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14, 1898. , ONE CENT.
Wil mm FROM DfiLY
TI10 Irish Leader Pleads for
Ills Country's Freedom.
4IIORRORS OF PRISON LIFE
The Arbitration Treaty Condemned
"By n Mmi Who Hits Tasted f Brit
jsh Justice Senators Allen and
Gmy Spenlc for Irish ami Cutinn
Llherly KntlmsJastie Gathering.
Were it possible that eloquence could
free Ireland from English rule, the im
passioned, burning words which ema
nated from the lips of Hon. John Daly,
the Irish Nationalist, at the National
Theater last night, would cause John
Bull to tremble for his hold upon the
land of shamrocks and shlllelahs. ljrave
lads and handsome lassies.
. The meeting was held under the aus
pices of the united Irish societies of
'the District, and the hoube was packed
long-before Mr. Daly, apppeared on the
stage. "With him sat Senator Allen, of
Nebraska; Senator Gray, of Delaware;
'Congressmen Simpson, Maguire and
Linney, and the Hon. T. J. Lamb, of
North Dakota. Congressman Mahany
acted as chairman of the meeting. Sen
ators Kyle and Morgan had promised
to take part in the exercises, but were
unexpectedly detained fiom doing so.
-A letter from Senator Morgan an
nouncing his regret at his inability to be
present, and comparing the desire of
the Irish people to govern themselves
with that of the people of Cuba, evolved
XUr graaient enthusiasm and applause.
Senator Gray spoke strongly in favor
of Irish liberty and was accorded con
siderable applause. He was followed
by Senator Allen, whose subjert was,
"The Fraudulent Arbitration Treaty."
The Nebraska statesman spoke strong
ly against the treaty, and also made
some timely remarks regarding the
cause of the Cubans. A perfect salvo
of .applause showed how his remarks
were appreciated.
The Hon. Jerry Simpson was next in
tioduced. and was greeted with pro
longed cheering. He took occasion to
make a thrust at Speaker Reed by say
ing that his instructions were not to
speak more than five minutes. "I can
not." said he, "get away from this iive
minute rule. My chances in debate ai e
always minimized by just such things."
This was the occasion for renewed ap
plause. Messrs. Linney and Maguire
madeshort addresses, extolling Irish
characteristics, and then Mr. Daly was
introduced.
Mr. Daly's presentation was the sig
nal for vociferous cheering, hat waving,
and clapping of hands. For three min
utes, by the watch, it was continued.
His subject was. "Torture in English
Prlsfcns." The great Irish Nationalist,
who spent twelve and one-half years
in one of Britain's dungeons, and who
was elected n the British house ur
commons while jet in prison, bpoke
With a passionate fervor which carried
his hearers with him. He said:
"I come to you from one of Britain's
darkest and most fearful dungeons; to
you, the greatest freemen on earth: not
us the repiesentative of anj clique or
party, but in behalf of Irishmen who
are struggling for a right to be as free
as yourselves.
"What I shall say I will say again
on British soil. Yes, 1 have said it be
fore, and while standing under th
hated red folds of the Biitith Hag I
bade England deliance in a prisoner's
dock and in a loathsome jail, and 1 say
nothing now I would not say on Eng
lish soil tomorrow.
"1 was charged with high treason,
-with my comrades, and trying to de
pose Victoria's lule in Ireland, and by
that monstious organization called the
Scotland Yard was proven guilty. After
two and one-half years of penal servi
tude the chief of police of Birmingham,
who was one of the chief instruments
in securing my conviction, confessed
that I was innocent; that the evidence
against me was manufactuied, and yet
ICngland, with all its boasted fairness
and intellectuality, let me rot in my
lonely cell. England's Queen, who is
ealled "good. raised not one finger to
save me from my living death.
"It is with this 'fair' government that
your country was discussing an arbi
tration treaty. Had that plan been put
into operation America, the only power
which Britain really fears, would have
been helpless. -vhile John Bull went on
seizing lands which rightfully belong
to othei-s. It was a monstrous iniquity,
planned by thos who love Ameiica but
little, and supported by those wlio
either cared little for her true interests
or were ignorant of what they really
are.
