Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1900-04-28
How It Was Obtained and Made
Public.
A CUBAN SECREFARY'S FIND
Realized Its Value and Brought 1t
to This Country.
THE MINISTER'S DISMISSAL

II will be remembered how the avowals of
,,r5i,,,n;t-s friendship between the United
S.a.aa a g., ware ranaatedlv being ex-
states anu spain
changed just before tt.e war, cespile tie III
cendiary utterances in Congress and the
Massive Resistance orfered By the Spanish
..,b,,t;o, of
authorizes al havana 10 the dis IT,.e..
the rations that the people of the n'' '
States were contributing for the relief % me
starving ..reconcentrados. and how. at this
i.,,,. . ou,o; &c. ;..o,, b NJ
!"iie'e. eei''i' ie'.ei' "i''eA ny ti.
Dup"y de LONE, the Spanish minister at
Washington. 70 Mr.. Canalejas a minister
of the Snanisb r,arIiament who had gone to
Cuba To s,ud,, tho si,uotion tbar. ,y,.
" 'e'' Vs.
iiiaue Puoic' lts cohteiits causing great
sensation.
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This letter. wherein the President OF the
United States was described as a iow-grade
politician, was reproduced in fac-simile in
tho ,ousno,ors ,f..r Nv D,,,, 40
the newspapers After M DupuS ue
Lomes acknowledgment of its identity the
matter was taken up py the administrator
niast ~ reno,.o H. , ~ 49, III -
became persona non erata and who re-
ceived his passports without awaiting the
Tepiy from Madrid. He claimed that ne mad
resignatio, hefpra III; ,,,u ~ a.. go, h, ,
this matters little in the AFFAIR as tber. js
no question of doubt about the removal
being solely due to the discovery of the let
ter. In this he had committed himself in a
manner allowing of no explanation. as it
was breach of diplomatic courtesy which
could not be tolerated, especially at period
when public opinion was already so stirred
over the Maine explosion it had become diff
fcult to keep it within bounds.
Many theories have been expounded re-
sarding how this letter WAS obtained Some
claimed that it could only have been
cured by the secret service officials at the
United States post office. Others denied
this. as letters of that character were sell
dom forwarded through the mails. The gen.
erai opinion, however. was in favor of be-
neVlng mat that letter had been taken at
havana from the mails by some Cuban spy
working at the post office. this belief being
u ~. 10 the certain knowledge that under
t me new auton3nist regime then being IN
C Ioit'Ceu IN Cuba a considerable number of
Hu' an synpathizers had obtained posts in
~ iiiiiieht olhces, SO as to be better
~ ~ noiiis IN toucn win the Spanish Off
tror,s '-i nbi IN" ous me movements of the
c,SSnd j.; III peIns constantly dis
al al spanish circles.
Who Obtained 1t.
It Is now claimed that tho norsor ,
obtained tho Ia,tar - ""o
i Was aoe LII the employ
Vi the spanish government; he was, in fact
one OF the many people in Cuba looking for
v ork The story goes that f..,a,ai,s a.,
Sranisb r,;r;s.o g., -, Inc
- ,'' -,e'' oil I've" III havana
iter staying some Gays IN washington. and
e Nas 80 pusy gaining and receiving calls
lt a9 tLie oihciais, polltical party leaders,
t1raa after arr;,,ine tbara b. 80 toa 9otiig
the time to attend to his correspondence
A. the END OF Two weeks his mail matter
coI1ld do nnIhine v,itbout ean'tr st.t't , r,S
he asked his friend Amblard. leader Of The
Spanish reformist party, to secure him a
yer .p LOT ms purpose oterins MIN @ip9
a voune ma, caIad Es,o+o ,,,s rooo,,-
rnenSetI for the nns;tinn ana he rresantnd
himself at the Inglaterra Hotel and after
tha usuaI nreIiminsries was enpaoed Inv, rho
crown rninister His frat work C.anaIeias
Instructed him would he 70 assert the To-
tiers into groups and classify them-political
friends. official letters social. private Office
seekers etc He had inst commenced his
work rnder his employers s,1nervision when
a political friend called and CanaIeias left
the room TO receive his visitor
The Young man proceeded with his work
and having finished with the onaned letters
he took up the parcel Of mail that had not
vet been touched He came upon an I'M
opened letter sealed with the stamp of the
Spanish legation at Washington; he waited
for a while but the minister did not return,
and after a few minutes hesitation he tore
open the envelope and read the letter. After
doing this E,scoto realized that it was of SO
great an importance that 1t would be sim
ply impossible for him to tell Canalejas that
he had opened it by mistake. He read the
letter over several times. and making up
his mind to use 1t to advantage he put 1t
into his pocket.
E.coto.. PLAN.
For four consecutive DAYS his work with
csns,eias went on. and in the meanwhile
tho secretary obtained an introduction to
tascota tho revolutionary delegate In Ha-
,..no af,erward r,avor of that civ. He
as,ad for s,o 70 eo IN Now yorl, and take
a., ,,..,r L. ,,orsnr Tho r,.tter vas con-
~ -, IA ~ o,anarat oninion among the
Ti iuee' IiiI ~ - ,ot ,.ar,- fa,,or,,,1a
havana usiesa,es W S AZ 49, go itis
.'oile ot tiieii ,,n ,'r. 49, doninnt,r ~,
IdliIer' nhts TS ,, -, Il, ~ ;sI,.;
an Ehsi,sh Iatioh' nPSS ~ ~ i
put noInhs fhoi. "ppo It,, - 80 80. "
ABOUT tne son. AZ .he S"iie 'iiiie II W.
OUT OF the Question " amy q 1870 , ~
that 70 escape "ttnoi- an eiiol oeIiIs itlaue
TO bring the letter oeiore tie so'eiiiiii'''il
OF the l nitea states.
70 .' -. 10 .o e,o b., a 80
son in touch with the junta, and, to avoid
his being able to communicate with doubt
full characters ne would pc taken TO port
where the danger was least MS pan