The evening times. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1895-1902, 1900-03-27
ENGLAND makes AMENDS
Said TO Have ApOlOgized for Open
ing Macrum's Mail.
Il Claim THAI Lord Paunccfote Ex-
pressed Great Britain's R~Erets to
Mr.. Hay-The Secretary OF State
Declines 60 Make Any state
rnent in Reference 20 the Report.

NEW YORK. March 27.-The Morning
Journal" under a Washington date line,
prints the following:
Lord Salisbury has apologized to the
United States or the opening by the Brit
ish censor at Durham Of mail addressed 10
former Consul - srles F. Macrum. at Pre-
toria. The ap'logy will be sent to the
House Committee on Foreign Affairs by
Secretary Of Safe Hay.
Although Secretary Hay admits that he
will be the judge of how much. if any. OF
the apology will so to the committee there
is no doubt that the committee will insist
on its presentation in full. now that it has
been declared by Secretary Hay that there
is such an apology The committee will
also insist on knowing whether Secretary
Hay was content with a verbal represen-
taticu from Lord Pauncefote. or whether
Mr. Hay made a written demand and re-
ceiyed a written reply.
While the precise terms of the apology
of Great Britain are not known. il is GER
tain that il expresses the regret Of Great
Britain that Mr.. Macrum's mail vas open
ed. Notwithstanding the alleg, instruc-
ter should be considered inviolate. Thus
has the State Department been forced to
take official cognizance Of the irrefutable
proof furnished by the statements made
by Mr. MaC.um and Of the actual proof Of
the violation Of consular mail By the Brit
ish censor at Durham Il has been pre-
dicted that tie State Department would
arm Itself with \ secret note from Great
Britain. shiftir- the blame from that nation
tn ~ 4 fraa# och. h..
United States 20 accept that explanation
as payment in fun for the Insult t. the
United States Government.
The private negotiations between Secre-
tary Hay and Lord Salisbury in the Ma
Crum matter evidently were for the eN-
press purpose OF defeating the effort for a
full investigation Of the case by Congress.
It is the play Of the State Department
now that 10 has been forced 20 the wall
20 make a clean breast Of The whole matter
and 20 intimate 70 the Foreign Affairs
Committee that the apology OF Great Brit
ain should make the Macrum case closed
incident. including the eEoneratiOu OF the
State Department. As the Foreign At
fairs Committee has decided 90 have the
hearings In public. there will be an opp0r-
tuuity of determining whether or not the
apology OF Great Britain is ample or
whether IL bears the internal evidence Of
a prCC0uCcrtCd plan between the Admins
rratiOu and the British Foreign Office
The apology came from Lord Salisbury
and was presented 20 Secretary Hay by
Lord Pauncoiote.
The obvious effect of the announcement
that an apology has been received VIII De
10 confirm all that Mr. Nacrum has said
IL proves all OF the charges made and
shows C0UClusiyelv that Mr. Macrum was
fully justified in asking 10 come home with
what information he desired TO give 90 his
superioTs instead Of sending be through the
mails
The statement that England had apollo
gized was made by Secretary Hay 10 Rep
rescutative Berry Of kentucky. one Of the
Democratic members of the House Foreign
Affairs Committee. Representative Berry
called al the state Department today to
talk over the charges made by Mr.. N3crum
and IL was during this Interview that
Secretary Hay made tie confession.
90 I saw Secretary Ha- today said Rep
rCseutative Berry. in talking OF the pro-
posed hearing and be said that the whole
groundwork Of Mr. MaCrum' s charges rest
ed upon the fact that three letters had
been opened by English officials in South
Africa. Secretary Hay said that Euglaud's
attention had been called to this violation
OF international law. and that Lord Sails
bury had made an investigation and then
had sent an apology TO this country The
apology was delivered at the State Depart
ment by Lord PaUlCefOte.
Mr. Macrum called upon Chairman Hit
and consulted with linn as to when he
would be ready to appear before the COM
mittee. As a result OF the conference the
committee will be called to meet within a
day or two. The whole committee will
hear the testimony and the proceedings
will be public. instead of the charges being
heard privately by NJ. Hit. Mr.. Adams
and Mr. Berry. as was originally intended. "
Secretary Ray today refused to either
deny or affirm the above story. He said
that all the correspondence had been sub
mitted to the House Committee on Foreign
Affairs and that il would not be proper for
him to make any statement regarding IT,.