"To your statesmen here I appeal. Do
'The Great Proii!ers.'
Wiif you
throw away
s&es opportunity
like this?
Clothes are something you are
bound to have something thai
you must keep buying all the
time. Perhaps you don't need
any just now, but you will very
toon, and we are offering our en
tire stock of
Oiothing
at half price,
"We are bent on making loom
for shipments coming in. Our
.tables and our racks are already
overloaded. We are taking heroic
measures to reduce our stock,
both of Men's and Ladies' goods.
Handsome and stylish Jackets.
Capes. Skirts splendid Suits and
Overcoats. We have shut our
eyes to the cost, and luthlessly
cut all prices in two.
Ami
on
You get just the same prices
whether you buy for cash or on
credit. We say again will you
throw away an opportunity like
this?
&1AYER AMD
PETTiT,
4t54I7 7th St.
IVY BUSINESS COILEGR-SthandK.
Konc belter: S25 a yeai; day or night.
Frank I.ibbe.v & Compnnv.
EUth htreec and New York avenue.
ft .
not, if you value your own country's
noble freedom, do not be tempted or
cajoled into wronging your people by
even considering such a thing agan.
"The Irish political prisoners in Eng
land's dungeons are treated worse than
the worst of English felons. Bread and
water diet, solitary confinement, blows,
cruel and undeserved, are the lot of my
comrades. One of your own citizens. Dr.
Gallagher, is now a madman in an asy
lum In this country because of the
horrors lie experienced in one of 'civil
ized' England's prisons. I have seen
him starved and beaten: confined in
dark cells and subjected to humilia
tions which would be considered brutal
ly indecent in South Africa, and which
I cannot tell to you here for it would
necessitate reciting scenes unfit for hu
man ears to listen to.
"After my innocence had been proven
I served ten years in solitary confine
ment. I was not allowed to speak to
a living soul. Oh, how many, many
thousands go mad and die in English
prisons you cannot even guess. u.he
keepers are brutal and arc encouraged
In brutality:
"An emissary from the government
offered to me my liberty if I should turn
Queen's evidence on Charles Stewart
Parnell. Of course, I refused. Dick
Pickett, of Dublin, who had been ray
friend, turned traitor and was sent to
induce me to do the same. He failed
to do o and went to Spain and put
a bullet through his head.
"Again a government emissary visit
ed me, offering me freedom if I would
expose the secrets of the Irish societies
in America. They are afraid of you
over there, T can tell you."
Mr. Daly described in detail the hor
rors of prison life and the terrible in
dignities to which Irish political pris
oners are subjected. At the conclusion
of his remaiks resolutions thanking
him for his work for the cause of Irish
liberty, and condemning the arbitration
treaty, were adopted unanimously anu
three rousing cheers were given for Ire
land ami the Irish.
tie clilineis
Volunteers Are Joining the In
.siirgenls Every Day.
A STRONG LETTER TO BLANCO
"The Way to Pacify the Ishuni. to
"Withdraw From It Forever tlio
Hated Fhitf of Spain" Mi liar
ton Cannot Help the Wounded
Patriots.
Havana, Feb. 10. The Cuban army is
becoming larger every day, for new vol
unteers are joining it from all the prin
cipal cities and towns of the island.
"While Gen. Blanco has been attempting
to bribe important Cuban leaders, ivho
will not take his gold, and has been
wasting his -money on others, who ac
cept his coin and then desert the Span
iards, the real sentiment or the coun
try in favor of independence is shown
by the growing enthusiasm of the Cu
bans for war.
From reliable sources it is learned
here that fifty well-known residents of
Santiago de Cuba City, who received
letters from Blanco announcing his vis
it there and expressing his desire to
meet them and learn their opinions as
to what was the best way to attain a
speedy pacification of the province, left
the city en masse the day the governor
general arrived., and joined the insur
gent army of Gen. Garcia. They await
ed the arrival of Gen. Blanco in order to
impiess him the more by their attitude,
and they left a letter for him saying
that "the only way to pacify Cuba is
to withdraw forever from the land the
cursed Hag of Spain."
