Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-02-24
WAC WROTE THE NOTE

An entirely new theory about the
| pauncefote memorandum Of the lith
| Of April, 1898, and about which there
has been 80 much controversy. Is ad-
yanced by a contributor TO the san
Francisco Chronicle II Is TO the ef-
feet that that document was inspired
by President Mckinley. ana not by any
enemy of the United states.
That writer takes the view that
President Mckinley believed that war
could be ayerted by bringing Spain to
realize the necessity OF granting the
Cubans independence His course at-
ter the sinking Of the Maine Is taken
to prove this, lie left no means un-
tried to avert prcclpitate action rs
II not possible he asks, mat those
who we're close to the President may
have awaited themselves Of the good
offices Of Lord Pauncefote, end sought
to arrest the attention of those VINO
we're clamoring for an advance on
Havana by pointing out that the civil
lied world would regard with disap-
proval a war, waged against a nation
which practically offered to do every
thing the United states demanded IN
order TO avert a conflict And then
he argues
oIt IL not question whether such
representation would have had the e.
feet of arresting hostlllties. AFTER the
event It seems plain that the American
people were no DESTROYS Of Furnishing
Spain that nothing could have dissuad-
ed them from their purpose, but UP
TO the 18th OF April 1898, II Is quite clear
that there we're stu many who ne
lIeyed that the people Of the United
states would abandon the desire to
make war, II they could be persuaded
that the civilized world was not on their
side Evidently Lord Pauncefote en-
tertalned this belief, otherwise he would
not have taken the extraordinary step
which We now know he did take, and
II ia not difficult to believe that he
did so at the instance Of President Me-
Klnley.'
But this is not, It seems, the only
evidence for this startling proposition
THE washington Post, on the 18th OF
this month put the following question TO
Judge Day, who was acting as secretary
Of state at the time;
"The statement Is made here that the
pauncef0te note OF April II, 1873, was
drawn by you In state Department
Is this correct2'
TO this question the judge merely
replied;
impossible to reply TO Indefinite
statement OF your telegram
II Is argued that If the abatement
had had no foundation, Judge Day
would have violated no rules Of d.
plcmOcy, by saying that he had moth
ing whatever TO do with the formula
ton Of the document in controversy
It is difficult to accept the hypothesis,
that the note which appears 10 censure
the American policy In the controversy
with Spain, was written at the lnsti-
cation Of the President of the coun-
try. II Is known, however, that the
note was written and signed by the
British ambassador, The British gov
eminent has disclaimed all response
bility for 1t. Lord Pauncefote II Is
claimed. acted on his own initiative on
the solicitation Of Spain through the
Austrian minister, But Spain, strongly
dlsclalmed all knowledge Of the incl
dent. until the particulars we're print
ed a short time ago. This renders the
affair so mysterious, that II is not TO
be wondered at, II various theories are
formulated and find adherents.