de ARGOS, in
referring to the qualification with which
Spain resumed the friedly relations with
the United States that had existed for
over 100 years, plainly said that these
relations had been broken by war, while
the president spoke only of the relations
interrupted for a short time.
CORDIAL HANDSHAKE
At the conclusion of the address the
hands cordially with the new minister.
and they engaged in CONVERSATION in
low tone for a minte or two The Dresi-
dent gracefully inquired after the health
OF the queen regent and the king. He
courtecusly referred to the dukes former
residence In this country, and his many
friends here, and repeated the assurances
of the concluding words of his formal
greeting, that every one here would unite
in making the minister's stay in this
country pleasant and satisfactory
The party then retired and was driven
10 the Arlington hotel.
The ceremony today was In striking
contrast with the meeting that occurred
in the same room April Z. 1895. two weeks
before diplomatic negotiations were brok-
en- Off. when the representatives CT the
six great powers of Europe Great
Britain. France, Germany, Russia, Aus
tria and Italy, made a final effort to
avert the impending war by presenting a
joint note of the powers In the interest
of a peaceful solution of the Cuban prob
lem. The president upon that occasion
still chung to the hope that peace would
reign, bat he distinctly impressed the rep
resentatives of the powers that Spain
must afford the necessary guarantees OF
the re establishment of order on the ISL
ard. The presidents words zhovsiYxo, HE,