Miss Barton, aided hy the Spanish
Red' 'CtVOFSl'Society, who so unjustly
bears its name, will have to luavt Cuba
without seeing a single sick or wound
ed Cuban, .soldier. She will never be
allowed VoJ,,ekiend the sympathies of
charity ?jn hymanity to the struggling
Cuban patriots. Humanity and char
ity, from the Spanish point of view,
are one-sided. There is a fierce war
going onuiie, which has lasted more
than three; years", and in which the to
tal number of combatants, including
both armies, has b?en over 30,000. and
yet the only wounded and sick whom
the Spaniards think are worth consid
ering are themselves. The Cubans who
are wounded on the field of battle
ought to be killed according to the
idea of the loyal followers of her most
Catholic majesty.
It gives rise to the most painful feel
ings to read such a letter as that from
Gen. Alejandro Rodriguez, the Cuban
commander-in-chief of the piovince of
Havana, addressed to a Cuban agent in
this city.
"We are well pjovidetl with arms and
ammunition," he says, "but what we
need is quinine and other medicines.
Our sick and wounded aie a grave
problem. We cannot leave them in
hospitals, because unless we guard
them with all our forces and thus be
come inactive in the campaign, they
are ruthlessly murdered in the most
cowardly manner by the Spaniards. "We
are, therefore, compelled to carry them
with us all through out marches. It
is easy to understand why many of
them die. They have to endure many
hardships and fatigues, as we cannot
care for them properly. Yet the sight
of thes-e humble heroes breathing their
last among us. instead of making us
despair, only intensifies in our hearts
the hatred we feel toward cruel Spain."
Gen. Pando. it is announced here to
day, will take the field again in the
cast- He will leave Havana to-morrow
for that purpose.
News has reached here, and it is of
ficially confirmed, that Gen. Calixto
Garcia is moving with a strong army
to Contramaeste, in Santiago de Cuba
province, where it is believed Gen. Ra
in is stationed with a strong Cuban
force. The purpose of Garcia is said
to be to hold a conference with Rabi.
Perhaps the departure of Gen. Pando
for. Santiago de Cuba has something
to do with these movements of the Cu
ban army.
It is reported the Spanish guerilla
force of Baracoa, Santiago de Cuba, is
showing great discontent with its new
ly appointed leader. Col. Fen-er.
All on r lumbei;is bright mid henrt.
We never keep black, ban-stained lumber.
ZOLA WILL BE C01GTEB
Pressure of Public Opinion Ex
pected to Override Justice.
THE REPTILE PRESS BITTER
Anarchy Reigns in the Army, T.uw
' Courts niul Streets President
Fame Is Called Upon to Kxorciso
His Constitutional Right and He
store Order.
(Special cable Copyrighted.)
Paris, Feb. 13. The revelations of the
past day or two in the Zola trial have
apparently sufficed to induce even the
Paris rabble to restrain for a lime its
headstrong passion. The city was
quiet throughout the day. Not so the
reptile press, which, with two or three
exceptions, was more venomous than
ever. The exceptions are Important.
M. Chalmette, editor of Figaro, says
in an interview that a revision of the
Dreyfus case is now inevitable, not be
cause of doubt of his guilt, but because
the legality of his conviction is gravely
impugned. He adds:
"If the agitation had been confined
to this point, France would have been
saved the most terrible crisis which she
has undergone slncelSTO. I refer to
the appalling danger now springing
from the existence of antagonism be
tween the army and the judicial sys
tem and between the army and the po
litical world."
M. Henri Rochefort, editor of the In
transigeant, says: "Zola will be con
victed. The pressure of public opinion
on the jury is loo great for any other
result, but I do not think that he will
go to prison or pay a fine. Even if he
Is acquitted he will be unable to ap
pear in public in Paris or anywhere etee
In France without p?rsonaJ danger. He
could not live in Paris without a per
manent bodyguard. 1 am certain Drey
fus Is guilty, but in any event it is im
possible to bring him to Pails for a re
vision of his case. The mob could not
be restrained; they would smash ev
erything." M. Judet, editor of the Petit Journal,
says in an interview that the situa
tion is very grave, and that the gravity
is owing to the weakness of the govern
ment The Petit Journal itself, however,
harps upon M. Zola, and its abuse it. so
vile and frenzied that It is difficult to
believe that they are the product of a.
sane man.
The Gaulois complains that anarchy
reigns in the army, law courts and
streets, and calls upon President Faure
to exeicise his constitutional power to
lestore justice and order.
THE POPE IN ST. PETER'S
His Holiness Celebrates jlass hi
the Presence of Thousands.
The Pontiff's Voice Is Strong mid
His Appeiii'iKK-t Create- Grout
Kllthusiusm.
Rome, Feb. 13. The Pope celebrated
mass in St. Peter's this morning. The
vast basilica was ciowded. There were
piesent fifteen thousand residents of
Rome and pilgrims from everywhere in
Italy, including a large number of
Catholic clubs, which brought their
banners and insignia. The ceremony
was in celebration of the sixtieth anni
versary of the first mass of his holi
ness. The Pope was attired in red and wore
a chain around his neck. He was borne
the whole length of the church in the
Sedia Gestatoiia on the shoulders of six
footmen, amid the ringing notes of sil
ver trumpets. The effect upon the vast
assembly was intense.
After the mass his holiness was again
carried through the church wearing his
tiara. He kept his hand raised in con
tinual blessing as he passed through
the throng. The ceremony was mag
nificent. The Pope's voice was strong
and his appearance created much en
thusiasm. mrs. XOHI.ES is sextkxckd.
For the Fifth Time Sin; Is Con
demned to the (Sallows.
Macon, Ga Feb. 12. Mrs. Elizabeth
Nobles, convicted of the murder of her
husband, was yesteiday sentenced by
Judge Smith, for the fifth time, to be
hanged.
Mrs. Nobles is in feeble health, and is
apparently indifferent as to her fate,
except that she has a dread of the gal
lows. Every effort possible has been
made through the courts to save her
life. Her only hope now is executive
clemency.
GREAT BRITAIN NKGOTIATKS.
Seeking to Open Yuen Clinu Fu nx a
Treaty Port.
Pekin. Feb. 13. Great Britain will open
negotiations for the opening of Yuen
Chan Fu, in the province of Nunan, as
a tieaty port and also for the navigation
of the inland" waters.
China has paid the $20,000 indemnity
demanded by France for the kidnaping
of an engineer on the Tonquin border.
Gold Circulation iu France.
Paris, Feb. 13. The ministry of finance
recently instituted an inquiry to learn
the amount of gold in circulation. It
was ascertained that there is $800,000,
000 worth bearing the French stamp, in
circulation. It is claimed that this is
a record amount. It is stated that the
United States has ?720,000,000; Germany,
SGSO.OOO.OOO. and Great Britain and Rus
sia, $000,000,000 each.
Flegnney and Style in Our 50a
Ascot-s. Jos. Auerbach's, 623 Pa. ave.
When you sec nice bright lumber
it auy bmldiiiK it came from us.
FAVOR A GKXKRAI. STRUCK. 1
The Action of the Secret Conference
of Te.trie Workers.
Boston. Feb. 13. At a secret confer
ence cf the Uelegales in this city today
representing the wgrkeis in all.linei- of
cotton manufactures In New England,
the advisability of. a general strike was
unanimously leeommended to the favor
able con side ration of the various or
ganizations In the Industry.
There were forty-two delegates at the
meeting, representing H7.000 operatives
of all clatses. and the action is of the
greatest importanqens showing the un
animous feeling ip favor of a general
strike. j
The matter willrbe laid befuse every
union of textile workers' In New Eng
land within a few days. "
SKNA'OieHl.IjS IIJj.
f " '
His Condition 6t Regarded us T)nu
jietous. However.
Senator Roger Q. Mills, of Texas, has
been ill tit his home, No. 1746 S street,
for the last few days.
His condition however, at no time
has been regarded as dangerous, though
he has been a veryslck man.
He will not be tj'ble to leave his home
for a week perhtfps. He is receiving
the best of attention.
KILLED IN &N ELEVATOR
A Lady Passenger Falls in the As
cending Car.
Heart Mn ogled By Striking an Iron
Renin and She. Die Instantly
Was Oveieojifu by Giddiue-.
New Yoik, Feb. 13. Mrs. Arthur C.
Levy, wife of one of the partners in the
firm of Hays, Goldberg & Co., of No.
725 Broadway, was Killed today in one
of the elevators in the Holland House.
She became dizzy as the elevator started
up from the ground floor, and fell. Her
nead, which projected from the door of
the elevator, struck one of the beams
supporting the sepond floor and her skull
and jawbone were fractured on the left
side. Mrs. Levy had spent the after
noon with a party, which returned late
in the afternoon to the Hotel Holland,
where some of the party were staj'ing.
Mrs. Levy and two other -women stepped
into the elevator, and William Logler,
who was in charge of it, started up with
them. After he had closed the door on
the ground floor he temained standing
With his left arm across the doorway of
the car, his left band resting on the fur
ther jamb. When the elevator had risen
about twelve feet Mrs. Levy suddenly
fell under his extended arm to the floor
of the elevator, and her head struck on
the lower corner of a plaster-incased
steel beam, which projects about two
inches from the elevator shaft, two feet
below the level of the second floor.
None of the other occupants of the
car can tell just what had happened
before Mrs. Levy fell. The best ex
planation is thQughf to be that Mrs.
Levy was overcome by a sudden giddi
ness, due partly, perhaps, to the motion
of the elevator.
Logler brought the elevator to a stop
as soon as Mrs. Levy fell. An ambu
lance was summoned from the hospital
and Dr. Irwin, of the hotel, was also
called, but Mrs. Levy was dead when
carried out of the elevator.
To Form a. New Cabinet. ,
Christiania, Feb. 13. M. Stein has un
dertaken to form, a new cabinet to re
place the Hagerup ministry which re
signed yesterday.
The Wenthori-
Cloudy; warmet; yarJablcf "winds.
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A ROGUE ELEPHANT.
FILL ILL OFFICES FllSIi
111611 Virginia Iei)UbllCailSimoutn' Burroughs's name was directed
t to be sent to the Senate several weeks
Will Make a Promise.
THE DELEGATION OF 11)00
31 r. MoICin ley's Lieutenant- W.wit
to Know If They May Count on
It at the JNTe.-ct Xntlonal Conven
tion, ;uid the Term- iv Named
Wnddlll Tu He Held.
Richmond, Va., Feb. 13. The firt
lieutenants of President McKinley's
special field staff, appointed for the pur
pose of securing for him a lenomination
to the Presidency in 1900, have just com
municated with the second lieutenants
heie to ascertain if he may count upon
the sixteen delegates Virginia Is entitled
to at Republican national conventions.
Word was sent to Washington in reply
that the McKinley faction leaders did
not think the Reed crowd could muster
a corporal's guaid at the next State con
vention, prbviding the Administiation
continued to thiow its bouquets in their
diiection, as has been the rule without
an exception heretofore. The dominant
faction is greedy. It wants every office
and it will not make a promise "to give
Mr. McKinley the Virginia delegates
until there is not even one little post
office left.
Judge Edmund Waddill, jr., will go to
Washington tomorrow to stay a few
days. He will not say just what his mis
sion is. It is supposed to be with refer
ence to the Richmond postmastership.
Those not admitted to the councils of
the dominant faction, of which Judge
Waddill is the acknowledged leader,
have the opinion that there is a hot con
test on between four or five men for the
office. There is a contest, but it is be
tween two men only. One is Capt. Otis
J. Russell. The name of the other' the
leaders decline to divulge.
Judge Waddill's frequent trips to
Washington are not entirely in the in
terest of others. He wants an office him
seir, and he wants It badly: The place
he has picked out is that now occupied
by Judge Hughes, of the United States
court of appeals. Judge Hughes is now
seventy-seven years of age, and the Re
publicansand Judge Waddill, espec
ially, it is said think he should retire.
Judge Hughes has been consulted on the
subject, and he has replied that he did
not-intend to letlre, this year, at least,
and possibly not until 1901. If he retired,
then it would be because the political sit
uation was favorable to the selection of
a successor of his own political faith.
Judge Hughes comes from a family
noted for its longevity, and he expects to
be heie tor many more years.
Judge Waddill, though he is a very
warm personal friend of Mr. McKinley,
believes in coming to Washington fre
quently, so that the President may al
ways keep him in mind. He fears that,
owing to the arduous duties of the Chief
Executive, he might lose sight of some of
his old friends.
Judge Waddill does not wish such a
situation to arrive in his case, until he
gets the place, at least. There are sev
eral other men who wish to succeed
Judge Hughes, and they are working
hard enough to give Judge Waddill some
concern.
The judge, while in Washington, will I
see if he cannot get his friend, W. W. j
Cobbs. of Pittsylvania, appointed consul
to Colon, the place made vacant by the
Tip Top New Spring Hats, S3.
Fine quality. Auerbacli, 623 Pa. ave.
"Bright heart lumber costs us more,
but we sell same nrice as old black kind.
ning of Major Aihby-a few weeks
hile at the canital he will nrobably
have the pleasure of making the an
! nouncement that S. L. Burroughs has
been appointed noptmaster at Ports-
?liice. The Republicans weie so sure of
it that they told the newspaper men that
his name would he sent to the Senate on
a certain day. Mr. McKinley heard of
the publication and it made him angry.
He decided to discipline the Virginia
crowd by withholding the appointment.
WILL SPAIN BACK DOWN?
Alleged Report From Madrid TSint
the Minister- Will Apologia.
A telegram to The Times from New
York at 3 o'clock this morning an
nounces that advices have been receiv
ed there from Madrid to the effect that
Spain will apologize for the De Lome
incident. The dispatch reads as fol-
"A formal statemntXqfc regret and
censure of Dupuy de'lome's conduct,
coupled with an expression of sincere
desire that the Carialejas letter inei
dent shall not impair the present
friendly lelations between the Govern
ments of Spain and the United States
or interrupt the negotiations for a
commercial treaty will be made by Fot
eign Minister Gullon immediately fol
lowing the gazetting of the royal de
crees accepting Senor De Lome's res
ignation, and appointing his successor
as Spain's representative at "Washing
ton. "This statement Avill be in the form of
a note in reply to the communication
from the American Government, and
will set forth the substance of what the
foreign minister said in an interview
with United States Minister Woodford
February 10, when the latter submitted
the note from the Government at
Washington informing the Madrid gov
ernment of Senor De Lome's acknowl
edged offense and requesting his re
call." TLEADING FOR VON HER AHK.
Mr. Hobiu.son Thinks the League
S lion Id Asi?t Him.
Cleveland, Feb. 12. Frank De Haas
Robison is taking a lively interest in
the troubles of Chris Von der Ahe. He
thinks it is time some action is being
taken by the league, and has sent a tel
egram to President Young suggesting
that the National League should, out
of its treasury fund, help Von der Ahe
out, and either donate the moneypr
lend it to him. " v
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Coal! Coal! Coal!
$5.25 per 2,2-10, delivered, Gayton htove,
egg. and nut. Powhatan Coal Co., l.'lOS
C fit. nw.; 'phone 020; or dealers generally.
rel.l-tf
Bright heart lumber will Iust
30 years. We keen this kind.
JUDGE DAY RETICENT
Will Sot Divulge the Contents
of Woodford's Note.
SPAIN LOATH TO AP0L0GIZ3
State Depuitment Greatly Disap
pointed in and Chagrined Uy the
News From Iadrld A Serle oC
Tactical Blunders Mr. I.ewN's
Resolution Will Come Up In the
Iloute Today.
The message cabled by Minister
Woodford in response to Judge Day's
peremptory communication of Saturday
afternoon, has not yet been given to
the public, it was received Saturday
night, as exclusively announced in The
Times, but the translation was deferred
until Sunday morning.
The contents were not gratifying to
the State Department, and The Times
is able to say on creditable authority
that the hope for a disavowal and apol
ogy was not realized.
A report was current last night,
though not traceable to an authentic
source, that Spain had flatly refused tf
disavow the act of Dupuy de Lome
which led to his resignation.
This report was probably based an
nothing more than mere speculation,
but belief in it -was strengthened by.
official reticence.
The State Department unquestiona
bly hoped for an apology at once in. re
sponse to its neremptory note to Min
ister Woodford, and there is every
ration to believe that had an expression
uf regret come, or even an intimation
that apology would be made, the text
of the communication would have bean
given out immediately.
This not only because it would have
allayed publie anxiety, but also beeauee
it would have been in line with Judge
Day's uniform courtesy to the Amer
ican press.
Judge Day was notified early yester
day morning that the expected message
from Gen. Woodford had arrived, and
he impatiently waited until afternoon
for a translation of the cipher cable
gram to be sent to him. So great be
came his anxiety that when the noon
hour had passed and he had not re
ceived the message, he left his resi
dence and went to that of Chief Clerk
Michael. oX the State Department who
had the cipher message and was hard
3t work translating it
Judge Day seized the dispatch, glanc
ed hurriedly oier it, and, withoat at
tempting to conceal his disappointment
at its contents, hastened from the home
of Mr. Michael to the White House.
carrying with him Gen. Woodford's an
swer. Judge Day was at onee admitted
to the President and a long eonfereace
followed.
Th.j conclusions reached can only Be
guessed at by the fact that fu cable
gram was sent tt Gen. Woodford im
mediately after the Assistant Secre
tary of State left the President.
When Judge Day was asked by a.
Times reporter for the information con-
eyed in the message from Gen. AVood
foid, he replied that it would not be
made public. He declined to state ny
reason for such a decision, but said
positively that he would not make pub
lic the Information contain! in the
mpssagc
Diplomats, when spoken to In respeet
to this refusal on the part of Judge
Day. said his acts admitted of bttt one
construction, and that wa that Spain
had declined to make the disavowal ile
manded. and had informed thi-s Govern
ment through the American minister
that Spain considered the Dupuy Ie
Lome incident closed.
Tlie Administration, on the ofhpr
hand, does not consider the incident
closed, and will force from the Spunish
government a disavowal of the senti
ment relative to autonomy and reci
procity, or will recall Gen. "Woodford
from lils post. In diplomatic circles th
belie is general that the Spanish gov
ernment has the better of the diplomat
ic controversy, owing to the blunders
of the Administration, a most noticea
ble one being great delay in taking a
decided stand. It is conceded by diplo
mats that this Government shouhl
have handed the Spanish minister his
pa&spoits the instant he refused to de
ny that he wrote the letter that created
this trouble.
A. Tactical Blunder.
In this connection adverse criticism
is made respecting the Instructions by
the President to Judge Day requiring
him to call at the house of Dupuy de
Lome for the purpose of asking him
whether he w rote the distasteful letter.
Judge Day had already written to the
Spanish minister a note which was de
livered by a messenger, requesting him
to call at the State Department and
make an explanation. It was said by
persons well versed in diplomatic cus
toms that Dupuy de Lome's refusal to
obey th request should have been
construed as an acknow ledgment of the
offense, and that Dupuy de Lome
should have been instantly dismissed.
Under instructions. Judge Day went
further than this, and called in person
at the Spanish legation, which, in the
eye of international law, is as much a
Xart of Spain as the city of Madrid. On
Spanish territory the Assistant Secre
tary demanded an explanation. There
Judge Day was not an official, but an
alien.
This was humiliating, but had tho
Spanish minister been so disposed he
could have called a servant and. eject
ed Judge Day, and the law would httvo
upheld him. It is due simply to the
foiebearance of Dupuy de Lome that
tin's further humiliation was spared the
Administration.
There is no doubt now but that the
diplomatic relitions between this Go
emment and Spain are so strained that
a crisis is imminent. The belfef Is
prevalent that If Spain has declared
through Gen. Woodford that the inci
dent is closed that her pride wilt not
permit her to rescind this conclusion,
and this being the case trouble is bounu
to be the result.
That the message from Gen. Wood
ford, in reply to the imperative one
sent by this Government, did not con
tain a disavowal of the sentiments in
Dupuy de Lome's letter was confirmed
last night authoritatively at the White
House, notwithstanding the desire of
Judge Day to suppress the information.
It was also said there that the Govern
ment does not consider the incident
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